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Category: NCBGF

Conservation Success: Expanding Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve

Posted on October 18, 2022 (October 18, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
Map showing the newly acquired property adjacent to Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve

Thanks to contributions from community members, conservation organizations, and a grant from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund, the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation will soon expand the scope…

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Fall Plant Sale: New Members’ System and More

Posted on August 2, 2022 (September 13, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
Trays of plants for sale set out on long tables outdoors at our Fall Plant Sale.

Purchase southeastern native wildflowers, shrubs, trees, vines, ferns, and native wildflower seeds grown at the NCBG nursery. This year, we’re implementing a new timed entry system for our Friday Members’ Sale to improve the Member experience.

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Don’t get caught without one!

Posted on November 16, 2019 (December 4, 2019) by Jennifer Peterson

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…

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Saving Cochrane Property

Posted on August 26, 2019 (September 11, 2019) by Jennifer Peterson
cars parked by 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…

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The BGF Gets a New Name

Posted on April 10, 2019 (April 11, 2019) by Chris Johnson
Blue-eyed grass, a showy blue wildflower

You can probably recall names of organizations that either made you want to learn more or failed to grab your attention. The name an entity selects for itself is so…

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Q & A with President Greg Fitch

Posted on January 13, 2018 (May 26, 2019) by Chris Johnson
Greg Fitch

Q. How did you begin your involvement with the BGF? A. I’ve been interested in gardening since I was a kid helping my grandfather in his Chapel Hill garden. I…

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Introducing the Foundation

Posted on July 7, 2016 (May 27, 2019) by Damon Waitt
botanical illustration of dogwood leaves and fruit

Deeply intertwined with the history and success of the North Carolina Botanical Garden has been the support received by the Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF). In the early days, that collaboration…

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