NCBGF Foundation History

…Island in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, donated by Dr. and Mrs. Francis Harper. The tract was retained until it could be transferred to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Arrival…

NCBG receives national Garden Stewardship Award

We are deeply honored to be the the first-ever recipient of The American Horticultural Society’s new Garden Stewardship Award, which recognizes a public garden that embraces and exemplifies sustainable horticultural…

The Paper Garden

…replicas can be passed around a room full of children during programs such as Camp Flytrap. They can be touched and observed without concern about accidentally breaking a vulnerable plant….

Therapeutic Horticulture: FAQs

…drag and drop, etc.): 5-10 questions per lesson (typically 4-6 lessons per week) Forum Discussions: Complete 1-2 forum discussion responses per week. Each response must be between 250-500 words, and

Land Management

…faculty maintain long-term research programs at Mason Farm, and it is the site of an international carbon storage study. The longest-running breeding bird survey in the southeastern United States has…

Budd Elmon Smith

…at UNC-Chapel Hill as well as a M.A. in English and Counseling at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. They were married in Granville County, North Carolina on 28 December,…