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Category: Education

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Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture Summer Session

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Emily Oglesby
A man using a wheelchair harvests a cucumber from a raised garden bed. A staff person stands nearby to help.

We are delighted to offer another section of our online Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture course for Summer 2021. This self-paced, fully online course explores how therapeutic horticulture supports human needs, including physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs.

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Celebrate Earth Week with Edible Campus!

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Jennifer Peterson
edible campus garden bed

Edible Campus UNC is celebrating Earth Week by offering a new video each day, highlighting things students (and others!) can do to show the planet some love. Check back every…

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Open Studio Continues Despite Pandemic

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Jennifer Peterson
A pinecone illustration by Judy Lutter.

by Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern Illustration by Judy Lutter Despite the pandemic circumstances, the Botanical Art and Illustration Open Studio Coffee Hour has remained a way for local artists…

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Binge watch our Lunchbox Talks!

Posted on November 24, 2020 (November 24, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
Laptop showing a fullscreen image of a woman presenting a Zoom lecture.

Did you miss a recent lecture you had hoped to see? Or want to re-watch a favorite? One small silver lining of pandemic life is we have many virtual programs,…

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Upcoming Wildflower Excursions

Posted on March 9, 2020 (March 9, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
NC Sandhills trees and grass

We are excited to announce an expanding partnership with the Friends of Plant Conservation (FoPC). Through education, resource development, and advocacy, FoPC supports the NC Plants Conservation Program to preserve…

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Sims Lecture: 50 Years of Wildflower Conservation

Posted on February 12, 2020 (February 12, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
Julie Moore paddling

Join us for our annual Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture, as Julie Moore, botanist and endangered species biologist, takes us on a virtual journey through the past 50 years…

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2020: Year of the Wildflower

Posted on January 30, 2020 (January 30, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
wildflowers and text 202: Year of the Wildflower

This year, we’re celebrating and advocating for biodiversity with a year-long focus on native wildflowers. In 2020: Year of the Wildflower, our classes, lectures, field trips, special events, educational exhibits,…

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Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lectures

Posted on April 7, 2019 (December 1, 2021) by Damon Waitt

Every spring the Garden offers a lecture focused on native plants and their conservation and ecology. The lecture series was initiated in 2000 with a gift from North Carolina Botanical…

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Jenny Elder Fitch Memorial Lectures

Posted on November 5, 2018 (December 15, 2020) by Damon Waitt

Named in memory of Jenny Fitch, local plant enthusiast and passionate gardener, this lecture takes place each fall. Mrs. Fitch passed away in 1995. The endowment for the lecture series…

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Independent Study Projects

Posted on May 26, 2018 (July 20, 2021) by Damon Waitt

Completed by graduates of the Certificate in Native Plant Studies program Lake Johnson Plant Inventory Jane Cornelius, 2006 Shallow Groundwater Hydrology and Wetland Vegetation in a Field in the Mason…

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