Coker Arboretum in Winter By Margo MacIntyre, Curator, Coker Arboretum This is one of the most frequent questions we get while working in Coker Arboretum, especially at this time of…
What Do Gardeners Do in the Winter?
Category: Horticulture
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APPLES interns grow in garden
APPLES intern Becca Beechold with a tomato harvest at the Carolina Community Garden By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s partnership with APPLES Service-Learning offers students…
Summer Horticulture Internships
Calling aspiring horticulturists: we’re hiring for summer internships at our main display gardens and Coker Arboretum! These three-month, full-time, paid positions help with all kinds of garden maintenance tasks. Learn more and apply by February 21.
Fall Plant Sale: Fall is for Planting!
Did you know fall is the best time to plant North Carolina’s wonderful native perennials, shrubs, trees, ferns, and grasses in your home landscape? Planting in the fall gives time…
New Entrance Walk and Breezeway Unveiled
We are thrilled to announce that our Bob and Molly Broad Entrance Walk and Sara Waitt Breezeway are now open to the public! Together with our new sign wall on Fordham Boulevard, this marks the completion of a multi-year entranceway master plan to increase the Garden’s visibility, improve the visitor experience, and elevate our entrance landscapes.
NCBG receives national Garden Stewardship Award
We are deeply honored to be the the first-ever recipient of The American Horticultural Society’s new Garden Stewardship Award, which recognizes a public garden that embraces and exemplifies sustainable horticultural…
Martha Decker DeBerry Horticulture Internship
A summer internship opportunity at Coker Arboretum Note: This internship is open to current students at UNC-Chapel Hill only. Applications due: 2/28/2021 Location: Coker Arboretum Duration: 3 months (approximately mid-May…
2021 Wildflower of the Year
Update: As of 11/23/2021, we are out of 2021 Wildflower of the Year seed packs. Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement of the 2022 Wildflower of the Year and…
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…
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…