The HOBBIT GARDEN  

is a work in progress.  The garden

originally began at 611 N. 

Boundary Street in downtown

Raleigh in 1980, by John E. Dilley

 and Willie D. Pilkington. The

Boundary Street location housed

 over 2,000 plants on 1/8 of an acre and spilled over to two neighbors properties. The garden was featured in several regional garden tours and several horticultural magazines and one local news segment. The garden had visitors from all across the United States and several European countries. Eventually the Boundary Street site was out of space.  In December of 1995 the garden plants were relocated to it's current home at 9400 Sauls Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. The dream lives on to create a multitude of garden settings to accommodate rare and unusual plants collected from around the World. Consider contacting us for a private or group tour.