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…
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North Carolina Wildflower Week
Across North Carolina, wildflowers and other native plants grow beside highways, in fields and gardens, or wherever they can take root and astound us with their natural beauty. They give…
The value of volunteers
By Margo MacIntyre, Curator, Coker Arboretum The Coker Arboretum’s corps of volunteers, the Coker Nuts, have been furloughed since March 17, but I never had to experience a pandemic…
Just when you think you know some plant…
By Derick B. Poindexter, Postdoctoral Plant Systematics Researcher, UNC Herbarium Relationships can be a fickle thing. You spend a tremendous amount of time building an understanding of what constitutes…
Thank you, Volunteers!!
This week is National Volunteer Week! Thank you to all our volunteers for your contributions, time, dedication, fellowship, and all around awesomeness! Please enjoy this video from the NCBG…
CCG Donates All Produce to Hospital Workers
We’re honored to announce that our Carolina Community Garden (CCG) has begun donating all harvested produce to healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis at UNC Hospitals. From…
Celebrate Earth Week (Virtually) with Edible Campus
Join Edible Campus UNC as we celebrate Earth Week, together, at home! Beginning on April 15th, the Edible Campus team will release a DIY video each day, along with resources…
Work from Home Work-Study Students
When Carolina shifted to all on-line classes at the end of Spring Break due to Covid-2019, we faced the challenge of how to keep our loyal and hard-working Work-Study Students…
Curb Appeal
Over the last few months, many of you have seen our new entrance sign under construction on the corner of Fordham Boulevard and Old Mason Farm Road. We’re happy to…
Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside
We care deeply about the health and well-being of our visitors, staff, and volunteers. As part of the University community, the North Carolina Botanical Garden operates under the same conditions…