Chapel Hill, NC – Residents can learn how to improve the ecology, economy, and health of their gardens, their communities, and beyond through Landscape for Life, a nationally‐acclaimed course offered…
FloraQuest app provides botanical information at your fingertips
Chapel Hill, NC – The newly‐released FloraQuest app provides on your mobile device the contents of the 1,320 page Flora of the Southern and Mid‐Atlantic States, a comprehensive guide to…
Chestnut Planting at Coker Arboretum
Chapel Hill, NC – On Arbor Day, Friday, April 24, 1‐2 pm, the North Carolina Botanical Garden will host a ceremonial planting of potentially blight‐resistant American chestnut seedlings at Coker…
NC Botanical Garden hosts two events with Joan Maloof
Chapel Hill, NC – On April 11 and 12, the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) will host two events by Joan Maloof, author and ecologist, as part of the NCBG’s exhibit…
Botanical Garden Celebrates Darwin’s Birthday with Wild Life of our Bodies Presentation
Chapel Hill – On Thursday, February 12, 7:30-9 pm, the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) will celebrate the 206th birthday of Charles Darwin with a presentation by Dr. Rob Dunn,…
Fire-pink named 2015 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year
Chapel Hill – Fire-pink (Silene virginica), one of the most stunning native perennials of the eastern United States, has been named the 2015 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year by…
NC Botanical Garden names new director
Chapel Hill, NC The North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Damon Waitt as its next director, starting April 13. Currently, Waitt is the senior…
Remembering Ritchie Bell (April 10, 1921 – March 6, 2013)
The North Carolina Botanical Garden has lost one of its most ardent and long-lived friends, Dr. C. Ritchie Bell. An active and influential scientist, Bell enthusiastically advanced the appreciation and…
Land Added to Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve, Chapel Hill, NC
The Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation), the non-profit membership support organization of the North Carolina Botanical Garden (the Garden) of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has…
Students Graduate from Certificate Program
November 1, 2006: You don’t have to be a professional to know that there is art in nature. “Illustrated Points of View,” an exhibit on display at the North Carolina…