DSBG Master Plan
In 1991, retired Belmont, North Carolina, textile executive
Daniel Jonathan Stowe bestowed a gift destined to provide
beauty and joy to future generations. With the vision of a
botanical garden to rival the world’s best, Stowe set aside
nearly 400 acres of prime rolling meadows, woodland and lakefront
property. The Board of Directors of Daniel Stowe Botanical
Garden approved a master plan for the garden in 1994. In 1999,
the Visitor Pavilion, Formal Display Gardens and Perennial Gardens
opened. Future development will be completed through public and
private support over the next several decades.