BELMONT, N.C. — The beloved green space just 20 miles from Uptown Charlotte has a new name, a new look, and a long-range plan that stretches well beyond its famous flower beds.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is now Daniel Stowe Conservancy, a rebrand that organizers say better reflects the full scope of what the 380-acre property along Lake Wylie has always offered, and what it intends to become.
“Allow us to reintroduce ourselves,” the organization says on its newly relaunched website. The name change, officials explain, was never about leaving the gardens behind. It was about making sure visitors knew how much more existed beyond them…