Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour©
Welcome to the 60th Annual Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour©
Presented by the Cape Fear Garden Club, Inc.
April 12-14, 2013 in Wilmington, NC
(Gardens are opened 10AM to 6PM)
An official, featured event in the NC Azalea Festival
“Our Diamond Jubilee, Celebrating 60 Years of Beautiful Gardens”
Enjoy Southern hospitality amid the glorious color of azaleas and spring flowers during the 59th Annual Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Garden Tour© in the beautiful coastal region of Wilmington, North Carolina. This year is “Our Diamond Jubilee, Celebrating 60 Years of Beautiful Gardens”. An official event of the North Carolina Azalea Festival, the tour is one of the longest running and most popular garden tours in the South. Private gardens feature a variety of styles from whimsical cottage to stately formal designs and contemporary landscapes. The tour opens Friday, April 12th with the colorful Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Queen’s Garden Party. Tickets include free admission to Airlie Gardens on Saturday, April 13th. Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Belles© will welcome visitors in each garden. Good all three days, tickets are $20 and include a map for a self-guided tour with descriptions of each garden. Gardens are open 10am to 6pm daily and children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. During the tour tickets can be purchased at all of the gardens.
All of the profits from the tour are reinvested in the community. The Cape Fear Garden Club promotes beautification projects within New Hanover County through grants made possible by the proceeds from the annual Azalea Garden Tour. The club is quickly moving toward $2 million in donations to the community, mainly for maintaining and enhancing the natural beauty of the Cape Fear region.
For additional garden tour information call (910)742-0905.
Many thanks to our 2013 Azalea Garden Tour Sponsors:
Ticket Sponsor:
Sponsor: Stone Garden
Applications for the 2013 Cape Fear Garden Club, Inc. Azalea Belles © will be available to high school juniors and seniors on January 22, 2013 from members of the Cape Fear Garden Club or the Azalea Belle Committee. Young ladies desiring to become a Belle should contact a member of the CFGC to ask if they will sponsor you and help you complete an application. Juniors must have a CFGC member sponsor. For Seniors ONLY: if you do not know a CFGC member, you may go to 2806 Park Avenue on 1/22/13 from 12 pm to 4 pm to be interviewed by the Belle Committee and receive an application from them. Please refer to the Azalea Belle policy as posted on this website. Continue to check our Azalea Belles page on Facebook and this website for the latest information on Belle Applications.
Click here to view the 2012 Azalea Garden Tour Highlights
Related Information Links:
- Azalea Belle Policies and application information.
- View the 2013 Garden Tour Grant Guidelines, Compliance Form and Application
- For media inquiries and other questions, please click over to our media page.
- Wilmington/Cape Fear Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau