What's Out There Weekend Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
Learn more and purchase the What's Out There Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Guidebook
Discover the design history of places you pass every day but may never have visited with free tours of the Research Triangle's diverse cultural landscapes, including: campuses, public parks, industrial complexes, African-American heritage areas, Modernist sites, and an extensive network of trails and greenways. The tours will be led by experts in history and landscape design, revealing the rich landscape legacy of North Carolina.
This weekend of free, expert-led tours will be preceded by a conference, Leading with Landscape IV: Transforming North Carolina's Research Triangle, held at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library at NC State University on April 13 (separate ticket required).
Tour Schedule
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
For more information or to volunteer during the Weekend, please contact Dena Tasse-Winter at dena@tclf.org.
