Where in Carolina Country is This?

The March “Where Is This” photo by Carolina Country’s Warren Kessler features the sunken garden and its Aphrodite-topped fountain within the Elizabethan Gardens at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island in Manteo. The Garden Club of North Carolina began construction of the gardens in 1953, with the beautiful 10-acre site opening on Aug. 18, 1960, the 373rd anniversary of Virginia Dare’s birth, the first child born in the Roanoke Colony, famously known as the “Lost Colony.” The garden is a year-round blooming destination. Among the wrong answers, the Tryon Palace Gardens in New Bern earned the top submissions total of more than 10 other gardens located from the mountains to the coast. Our state is awash in must-see flora. The winning entry chosen at random from all correct submissions came from Douglas Kersey of Garland, a Four County EMC member.