Walking trails winding through oak-hickory forests. An open meadow dotted with towering oaks (and benches for enjoying them). A path down to Mason Farm Biological Reserve with parking you…
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Make your own eco-friendly holiday ornaments
Every year we challenge ourselves to make our holiday tree theme both festive and relevant to our mission. In the recent past, we’ve seen many beautiful decorations made from seed…
Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast wins National Outdoor Book Award
2019 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED A gripping tale of a kayak voyage across the Pacific. A consummate biography of the great conservationist George Bird Grinnell. A thought provoking…
Don’t get caught without one!
The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc. and the Friends of Plant Conservation (FoPC) are teaming up to offer a new North Carolina license plate featuring the Venus flytrap (Dionaea…
And the winner is…
The people have spoken. Visitors cast over 500 votes for the Sculpture in the Garden People’s Choice Award since the show opened on September 15. We’re pleased to announce that…
Staying on Mission with Restoration
Fort Bragg stretches across 251 square miles of the North Carolina Sandhills, and is the home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces. The bustle of the base is made…
Rekindling Ancestral Connections
by Emily Oglesby, NCBG Communications & Exhibits Coordinator Anyone who has felt the mouth-puckering astringency of an unripe persimmon knows there’s an art to harvesting wild native foods. The expertise…
Carnivorous Conservation
Native only to a 90-mile inland radius around Wilmington, the Venus flytrap is a symbol of the Atlantic coastal plain’s unique ecology — and a contender for the federal endangered…
Fighting Fire with Fire
The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s prescribed fire program was featured in endeavors, the research magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Click to view and read this…
Saving Cochrane Property
Greg Fitch, President, North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, the support organization for the Garden, expanded the scope of habitats it protects in July when…