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Category: News Archive

New Flora Covers Entire Southeastern United States

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
map of Flora downloads

The southeastern United States is home to incredible biodiversity, and new plants are discovered in this area every year. Plant lists for this region, or Flora, evolve and change, making the most…

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Reckoning at the Garden: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Posted on September 25, 2020 (February 25, 2021) by Jennifer Peterson
two stones mark an enslaved person's grave at the Morgan/Mason Family Cemetery

By Nick Adams, Battle Park Manager Black lives matter. At the North Carolina Botanical Garden, we stand in solidarity with those calling for accountability and justice. We share your sorrow…

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Make your own eco-friendly holiday ornaments

Posted on November 19, 2019 (January 14, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson

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…

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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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Rekindling Ancestral Connections

Posted on September 25, 2019 (February 25, 2021) by Jennifer Peterson
Several generations working in the healing green space of the Waccamaw-Siouan community.

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…

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William Chambers Coker
 (1872-1953)

Posted on May 19, 2019 (August 9, 2022) by Damon Waitt
William Chambers Coker

It all started with the botanist who gave his name to one of University’s biology buildings, a pinetum and an arboretum. William Chambers Coker was born in Hartsville, South Carolina…

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100 Years of Forest Theatre

Posted on May 19, 2019 (December 20, 2019) by Jennifer Peterson
entrance to Forest Theatre

Many of us know and love Forest Theatre as the late summer home of the Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s annual performances.Others remember frequent performances by various groups through the mid-1970s, and…

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Spring Plant Sale and Festival Celebrates Native Plants and Community

Posted on March 23, 2017 (May 28, 2019) by Chris Johnson
people at plant sale

Chapel Hill, NC ‐‐ The North Carolina Botanical Garden will host its second annual Spring Plant Sale and Festival Saturday, April 29, 3 ‐ 7 p.m. Festival‐goers will be able…

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Annual Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture Explores Designing Native Plant Gardens

Posted on February 23, 2017 (April 10, 2019) by Chris Johnson

Chapel Hill –On Sunday, April 2 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. the North Carolina Botanical Garden will host plant ecologist Lisa Wagner for the Garden’s annual Evelyn McNeill Sims Native…

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Stream channel improvements underway at Arboretum

Posted on February 1, 2017 (May 31, 2019) by Damon Waitt
Coker Arboretum in autumn

Thanks to a donation from the estate of devoted Coker Arboretum volunteer Bob Gordon, we are able to make improvements to the stone channel below the Abundance of Springs Kenan…

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