The grant, which supports a partnership between Kansas State University, Duke University, and the North Carolina Botanical Garden, is part of an award from the US National Science Foundation and…
Harnessing the power of satellites for conservation! Thanks to a team from NASA DEVELOP National Program, we have a better understanding of sites that might serve as suitable Venus…
Our plant conservation technicians, Sophie and Amanda, have made several scouting and seed-collecting trips to the Nantahala National Forest this year for Plant Materials of the Atlantic Southeast (PMAS), our…
We’re excited to announce 25 acres ranked exceptional by the NC Natural Heritage Program have been added to the greater Stillhouse Bottom Natural Area, doubling its size. Our latest land…
Last month, our conservation department, joined by staff from the NC Plant Conservation Program and volunteers, planted 700 native seedlings as part of ongoing restoration efforts at Penny’s Bend 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…
In a shift that represents a significant milestone in the recovery of smooth purple coneflower (Echinacea laevigata), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reclassifying this southeastern native wildflower from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Two hundred million years ago, before birds existed, or bees, or wildflowers, molten rock seeped into cracks below the surface of what’s now Durham, North Carolina.
This week, Garden staff and interns joined Duke environmental management master’s student Lydie Costes at Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve to plant 750 seedlings of glade blue wild indigo (Baptisia aberrans)…
Our conservation department is growing sensitive jointvetch (Aeschynomene virginica) for restoration at Lake Mattamuskeet, in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This wildflower is a Federally Threatened member of the pea family that occurs in fresh and brackish tidal marshes from New Jersey down to North Carolina.