Plant Sales are Back!

The garden may be closed but you can still buy great native plants from our nursery and, in doing so, help support our organization! How to Purchase Plants from NCBG…

The Paper Garden

by Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern Cynthia Woodsong volunteers at the North Carolina Botanical Garden – but not by weeding, propagating or clearing trails. Instead, she creates paper flowers and…

Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The annual Spring Native Plant Sale will return to the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Visitors…

Elbert Thomas Bartholomew

…NCU curates specimens collected by his father, Elam Bartholomew, who typically signed his specimens labels “E. Bartholomew.” In addition, NCU has cataloged a specimen collected by Elbert’s brother, Jesse Elam…

Annie Montague Alexander

Annie Montague Alexander (29 December 1867 – 10 September 1950) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill herbarium has cataloged only two botanical specimens collected by Annie Montague Alexander,…

NCBGF Spring Board Meeting

NCBGF Spring Board Meeting Friday, May 19, 2023; 10 a.m.-12 p.m. In Person: NCBG, Joslin Classroom 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill Join Online: https://unc.zoom.us/j/96224374906 Join by Phone: Dial:…

Happy Birthday, Psilocybe!

…when ingested metabolizes into psilocin, a potent hallucinogen.2 Prior to shipping the specimens to Utah, Dr. Cotter photographed them for inclusion in our online catalog, mycoportal.org. One specimen (NCU-F-0009757) stood…

Work from Home Work-Study Students

…Pembroke Herbarium on projects using online specimen data since her usual duties of filing specimens is on hold until UNC-P campus re-opens. Opening herbarium label transcription to a wider set…

Spring Board Meeting 2024

NCBGF Spring Board Meeting Friday, May 17, 2024 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Hybrid NCBG – Reeves Auditorium or via Zoom Join online: https://unc.zoom.us/j/92745095992 Join by phone: 1-301-715-8592 Enter Meeting…