Seed Banking & Ecology

…Gaylussacia orocola (Blue Ridge bog huckleberry) all of which have only a few populations left in the world. The goal of these projects and all of our rare plant seed…

Rare Plant Recovery

…Georgia indigo bush. For one of the most unique and wonderful plants in the world, Venus flytrap, our staff have teamed up with researchers from the University of North Carolina…

Mary Gwendolyn Burton Caldwell

…a graduate student in the Botany Department in 1938. “[She] thought the world of some of the UNC professors who mentored her in the typically male-dominated field… They would hike…

Enchantress along the Eno

…Miller gives the goddess a backstory and describes how Circe uses her talents and power in a world ruled by men. In her review of the novel Annalisa Quinn writes,…

A Carolina Onion from Asia

by Scott Zona, botanist, co-editor of PALMS, the journal of the International Palm Society, and research collaborator with the Herbarium of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Photo:…

The Bees Are Back!

…in their minds, and get up close and personal with the bees. Responsible for pollinating one third of the world’s food and produce, these fascinating creatures captivated everyone, and are…

George Shuford Ramseur

…Operations, Inc., 2010. 3. “Ruth Anderson Ramseur, July 24, 1925 – May 23, 2019” Obituary, Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, Winchester, TN. https://www.moorecortner.com/obituaries/Ruth-Anderson-Ramseur?obId=4429338 accessed on 5 August 2020. 4. Priestly, Mary. 2009….

Twilight Thursdays Begin April 6

…exception of service animals, pets are not allowed in the Garden, and as part of the UNC campus, open containers of alcohol are prohibited. Hours and Admission Twilight Thursdays run…

Hugo Leander Blomquist

…in Deering, North Dakota. After a year of graduate work at the University of Chicago, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a musician first class during World