New boardwalk open at Mason Farm

…Bog, replaces an earlier structure destroyed by Hurricane Florence in 2018. Without a boardwalk, Siler’s Bog has been impassable: visitors have had to treat the loop trail through Mason Farm…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…to enter upon a fuller field. In the meantime two life-events had occurred: he had lost his three children with diphtheria, himself barely escaping, and he had begun in earnest…

Carol Enarson, CCCG, Master Gardener

…Gardener course at the Orange County Extension Office in Hillsborough in order to expand her knowledge relating to horticulture. Enarson explained that by becoming an Orange County Extension Master Gardener…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…beach in Ireland — which lead me to look up “marram grass” and to see if it occurs in North Carolina. As a result I’ll be completing the database records…

NCBGF Committees

…are in order; monitoring whether or not it is an appropriate time to pursue accreditation through the Land Trust Alliance and assisting the NCBG Conservation Department with that process; and…

CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

…our compost leaders and even continued to volunteer when she was back during breaks from college! When the stay-at-home order began in the spring and Simone had to return home,…

2021 Wildflower of the Year

…planted in a group to give a fuller appearance, at the back of a shrub border, or in a naturalistic woodland garden where it can stretch out. Read more about…