Carolina Moonlight Garden Party

about ticket purchasing or event sponsorship? Contact Stephen Keith at 919-962-9458. Buy Tickets Gala Planning Committee Gail Perry Melanie Christian Amy Helwig Dunlap Virginia Buysse Thank you to our growing…

Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

…will be able to purchase southeastern native plants grown at the Garden’s nursery as well as Cure Nursery, Field to Cottage Nursery, Growing Wild Nursery, and Mellow Marsh Farm. A…

Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium When I meet someone for the first time and we are exchanging information about where we live and friends we have in…

The Paper Garden

…replicas can be passed around a room full of children during programs such as Camp Flytrap. They can be touched and observed without concern about accidentally breaking a vulnerable plant….

Plant Sales are Back!

The garden may be closed but you can still buy great native plants from our nursery and, in doing so, help support our organization! How to Purchase Plants from NCBG…

March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots

…women’s basketball game and shout out “Pinus” I want to hear all members of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the stands roar back, “palustris.” Go Heels!     Credits…

Rachel Milner Fell Treakle

…the help of an African American man by the name of Milton Barton. Barton and his family lived in Alton, IL where Milton worked as a nurseryman. According to Barton…

Josiah Hale

…– J. Hale, M.D. Melania Haleiana. Testa laevi, acuto-conoidea, subtenui, luteo-cornea, polita; spira elevate; suturis impressis; anfractibus novenis, convexis; aperture parva, ovate, ad basim subangulta, intus alba. Hab. Alexandria, Lou….