The Gardens

The 2027 Garden Tour will feature 9 gardens in the Raleigh area.

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#9 Swiftbrook Gardens provides a restful retreat for humans and a refuge for native plants and wildlife. Spouses Dale Batchelor and John Thomas began creating the garden on 1.4 acres of reforesting piedmont farmland in 1993. Today Swiftbrook Gardens is recognized as a Native Plant Habitat by the North Carolina Native Plant Society and a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National and North Carolina Wildlife Federations. Different areas of the gardens reflect Dale and John’s divergent interests and passions. Learn more about Swiftbrook Gardens here.