Carolina Moonlight Garden Party

…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 list of 2024 Carolina…

Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

…they plan to buy a lot of plants. Garden members will receive a 10% discount on NCBG plants. To become a member, join here. Parking is available at the Garden…

Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…Man’s Beard,” instead. It’s in the olive family! You can buy one at the Botanical Garden! I hope to have inspired at least a few acquaintances to Go Native.) Stewartia…

The Paper Garden

…“Crepe paper has less of a vein,” she said. “ I’m trying to make these botanically correct … some leaves have very hard to see veins…So I buy a Japanese…

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

…tree, Aesculus glabra. I find “Brutus,” the anthropomorphic nut mascot, difficult to like, given its lack of botanical accuracy. Barely worth a mention due to its glaring lack of botanical…

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

…species. W.M. Carpenter and Josiah Hale also worked on this manuscript, and Hale was responsible for the Cyperaceae and Gramineae. The Smithsonian declined to publish the manuscript, so Riddell published…