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Support the Garden during GiveUNC on March 28

Posted on March 27, 2023 (March 27, 2023) by Emily Oglesby
Graphic reading GiveUNC: 3/28/23, Garden like no other #GiveUNC with an image of a Venus flytrap

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, is GiveUNC, UNC-Chapel Hill’s annual day of giving. By making a gift during GiveUNC, you help the Garden conserve plant biodiversity in the Southeastern United States and work to promote healthy and sustainable ecosystems for future generations to enjoy.

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Therapeutic Horticulture Program Featured in Chapel Hill Magazine

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Emily Oglesby
Page spread from the Chapel Hill Magazine article about the Therapeutic Horticulture program, with the title "Reap what you sow"

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…

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Twilight Thursdays Begin April 6

Posted on March 9, 2023 (March 28, 2023) by Emily Oglesby
Tickseed, columbine, blue-eyed grass, and other native wildflowers in bloom in the Courtyard Gardens in spring

Every Thursday evening from April 6 to June 15, we’re staying open until 7 p.m. so you can enjoy our display gardens after work. Our exhibit hall and Garden Shop…

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We’re Hiring: Camp Environmental Educators!

Posted on March 6, 2023 (March 13, 2023) by Emily Oglesby
A camp environmental educator leads a group of campers through the Children's Wonder Garden

Join our Camp Flytrap team this summer! We’re hiring two Camp Environmental Educators to help prepare for and lead our hands-on natural science camps for children. At Camp Flytrap, kids…

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Planting a Pollinator Garden at the Museum of Life and Science

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Emily Oglesby
Teens, chaperones, and NCBG staff plant native pollinator species in a new garden outside the Museum of Life and Science

On Sunday, NCBG staff led the planting of a native pollinator garden with teens and their chaperones at the Museum of Life and Science as part of their Youth Climate…

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John White Chickering, Jr.

Posted on February 12, 2023 (February 12, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(1831-1913) Special thanks to the following individuals for providing information on J.W. Chickering, Jr.:  Jane Rutherford, Reference & Instructional Librarian of Gallaudet University, and Scott Martin, for information on Chickering’s…

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New Lichens in The Old North State

Posted on February 12, 2023 (February 20, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

by Gary Perlmutter, Lichenologist & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium Associate and Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium  …

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Hiden Toy Cox, Jr.

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(3 March 1917 – 27 March 2000)1 Information compiled in 2017 by Carol Ann McCormick,Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium.  Special thanks to Nicole Wallace,…

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William Wirt Calkins

Posted on February 6, 2023 (February 6, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(29 May 1842– 9 July 1914) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates both vascular plants and lichens collected by William Wirt Calkins.  All six vascular…

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Stanley Adair Cain

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(19 June 1902- 1 April 1995) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen specimens collected by Stanly A. Cain.  As only a fraction…

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