Celebrate Earth Week with Edible Campus!

…edible, medicinal, and pollinator-friendly plants—free for passersby to pick! These gardens demonstrate an alternative approach to landscape design and re-connect the individuals with the food growing process. The main garden…

Discovering the Campus-to-Garden Trail

…and retain “cat-faces”—resin-tapping scars. According to the 1946 deed, the described property shall be used “only for a Botanical Garden and Park area.” Thus, the Pine- tum was part of…

What Do Gardeners Do in the Winter?

…the large areas around trees in the Arboretum receive leaves from the University’s collection operations, so these leaves are already ground, local, and free. There’s an endless supply of these,…

NCBGF Officers and Directors

…since been in the Renewable Energy sector. Erik is passionate about native plants and pollinator habitats and spends much of his free time with his family cultivating their 10 acres…

Edible Campus UNC

…These gardens are filled with vegetables, fruits, herbs, and a variety of pollinator friendly perennials and annuals. The produce is free for anyone in the community to forage. Please do…

2019 Wildflower of the Year

…on the plant long after its leaves have dropped, providing spectacular winter interest, especially on frosty mornings.   Pick up a free brochure and seeds of narrow-leaf mountain mint by…