John Robert Raper

…up in a Moravian community where brass choirs were as much a part of special church services as were the “love-feasts,” featuring coffee and hot cross buns. Although the latter…

Help the Garden Grow

…nonprofit support organization, the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation. Membership levels provide you with benefits. Find the membership level that fits you best. Contact NCBG Membership Coordinator Allison Essen at…

What is Botanical Illustration?

…and detail, and is still the best way to describe newly discovered species, botanical illustrations may also be done in color (watercolor or colored pencil). Botanical illustrations have traditionally been…

Guy Richard Bisby

…parasitic fungi found in Manitoba. However, from a mycological standpoint, Bisby is perhaps best remembered for his leadership in the preparation and publication of two books on fungi: The fungi…

John Adolph Shafer

…his books and plants were his best companions. He early began to press plants and to accumulate a herbarium, and he was one of the charter members of the Botanical…

Survey Says…

…to use both the NCBG-specific data and the national data to help inform and guide our digital engagement strategy as we determine how the Garden can best serve our community….

Edward Willis Graves

…4. Ancestry.com World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Serive…

Saving the Crystal Skipper

…NCBG, NC State Parks, NC State University, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Master Gardeners Program collaborated on this project. Top image: The crystal skipper is named for…