NATURE & SCIENCE

There are many museums and nature preserves within short driving distance from Lake Norman.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden 

In 1989, Daniel J. Stowe, a retired textile executive from Belmont, North Carolina, reserved 450 acres of prime rolling meadows, woodlands and lakefront property and established a foundation to develop a world-class botanical garden.

A lifelong nature lover and gardening enthusiast, Dan Stowe and his wife, Alene, envisioned a complex evolving over several decades to rival other internationally renowned gardens. The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is easily accessible from I-77, located just west of Charlotte at the NC/SC state line outside the town of Belmont.

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