Filmed at... - Airlie Gardens

Filmed at...
EUE/SCREEN GEMS
Wilmington, NC also known to
film junkies as “Hollywood East,”
is the home of EUE/Screen Gems
Studios, the largest domestic
television and movie production
facility outside of California.
"Dream Stage 10," the facility's
newest sound stage, is the thirdlargest in the U.S. Screen Gems
houses the largest special effects
water tank in North America.
300 Airlie Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
Since the studio's opening in
1984, Wilmington has become a
major center of American film and
television production. Airlie
Gardens is happy to add some of
Screen Gems’ most popular
productions to its already abounding history.
910-798-7700 • www.airliegardens.org
Regular Season Hours:
Monday-Sunday, 9am-5pm
(hours vary seasonally)
Adult Admission: $5.00
Child 6-12: $3.00
Airlie Members: Free
www.airliegardens.org
1223 23rd Street North
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910)343-3500
Airlie Gardens & New Hanover County do not provide
filming schedules or any current filming information from or
regarding Screen Gems Studios.
Many movie and television producers come to Airlie Gardens for the
beautiful scenery and ideal filming locations. Just taking a stroll through
the garden, a guest can spot where some of their favorite movies/shows
have been filmed. Ranging from the Pergola Garden, where One Tree
Hill character Lydia’s funeral took place to the stables, where the new
ABC Family movie, A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song was filmed.
1. Airlie Oak. This majestic live oak and
open lawn creates a beautiful backdrop for
many film and television show scenes. One
episode of the popular comedy series,
Little Britain USA, was shot on the Oak
lawn. Movies filmed under the Airlie
Oak’s sprawling limbs include Lifetime
movie Dare to Love (1995), the classic
movie Betsy’s Wedding (1990) and
upcoming film Bolden! (2007), a movie
about the life of jazz artist, Buddy Bolden,
scheduled to be released in 2012.
2. Minnie Evans Sculpture Garden
A. Stables. These historic buildings are the oldest structures
remaining
on the grounds from the time when the Jones family
3. Tranquility Garden
owned the Airlie property. These horse and carriage stables
were the backdrop for scenes
4. Pergola Garden. This
from Sandra Bullock’s 28
enchanting structure was added
Days specifically when her
to the Garden in the early
character participates in horse
1900s. A popular location for
-training therapy. The stables,
many romantic scenes from the
along with surrounding
hit television show Dawson’s
wooded areas, also stood as a
Creek, this stunning location
backdrop location for the
also played the set for Lydia’s
medieval comedy Black
funeral in the cult-hit series
Knight, starring Martin Lawrence. In 2011
One Tree Hill.
filming took place for the new ABC Family movie, A
5. Camellia Garden
Cinderella Story: Once upon a Song starring Lucy Hale. Set
6. Spring Garden. Designed in the Developers built a replica of Cinderella’s Cottage on the lawn
early 1900s, this garden peaks in the next to the stables.
months of March & April, showcas7. Mount Lebanon Chapel
ing a variety of tulips,
8. Bradley Creek. Natural brush-lined
daffodils and azaleas.
entrances to Bradley Creek, appear in many
A dream sequence from
rowboat sequences from Dawson’s Creek.
One Tree Hill was shot
In season one, filmed in 1998, characters
here. In this dream,
Joey and Pacey experience a snail hunting
Karen envisions a
adventure shot in this marsh-edged location.
fantasy scenario with
her lost love Keith,
9. Bradley Creek Pier
along with their young
daughter Lily, who is frolicking amongst the azaleas. 10. Seasonal Display Garden
A
B
B. Bradley Creek Lawn.
In Dawson’s Creek season five,
Dawson visits his father’s
tombstone in a graveyard
strategically placed by the set
crew on this grassy knoll. The
infamous Joey-Dawson dream
wedding sequence was also
filmed on this luscious lawn, in
the dramatic season finale.