Mary Eugenia Wharton

…include those of Meijer [Meijer, W. (1992) Mary Wharton. Kentucky Native Plant Society Newsletter 7(1): 2-3] and Wieland [Wieland, C. (1992) Mary Eugenia Wharton, 1912-1991. Kentucky Native Plant Society Newsletter…

The BGF Gets a New Name

…country to support a public garden, so a more descriptive name may have been deemed unnecessary at that time. But starting in the 1990s, the outside world started to change….

Educational Exhibits

…in the world and what we’re doing to save the seeds of rare plants in this educational exhibit. Past exhibits have included Saving Our Birds, Saving Our Wildflowers, Saving Our…

John Marshall Grant

National Fungus Collection (BPI), University of California, Berkeley (UC), University of Florida (FLAS), University of Georgia (GAM), University of Illinois (ILL), University of Michigan (MICH), University of Washington (WTU), University…

Bernard Carl Mikula

and served in the submarine services in the United States Navy during World War II. He earned his Bachelor Degree from the College of William & Mary in Williamburg, Virginia…

Donald Culross Peattie

…now owned by the Glenview Park District, and is a National Historic Landmark. From 1928 to 1933, the Peatties and their three sons lived in France. The family settled at…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…a fold of newsprint, with a label tucked in with the plant. There were 35 plants in all; the collection of Carex cristatella, “crested sedge,” had enough material for two…

Juliet Faunteroy

…“Avoca,” an American Queen Anne-style house built in 1901 that is now a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It currently houses the Avoca…