North Carolina Estuarium Washington, NC . New in 1998, this aquarium focuses on the sounds and estuaries of eastern North Carolina. Botanical Gardens and Arboreta Airlie Gardens Wilmington . Now owned and managed by New Hanover County, this botanical garden is being redeveloped and improved as an educational institution. Cape Fear Botanical Garden Fayetteville .
Web site has general and visitor information and directions to the garden.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Belmont . A new botanical garden in the Charlotte area. Site provides background on development and current programs. J. C. Raulston Arboretum Raleigh . The NCSU arboretum was recently renamed for its late founder and longtime director.