(16 March 1888 – 30 April 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 19 fungal specimens and 3 vascular plant specimens collected by Eugène Poilane. As our…
Eugène Poilane
John Lewis Sheldon
(10 November 1865 – 17 January 1947)8 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates few specimens collected by John Lewis Sheldon, who usually signed his labels…
Up Now: Sculpture in the Garden
The 33rd annual Sculpture in the Garden will open on Sunday, September 12 and run until Sunday, December 5. Since 1988, Sculpture in the Garden has united the work of…
Restoring Glade Blue Wild Indigo at Penny’s Bend
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)…
The Search for Moose Haven: On the Trail of Rev. Hugh O’Neill
by R. Kevan Schoonover McClelland, doctoral student, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill One Wednesday afternoon, I was going through my specimens of blue curls…
Devoted to Dalea
by J. Brandon Fuller, doctoral student in Environment, Ecology & Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill There is something about inconspicuous beauty that begs to be admired….
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As public facing institutions of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Ackland Art Museum, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and North Carolina Botanical Garden believe it is essential…
Enchantress along the Eno
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium On a recent Sunday in June, my husband and I decided to take a walk at the Confluence Natural Area. We arrived…
A Carolina Onion from Asia
by Scott Zona, botanist, co-editor of PALMS, the journal of the International Palm Society, and research collaborator with the Herbarium of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Photo: Allium…
New Entrance Walk and Breezeway Unveiled
We are thrilled to announce that our Bob and Molly Broad Entrance Walk and Sara Waitt Breezeway are now open to the public! Together with our new sign wall on Fordham Boulevard, this marks the completion of a multi-year entranceway master plan to increase the Garden’s visibility, improve the visitor experience, and elevate our entrance landscapes.