Wilmington's 67-acre Airlie Gardens are enchanting. Not only do the gardens feature the flora and fauna native to this corner of North Carolina, they also contain a butterfly house and a tangle of ...

Hummingbirds, herons, hawks, geese, warblers, and mockingbirds have all been spotted at Airlie. Open seasonally during the summer, the Butterfly House shelters butterflies native to North Carolina.