The Cultural Landscape Foundation is a non-profit in Washington, DC that hosts weekends of free tours about cultural landscapes throughout the country. The organization is presenting such a weekend in the Triangle coming up in April.
Expert guides will lead free tours to 28 sites in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.
The Triangle’s What’s Out There Weekend will take place Saturday, April 14th, and Sunday, April 15th, 2018.
The tours are absolutely free, but registration is required.
Saturday, April 14
Morning
9:30-10:30 AM
- Duke University: Duke East Campus (DURHAM) | Mark Hough, Gary Hilderbrand
- Duke University: Duke Gardens (DURHAM) – Tour #1 | Bill LeFevre, Linda Jewell
- The Raleigh Rose Garden-Raleigh Little Theatre (RALEIGH) | Shelley Crisp
10:00-11:00 AM
- North Carolina Museum of Art Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #1 | Dan Gottlieb, Mark Johnson
- Capital Area Greenway System (RALEIGH) | Bill Flournoy
- NC State University: JC Raulston Arboretum (RALEIGH) | Arboretum Docents
10:45 AM-12:45 PM
- Duke University: West Campus (DURHAM) – Tour #1 | Mark Hough, Gary Hilderbrand
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
- American Tobacco Trail, Southpoint Mall to Downtown: Bicycle Tour (DURHAM) – Tour #1 | Niles Barnes, Chuck Flink
Afternoon
1:00-2:00 PM
- American Tobacco Trail, Downtown to Southpoint Mall: Bicycle Tour (DURHAM) – Tour #2 | Niles Barnes, Chuck Flink
- Duke University: Duke Gardens (DURHAM) – Tour #2 | Bill LeFevre, Linda Jewell
- John Chavis Memorial Park (RALEIGH) | Kofi Boone
1:00-3:00 PM
- UNC Chapel Hill (CHAPEL HILL) | David Swanson, Jill Coleman
- Dorothea Dix Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #1 | Kate Pearce, Grayson Maughan
- Downtown Raleigh/William Christmas Plan (RALEIGH) – Tour #1 | Ernest Dollar, Eamonn Hutton, Laura Marett
1:30-3:00 PM
- North Carolina Museum of Art Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #2 | Dan Gottlieb, Mark Johnson
3:00-4:00 PM
- NC State University: Main Campus (RALEIGH) | Michael Cole
- Historic Yates Mill County Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #1 | Bill Hamilton
- Pullen Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #1 | David Shouse
- Oakwood Cemetery (RALEIGH) | Robin Simonton
- Fayetteville Street (RALEIGH) | Roberta Fox, Karli Stephenson
3:00-5:00 PM
- Dorothea Dix Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #2 | Kate Pearce, Grayson Maughan
4:30-5:30 PM
- NC State University: Centennial Campus (RALEIGH) | Susan Hatchell
Sunday, April 15
11:45 AM-1:45 PM
- Duke University: West Campus (DURHAM) – Tour #2 | Mark Hough
1:00-3:00 PM
- Downtown Raleigh/William Christmas Plan (RALEIGH) – Tour #2 | Ernest Dollar, Eamonn Hutton, Laura Marett
2:00-3:00 PM
- Duke University: Duke Gardens (DURHAM) – Tour #3 | Bobby Mottern, Linda Jewell
- North Carolina Museum of Art Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #3 | Dan Gottlieb
2:00-4:00 PM
- Dorothea Dix Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #3 | Kate Pearce, Caroline Lindquist
3:00-4:00 PM
- Pullen Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #2 | David Shouse
- Historic Yates Mill County Park (RALEIGH) – Tour #2 | Bill Hamilton
