The North Carolina Botanical Garden is proud to partner with the Durham County Library, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, NC A&T, and other local organizations for The African American Legacy in…
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Watch: Therapeutic Horticulture: A Gateway to Healing & Connection with the Natural World
What is therapeutic horticulture? Who practices it, and whom does it serve? NCBG Therapeutic Horticulture program manager Emilee Weaver explains the ins and outs of this important field and discusses…
2023-2024 Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture
Registration is now open for the 2023-2024 Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture (HCTH)! This nine-month program combines comprehensive online and in-person instruction to professionals and students in allied health, education,…
Therapeutic Horticulture Program Featured in Chapel Hill Magazine
The March-April 2023 issue of Chapel Hill Magazine features a story on the Garden’s Therapeutic Horticulture program. “Therapeutic horticulture is basically when a trained professional uses plants and/or nature-based activities…
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…
Carolina Community Garden Food Scraps Find New Home
We’re delighted to have a new outlet for veggie scraps from our Carolina Community Garden: the pigs at the Chapel Hill Creamery farm (and soon, pigs from Small Potatoes Farm…
Winter Harvest at the Carolina Community Garden
After a holiday break, masked, distanced volunteers returned to the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) last week. They cleared and prepped beds, planted spinach seedlings, uncovered and recovered row covers, and…
Edible Campus Collaborates to Release New Cookbook
Edible Campus and Carolina Cupboard were created because too many students don’t have access to healthy, affordable, food resources on campus. In addition, making healthy meals on a budget can…
Volunteer Spotlight: Adelaide
As a part of our ongoing volunteer highlighting series, we’d like to highlight Adelaide this week. Adelaide started volunteering at CCG in the Spring of 2018 as a part of…
NCBG Community Gardens Awarded Funds for Urban Agriculture
The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association have partnered to offer immediate support to established urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This…