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Special thanks to the volunteer photographers, staff members and other Gardens friends listed below, whose photos helped tell the stories in this issue of Growing. Scroll down for a slideshow with more information about the plants and garden areas in these images.

  • Kavanah Anderson G’17
  • D.L. Anderson
  • Cathi Bodine
  • Clarence Burke
  • Rick Fisher
  • Beth Hall Hoffman
  • William Hanley
  • Jeff Harward
  • Kati Henderson G’15
  • Jason Holmes
  • Christina Johnson
  • Paul Jones
  • Kathy Julian
  • Sibyl Kemp
  • Sue Lannon
  • Bill LeFevre
  • Nan Len
  • Jan Little
  • Lindsey Luks
  • Bobby Mottern
  • Michelle Rawlins
  • Annabel Renwick
  • Sarah Reuning
  • Cindy Richards
  • Niki Saylor
  • Nick Schwab
  • Orla Swift G’06
  • Michelle Van Assche
  • Jessica Voss T’24
  • Karen Webbink
A trio of Chrysanthemum ‘Luxor’ in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Photo by William Hanley.
Box huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera) seedlings in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
The Page-Rollins White Garden and Gothic Pavilion. Photo by Bill LeFevre.
Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ with cacti and ornamental grasses in the new scree garden in the Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden.
A view of the gardens and pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Orla Swift.
Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the new south entrance to the Blomquist Garden.
Atamasco lily and ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Cardinals in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants is a colorful pollinator plant, as well as the sole food source of monarch butterfly caterpillars (Danaus plexippus). Photo by Karen Webbink.
Honeybee pollinating
A new boardwalk flanked by ferns replaces an easily eroded gravel path in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Jessica Voss.
Students in a dendrology class study trees in the Blomquist Garden, working with Duke Gardens staff through the Duke in the Gardens academic access program. Photo by Niki Saylor.
An economics class called “Shakespeare and the Markets” watches Shakespeare scenes in the Fisher Amphitheater. Photo by Orla Swift.
Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) and Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the Blomquist Garden south entrance. Photo by Annabel Renwick.
White-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) mingles with bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and other spring ephemerals in the understory of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Kathy Julian.
Ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Karen Webbink.
Ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Karen Webbink.
A fall view of the Asiatic Arboretum pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young') and the Meyer Bridge in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The McNabb Family Bridge in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Rick Fisher.
A waterfall in Pine Clouds Mountain Stream. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Garden shelter (azumaya) in Pine Clouds Mountain Stream (ShoUnKei), in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Rhododendron ‘Chinzan’ in the foreground. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Roney Fountain on an icy day. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young') and the Meyer Bridge in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Doris Duke Center, seen from the visitor parking lot. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Meyer Bridge over an icy pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Gothic Gates. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Page-Rollins White Garden, Gothic Pavilion and Virtue Peace Pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Meyer Bridge, seen through arched bamboo garden edging. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden and Burpee Learning Center, seen through a gate created by Durham artist and Duke alumnus Andrew Preiss. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Roney Fountain. Photo by Rick Fisher.The Roney Fountain. Photo by Rick Fisher.
he Azalea Court blooming in the Historic Gardens. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Blomquist Pavilion and Millstone Pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Terrace Gardens. Photo by Rick Fisher.
The Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden, a sustainable, organic food garden. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Pine Clouds Mountain Stream
Pine Clouds Mountain Stream in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden, with potted Chrysanthemum ‘Golden Gate’ in the foreground. Photo by Jessica Voss T’24.
A trio of Chrysanthemum ‘Luxor’ in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Photo by William Hanley.
A trio of Chrysanthemum ‘Luxor’ in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Photo by William Hanley.
Box huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera) seedlings in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Box huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera) seedlings in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
The Page-Rollins White Garden and Gothic Pavilion. Photo by Bill LeFevre.
The Page-Rollins White Garden and Gothic Pavilion. Photo by Bill LeFevre.
Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ with cacti and ornamental grasses in the new scree garden in the Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden.
Prickly pear, finestem needlegrass (Nassella tenuissima) and the pink flowers of showy stonecrop (Hylotelephium spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’) flank a stone bench in the Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden.
A view of the gardens and pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Orla Swift.
A view of the gardens and pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Orla Swift.
Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the new south entrance to the Blomquist Garden.
Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the new south entrance to the Blomquist Garden.
Atamasco lily and ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Atamasco lily (Zephyranthes atamasco) and ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Cardinals in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants is a colorful pollinator plant, as well as the sole food source of monarch butterfly caterpillars (Danaus plexippus). Photo by Karen Webbink.
A honeybee (Apis mellifera) is one of the many pollinators
A honeybee (Apis mellifera) is one of the many pollinators drawn to this short-toothed mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum). Photo by Nan Len.
Boardwalk
A new boardwalk flanked by ferns and volunteer ironweed replaces an easily eroded gravel path in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Orla Swift.
Dendrology Class
Students in a dendrology class study trees in the Blomquist Garden, working with Duke Gardens staff through the Duke in the Gardens academic access program. Photo by Niki Saylor.
Shakespeare and the Markets
An economics class called “Shakespeare and the Markets” watches Shakespeare scenes in the Fisher Amphitheater in 2016. Photo by Orla Swift.
Black-eye Susans
Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia triloba) and cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the Blomquist Garden south entrance. Photo by Annabel Renwick.
White-flowered trillium
White-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) mingles with bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and other spring ephemerals in the understory of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Kathy Julian.
Ferns
Ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Karen Webbink.
Koi
Koi in the Fish Pool at the foot of the Terrace Gardens. Photo by Cathi Bodine.
A fall view of the Asiatic Arboretum pond.
A fall view of the Asiatic Arboretum pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Bamboo
Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young') and the Meyer Bridge in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
McNabb Family Bridge
The McNabb Family Bridge in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Waterfall
Waterfall in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Garden Shelter
Garden shelter (azumaya) in Pine Clouds Mountain Stream (ShoUnKei), in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Rhododendron ‘Chinzan’ in the foreground. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Roney Fountain
The Roney Fountain on an icy day. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Bamboo and the Meyer Bridge
Bamboo (Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young') and the Meyer Bridge in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Doris Duke Center
The Doris Duke Center, seen from the visitor parking lot. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Meyer Bridge
The Meyer Bridge over an icy pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Gothic Gates
The Gothic Gates. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Page-Rollins White Garden
The Page-Rollins White Garden, Gothic Pavilion and Virtue Peace Pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Meyer Bridge
The Meyer Bridge, seen through arched bamboo garden edging. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden
The Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden and Burpee Learning Center, seen through a gate created by Durham artist and Duke alumnus Andrew Preiss. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Roney Fountain
The Roney Fountain. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Azalea Court
The Azalea Court blooming in the Historic Gardens. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Blomquist Pavilion
The Blomquist Pavilion and Millstone Pond. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Terrace Gardens
The Terrace Gardens. Photo by Rick Fisher.
Charlotte Brody Discovery Gardens
The Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden, a sustainable, organic food garden. Photo by Rick Fisher.
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Pine Clouds Mountain Stream
A trio of Chrysanthemum ‘Luxor’ in the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden. Photo by William Hanley.
Box huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera) seedlings in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
The Page-Rollins White Garden and Gothic Pavilion. Photo by Bill LeFevre.
Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ with cacti and ornamental grasses in the new scree garden in the Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden.
A view of the gardens and pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. Photo by Orla Swift.
Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) bloom in front of the new south entrance to the Blomquist Garden.
Atamasco lily and ferns in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Cardinals in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Photo by Sue Lannon.
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants
A honeybee (Apis mellifera) is one of the many pollinators
Boardwalk
Dendrology Class
Shakespeare and the Markets
Black-eye Susans
White-flowered trillium
Ferns
Koi
A fall view of the Asiatic Arboretum pond.
Bamboo
McNabb Family Bridge
Waterfall
Garden Shelter
Roney Fountain
Bamboo and the Meyer Bridge
Doris Duke Center
Meyer Bridge
Gothic Gates
Page-Rollins White Garden
Meyer Bridge
Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden
Roney Fountain
Azalea Court
Blomquist Pavilion
Terrace Gardens
Charlotte Brody Discovery Gardens
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