Best Scenic Spot Greensboro Near Me

4worldlovers: Blandwood, a National Historic Landmark, is one of America’s great historic homes. The beginning of Romanticism in North Carolina and the progressive ideals of Governor John Motley Morehead are illustrated through the architecture, landscape, and decorative arts of Blandwood. The house is a prototype for the Italianate style, one of America’s most popular architectural genres of the nineteenth century. The museum features a collection of period furnishings and art, including key pieces original to the house.

Constructed by Charles Bland on the crest of a hill on his wooded land, the earliest portions of the Bland’s Wood were completed around 1795. The two-story frame farmhouse was later acquired by the Morehead family, and subsequently expanded according to plans drawn by nationally renowned architect Alexander Jackson Davis of New York. Davis designed additions in the Tuscan Villa (Italianate) style that featured a central three-story tower, stucco walls, and a low roof line within a tripartite plan with flanking dependencies. Completed in 1846, it is considered the oldest standing example of Italianate architecture in the United States. Although the house and its grounds were showcased in Andrew Jackson Downing’s Romantic Movement publication Architecture of Country Houses (1850), its occupants held substantial roles in the industrialization of the North Carolina in the nineteenth century.

Today, Blandwood is operated as a museum, and provides visitors with a remarkably thorough ensemble of mid-19th-century architecture, decorative arts, landscape paintings, and portraiture, much original the house. Socially, the house museum examines the stories of the Morehead family and the people who were enslaved here, including Hannah Jones and Tinnan Morehead, whom the Moreheads were dependent on to maintain their lifestyle. Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, Blandwood was recognized by the United States Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark in 1988 based on its architectural contributions to American history.

Blandwood is located at 447 West Washington Street in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.

Tuesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (last tour of the day at 3:00 p.m.)

Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (last tour of the day at 4:00 p.m.)

Blandwood Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1st – Wednesday, January 4th. The house will re-open for regular tours on Thursday, January 5th, 2023.

All tours of the Blandwood Museum are guided by trained docents, who take visitors through the restored main building including the 1795 farmhouse section, an 1822-1823 expansion, and the 1844-1846 A.J. Davis Italianate-style addition.

4worldlovers: "I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons." - Lt. General Charles, Earl Cornwallis


On March 15, 1781, six years into the American Revolution, General Greene and Lord Cornwallis' troops faced off at a small courthouse community. This 2.5 hour battle would change the course of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Read More


Subscribe to our YouTube Channel "Guilford NPS" to see the park film, fun educational videos, and author talks!


Watch our film before you visit the park to learn about the soldiers from a personal perspective. Appropriate for 4th grade and up.

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SERVICE ALERT: The parking lot for the Greensboro Arboretum located at 401 Ashland Drive will be closed beginning March 15 for approximately 18-24 months. The lot will become an active construction site for the new Brooks Global Elementary School which will be located at 400 Ashland Drive.


Alternate parking during construction is at the W. Market Street ballfields located at 3299 Starmount Drive.


To make a reservation for group events, weddings, or other special events, call 336-373-7690.

This 17-acre site features 14 plant collections, special display gardens and distinct structural features. The extensive variety of plants offers rich educational opportunities for children and adults, landscape designers, and homeowners.


Greensboro Beautiful provides support to new and ongoing enhancements in the gardens through private donations from the community.


This 17-acre site features 14 plant collections, special display gardens and distinct structural features. Plant species hardy to the Piedmont Region of North Carolina are grouped into labeled collection areas according to habit, family, color, growing conditions, and seasonal interest.

The Greensboro Council of Garden Clubs Winter Garden Collection features plants with interest during the winter months.

The Dr. & Mrs. William R. Findley Memorial Sun Shrub Collection features plants which grow well in full sun.

The Dwarf Conifer Collection, adjacent to the Classroom Building, features small and low-growing conifer plants.

The Gate City Kiwanis Club Shade Garden Collection features plants which grow in varying degrees of shade.

The Irene H. McIver Vine Collection and Perennial Border: A variety of climbing plants trained to grow on the Landmark Arbor. A four-foot Perennial Border surrounds the Landmark Arbor, and provides spring, summer and fall beauty.

The Beeson Rhododendron Collection features a number of varieties, blooming from early May to late June.

The Robin B. Ward Meditation Garden & Groundcover Collection: Low-growing, spreading plants.

The New Garden Landscaping & Nursery Sequence of Bloom Collection features plants which blossom at progressive seasons for year-round beauty.

The Green Hill Farm Hosta Collection features dozens of varieties of hostas.

The Kaplan Family Rose Garden & Arbor, features a variety of climbing roses growing on an arbor which mirrors the Landmark Arbor.

The James W. Newlin Memorial Holly Collection features a variety of hollies.

The R.R. Allen Family Butterfly Garden & Fountain is formed in the shape of two butterflies - each filled with colorful plants which attract butterflies. The garden's design is especially striking when viewed from the Overlook. This site has been certified as a Monarch Waystation. Learn more.

The Woodland Trail is a nature walk winding through an established second growth forest within the Shade Garden Collection.

The Pattie S. Newlin Memorial Bouquet Garden features plants suited for a cutting garden.

The Tanger Family Wedding Gazebo hosts weddings, small musical ensembles, and special events.

The Ornamental Grasses & Pollinator Meadow features plants which provide habitat for birds and other wildlife, nectar for pollinators, and shelter for many mammals. Learn more.

The Elena Marzulla Bridge features colorful butterflies and flowers incorporated in its design.

The Dr. Lawrence & Alma Louise Hart Chimes -- a stunning, 23-foot tall trio of oversized wind chimes.

The Blanche S. Benjamin Overlook provides a panoramic view of the Arboretum. Its design mirrors the Landmark Arbor.

The Right Plant Right Place Collection helps assist in proper plant selection when planting near or under electrical utility lines. Learn more.

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The best outdoor wedding packages in the Greensboro area have just gotten better.

The Parks & Recreation Department offers a variety of worry-free and affordable scenic locations to fit any size and type of outdoor wedding theme. Whether your vision is classic elegance, modern simplicity, or somewhere in between, we have an outdoor location to make it happen.