Lisa Marie Giencke

…(the clubmosses) in eastern North America actually represents at least three, and probably more like seven to nine genera, as reflected in the Flora of North America volume published in…

Elizabeth Kathleen Goldie-Smith

…Goldie-Smith, who usually signed her labels as “E.K.G.S.” Our fungal collection is being cataloged into the searchable on-line database, www.mycoportal.org As we continue to catalog our fungi it is probable…

Annual Membership Meeting 2023

Annual NCBGF Membership Meeting Friday, November 17, 2023 1 – 2 p.m. Virtual, Zoom Join online: https://unc.zoom.us/s/92157457373 Join by phone: 1-305-224-1968 Enter Meeting ID: 921 5745 7373 Membership Meeting (Virtual…

James Arthur Doubles, Jr.

…bridge, travel and photography.1 James Doubles died on 29 July 2001 in San Diego, California.2 PUBLICATIONS (possibly incomplete list): Doubles, James Arthur (1938) Myxomycetes of the Chapel Hill area. M.A….

Work from Home Work-Study Students

…employed on Botanical Garden projects, but not physically on the grounds of the Garden. Once we gained approval from the Carolina Work-Study Office for students to do remote, on-line projects,…

What is Therapeutic Horticulture?

…Detention/Rehabilitation Centers Halfway Houses Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Assisted Living Homes for I/DD Population Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Center I/DD Day Programs Who benefits from therapeutic horticulture? The short…

Joachim Heinrich Schuette

(20 April 1820 – 21 July 1908) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged ten vascular plant specimens collected by Joachim Heinrich Schuette (pronounced “SHOOT-ee”)…

Samuel McCutchen Bain

…is likely that more will be found as our collections are cataloged. Bain’s specimens curated by NCU date from 1891-1893 and were collected in Tennessee. Evelyn and Samuel Bain had…