William M. Lefevre Email and Phone Number

Since being named as Duke Gardens’ first full-time director in 2007, the Gardens has completed over $12,000,000 in capital projects including the Durham Toyama Sister Cities Tea Pavilion, the Ruth Mary Meyer Japanese Garden, the restoration of the Roney Fountain and Mary Duke Biddle Rose Garden, the Piedmont Prairie and the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden, a pilot project of the national Sustainable Sites Initiative. Bill is currently leading development of the Garden Gateway, a $30 million capital project to redesign the Gardens' main entry experience and provide much-needed facility expansion and amenities.In recent years, Duke Gardens has been ranked among the top 10 public gardens in the country and been awarded Horticulture Magazine’s Award for Garden Excellence.Before shifting his focus to public horticulture in 1997, Bill enjoyed a successful career in commercial landscape construction and service in the United States Navy as a carrier-based air traffic controller.