(7 January 1923 – 20 December 2004) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged to date about a dozen vascular plant specimens and a dozen fungal…
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Following in Botanical Footsteps at Rocky Face Mountain
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium One of the few good aspects of the restrictions on school, social, and business activities this past spring has been that people…
Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, and Dr. Van Cotter, Herbarium Associate, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates hundreds of thousands of botanical…
Survey Says…
The North Carolina Botanical Garden participated in a national survey this spring along with over 600 other organizations. The survey focused on how people are connecting to the arts and…
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…
Just when you think you know some plant…
By Derick B. Poindexter, Postdoctoral Plant Systematics Researcher, UNC Herbarium Relationships can be a fickle thing. You spend a tremendous amount of time building an understanding of what constitutes…
Thank you, Volunteers!!
This week is National Volunteer Week! Thank you to all our volunteers for your contributions, time, dedication, fellowship, and all around awesomeness! Please enjoy this video from the NCBG…
Celebrate Earth Week (Virtually) with Edible Campus
Join Edible Campus UNC as we celebrate Earth Week, together, at home! Beginning on April 15th, the Edible Campus team will release a DIY video each day, along with resources…
Mason Farm Microbes Make Fine Sourdough Bread
By Van T. Cotter, Ph.D., Herbarium Associate (and fungi expert!) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) A discovery While visiting Mason Farm Biological Reserve on March…
Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside
We care deeply about the health and well-being of our visitors, staff, and volunteers. As part of the University community, the North Carolina Botanical Garden operates under the same conditions…