WRAL Azalea Gardens

The WRAL Gardens showcase a full range of flowering and non-flowering plant materials that are typical in a Southern garden. Featured plants include azaleas, dogwoods, rhododendrons, deciduous azaleas and the beginnings of a new collection of hydrangeas. The Garden was created by Capitol Broadcasting Company founder A.J. Fletcher. It opened to the public in 1959, three years after WRAL-TV went on the air as the first UHF station in Raleigh.