Woman holds baby in Duke Gardens
Warm weather in the first weeks of spring attracted members to the Duke Gardens where a range of tulips and other flowers were in bloom. Photos by Jared Lazarus.

Duke’s Campus Shows Off Its Spring Glory

Photos by Jared Lazarus/Office of University Communications and Marketing

Duke Gardens was in peak spring form last week, but there were plenty of other places around campus to find the reds, yellows, whites and purples of early blooms. While the tulips and other plants took center stage in the Duke Gardens Terrace Garden, visitors sitting outside Duke Libraries’ Von der Heyden Pavilion also took in seasonal smells and sights of blooming trees.

woman in white dress enjoys tulip blooms in the garden terrace
red blooms by the Von der Heyden pavilion
white blooms on West Campus

On West Campus, pedestrians enjoyed a variety of blooms at the main campus entrance and in the traffic circle, while cherries provided a spring “snowstorm” whenever the wind picked up.

tulips and other flowers in bloom by the entrance to West Campus
cherry trees by Duke Chapel
Red blooms along Chapel Drive by Allen Building

By the end of last week, the ‘Akebono’ cherry trees had lost their blooms, but other tree and plant species in other areas of the Gardens are still exploding in color. For what’s currently in bloom, visit the Gardens website.

Cherries in bloom by the Duke Gardens terrace shop