Jardín de Plantas Nativas Blomquist

The rolling woodland terrain of the 6.5-acre H.L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants is filled with more than 900 plant taxa, most of them species from the Southeastern U.S.

Dedicated in 1968, the garden honors Professor Hugo L. Blomquist, the first chair of Duke University’s Department of Botany and an authority on Southeastern flora. Throughout the garden there are several stunning structures to enjoy, from the Edwin F. Steffek Jr. Bridge overlooking the Fern Ravine Boardwalk to the Piedmont Prairie Classroom and the Bird Viewing Shelter.

Enjoy these Blomquist Garden highlights, which are featured on the Gardens map below.

A wooden garden building that resembles a birdhouse

Bird Viewing Shelter

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A wooden garden gatehouse with pink flowering shrubs around it.

Blomquist Gatehouse

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A wooden pavilion with a stone staircase leading to a reflective pond, and surrounded by lush green foliage

Blomquist Pavilion & Millstone Pond

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A Japanese garden pavilion with a wooden wall and circular window with purple and green shrubs around it.

Blomquist South Entrance

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A close-up image of a group of pitcher plants

Sunny Pond & Carnivorous Plant Collection

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A ravine filled with ferns and other lush green plants, with a wooden boardwalk running down the center and an iron bridge in the background

Edwin F. Steffek Jr. Bridge & Fern Ravine Boardwalk

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An arched red bridge with a reflection in a large pond, with trees all around and a Japanese lantern sculpture to the left of the bridge.

McNabb Family Bridge & Stream

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A close-up image of pink peony flowers in full bloom

Piedmont Prairie & Classroom

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A close-up image of the torreya evergreen plant

Steve Church Endangered Species Garden

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A gravel garden path that turns at a low stone wall, with tall wispy hot pink wildflowers in the foreground

36th Parallel Marker

A close-up image of a trillium plant with three variegated leaves and a red center

Trillium Walk

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A stone garden patio with two Adirondack chairs, a wooden trellis with climbing clematis flowers and a small stone garden fountain in the distance.

Wildlife Garden

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Duke Gardens map with the Blomquist Garden highlighted in green

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Questions about the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants?

Please contact us at gardens@duke.edu.