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…
Year One of Native Plant Materials Development
In 2019, the North Carolina Botanical Garden initiated a Native Plant Materials Development (NPMD) project designed to provide ourselves and others seeds and/or plugs for natural area restoration primarily…
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…
CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone
Simone started volunteering at the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) six years ago before her junior year of high school. She ended up enjoying composting so much, she became one of…
Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price
(1849-1903) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCU) has cataloged ten vascular plant specimens and two fungal specimens collected by Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price. She usually signed her…
Abbé Auguste Barthelemy Langlois
(24 April 1832 – 31 July 1900) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen vascular plant specimens collected by Abbé Langlois – all are from Louisiana…
Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter. At the North Carolina Botanical Garden, we stand in solidarity with those calling for accountability and justice. We share your sorrow and anguish over the deaths of…
Plant Sales are Back!
The garden may be closed but you can still buy great native plants from our nursery and, in doing so, help support our organization! How to Purchase Plants from NCBG…
Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr
30 September 1929 – 8 March 2015 (1) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 50 specimens collected by Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr. Most…