Queer Ecology Family Picnic
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Venue: Gateway Gardens Event Lawn, Durham
Price: Free
Category: Outdoors
Celebrate PRIDE at Duke Gardens! Bring your own picnic and enjoy the outdoors as you connect with human and beyond-human queer community. Join Stormie Daie for story time. Learn about queer ecology at activity tables where you can create a creature or make a mini-zine to write, draw and collage. Bring your own picnic blanket, find a bench or take a stroll through the garden. This event is in collaboration with the LGBTQ Center of Durham, as part of Durham Pride Week 2026 . Frozen juice pops will be available while supplies last, plus a limited amount of pizza donated by Pride Sponsor Pie Pushers for anyone unable to bring your own picnic. This event is for all ages; come on your own or with family & friends. Rain or shine! If it rains, the same activities will move inside the Doris Duke Center for an indoor picnic. Fee: Free; no registration required. Parking : Free parking provided in Duke Gardens’ main parking lot. Location: Gateway Gardens Event Lawn Accessibility: This event takes place outdoors and requires traveling on a combination of gently sloping paved paths and grass lawns. Accessible parking and bathrooms are available onsite.
