North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
North carolina. It is called cape fear because when boats were approaching there were a lot of shoals and it was difficult to get into, so it was a fearful place to land, at least that is what most historians thing. Wilmington is the main city in North Hanover county. The exhibit is called cape fear stories. It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived w
It explores the history of wilmington and North Hanover county from the earliest inhabitants of to the 20th century. When people came here, some people described it as an ocean of trees, majestic, tall trees, and these became the bedrock of the regions economy. The trees are called Longleaf Pines. You can still see them today, but they used to cover a huge part of the united states. They have these long pine needles, big pinecones, totally different than anything you would have seen in england if you are coming here from europe. They are a resource for lumber, turpentine, and tar. People came to the cape fear in the early part of the american colonial period. Most americans lived within 50 miles of the coast. We have three things going for us, the cape fear river, which allows people to come up to where wilmington is. We have the ocean that allows us to transport people, and then we have the land, the resources that are available to the forests and the land, the Longleaf Pine forests t
Plant occur ator explained the history and use of some of the plants by native americans and others. Welcome to the national garden. This is the most recent garden to open on our property. It opened in 2006. Its a wonderful place to look at native plants. Bus thats n but thats not where it got its start. It got its beginning when the rose became our National Floral emblem in the 1980s. Shortly after that, the senate wives committee started looking for a way to commemorate the rose. They noted this land had been vacant. It had some grass, a broken irrigation system, a few trees but nothing formal. So they set about privately raising money to build a garden on this site. It took quite a few years, fundraising ban in the 90s and in 2006 it opened. There was a Design Competition held for almothe elements of th garden. They left a large space in the middle that we see here. This is the heart of the national garden. This is the regional native plant garden. I have worked here since 1986. 19