Climate Commitment

Duke Gardens is committed to cultivating a beautiful botanic garden that supports biodiversity and models environmental sustainability.

As a key partner in Duke’s Climate Commitment, Duke Gardens demonstrates climate-resilient and innovative designs in our plant collections and garden displays, contributes to people’s understanding of the role of public gardens in plant conservation and the value of biodiversity and makes strategic use of natural resources to reduce environmental impact.

A group of 8 people out in a woodsy garden setting. One is pointing up toward the trees, and most of the others are looking at where the person is pointing.

Composting for Campus

A large terraced garden with a pergola at the top, cherub fountains in the middle, and a golf cart with people in it at the bottom.

The Power of Pollinators

Purple and yellow wildflowers in front of a sloped roof of a nearby building in the distance

A Vanishing Ecosystem Comes to Life

A close-up image of the torreya evergreen plant

Plant Conservation & the Steve Church Endangered Species Garden

A large terraced garden with a pergola at the top, cherub fountains in the middle, and a golf cart with people in it at the bottom.

Insect Research at Duke Gardens

A group of purple echinacea flowers and yellow goldenrod planted near a parking lot with light painted lines

Parking Lot Pocket Prairie

A group of irises in front of a large pond.

Managing Stormwater in a Changing Climate

A small waterfall flows over a group of large boulders placed artistically in a garden space with a small Japanese maple tree and petite pink flowers above the boulders

Water Conservation

Questions?

Please contact us at gardens@duke.edu.