After a holiday break, masked, distanced volunteers returned to the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) last week. They cleared and prepped beds, planted spinach seedlings, uncovered and recovered row covers, and…
by Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern Illustration by Judy Lutter Despite the pandemic circumstances, the Botanical Art and Illustration Open Studio Coffee Hour has remained a way for local artists…
Update: As of 11/23/2021, we are out of 2021 Wildflower of the Year seed packs. Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement of the 2022 Wildflower of the Year and…
by Corbin T. Bryan1, Dan Meyers2, Van Cotter3 and Carol Ann McCormick4 New plants, animals and fungi are not only found in far-away exotic locations. The Carolina campus might be…
Frost flower at base of wild oregano (Cunila origanoides) stem in Alamance County, NC. Photo by Mark Peifer, 26 December 2020 Ribbons of ice forming in stem fissure on Verbesina…
(4 August 1921 – 23 November 1990 ) Helen Shedd Sherwin was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Edith Sherwin nee Dodson and Melvin Ernest Sherwin. Her father was a…
(4 December 1894 – 19 December 1988) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has found a single vascular plant specimen collected by Effie Boon. As she…
(March 22, 1936 – July 18, 2020)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected by Clifford R. Parks. Without doubt more…
You can now order from our Garden Shop online! From botanical t-shirts to gardening books to native wildflower seeds to crafts by local artists, you’re sure to find an awesome…
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) Summit of Little Long Mountain, Uwharrie National Forest On a rather warm Sunday in…