Plants and Gardening
We have developed a wealth of information about gardening with southeastern U.S. native plants and are pleased to be able to share some of that information with our website visitors. We plan to add more information and links to this part of our site in the future.
- Environmentally Responsible Gardening Practices
- Gardening for a Drought
- Invasive Exotic Plants: General Information
- Native Southeastern Plants for Your Garden
- Plants to Avoid in the Southeastern United States
- Plant Introductions
- Plant Sales
- Seed Distribution Program
- Sources: Recommended Plant Sources
- Wildflower Of The Year
- Links to more information about plants and gardening
Flora Stories
Retired Assistant DirectorKen Moore writes a weekly newspaper column called "Flora" in which he provides a closer look at our native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees. Visit the Carrboro Citizen's archive to read these engaging, fact-filled stories.
Questions about gardening?
We have a curator-on-call every weekday, noon to 1 pm. Stop by or call 919-962-0522 with your gardening/plant questions. In addition, from March through October, the Orange County Master Gardeners answer questions, here at the Garden, from noon to 2 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Last updated by Laura Cotterman on November 11, 2009 at 03:36:16 pm.

