The Cape Fear Garden Club has announced its new "Azalea Ambassadors" program, meant to replace the discontinued Azalea belles. After not having an Azalea Garden Tour for the past two years because of ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Adorned with spiral curls, fancy dresses and gloves the Azalea belles are ready to make their debut during the Azalea Festival. There are 124 belles this year, which is a big ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The shops of three dressmakers will be packed all weekend as over 130 Azalea Belle’s get fitted for their antebellum dresses. Though she was never an Azalea Belle herself Kay ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Belles have been a staple to the North Carolina Azalea festival since 1969. This year 132 high school girls will be dressed in antebellum style ...

While some people think being an Azalea Belle is all about waving and sitting pretty, Susan Travis knows it’s a lot of work. “It’s definitely not an easy job,” she said, adding that they sometimes ...

Pic from the Cape Fear Garden Club's 69th Azalea Garden Tour. 2023 marks the 76th tour. “Where flowers bloom, so does hope!” is the perfect theme for 69th Azalea Garden Tour. The Cape Fear Garden Club ...

The N.C. Azalea Festival replaced its long-standing Azalea belles program with Azalea Ambassadors in 2022. The decision to end the belles, known for their antebellum-style dresses, followed ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The Azalea Festival is more than just concerts, food trucks, and flowers. There are several other notable events that help bring the whole event together. The coin show is for ...

Young women are encouraged to apply to be Azalea Belles during the Azalea and Spring Flower Trail in Tyler. Each weekend of the annual event, March 22–April 7, Azalea Belles in antebellum dresses ...

It’s a question that has been repeatedly raised over the years in the growing debate over the Azalea Belles, an annual class of local young women in colorful hoopskirts that have become the defining ...

After not having an Azalea Garden Tour for the past two years because of the pandemic, the Cape Fear Garden Club announced Friday the return of the popular tour for the spring of 2022. The crawl of 12 ...