Rene Pomerleau

…728–738. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3754342 SOURCES: 1. “Rene Pomerleau.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Pomerleau accessed on 16 November 2016. 2. Estey, Ralph H. 1994. Essays on the Early History of Plant Pathology and Mycology in Canada….

John Lewis Sheldon

…2021. http//:www.lichenportal.org/cnalh/index.php. Accessed on August 18. CNABH Portal. 2021. http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on August 18. Data Portal. 2021. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on August 18. Index Herbariorum. 2021. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ . Accessed on August…

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…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…eye was a particularly lovely specimen of Parnassia grandifolia, or large-leaved grass-of-Parnassus. Parnassia is “a genus of 15-70 species, herbs, primarily of arctic and north temperate areas. Our species (especially

Ellsworth Bethel

…Seaver, Fred J. 1926. Ellsworth Bethel. Mycologia 18(4): 187-188. Although not exclusively a mycologist [Ellsworth Bethel] was sufficiently prominent in this field to deserve more than a passing mention. Born…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

…the Sphaerococcales Sjoestedt emend. based on family complexes previously placed in the marine red algal order Gigartinales. Journal of Phycology 32 (3 suppl.): 16. 1997 (with Suzanne Fredericq). Characterization of…

Garden Shop Now Online!

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…

Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.

…Brinker was born October 15, 1905, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Frederick and Irene Gausepohl Brinker… Father Robert entered the Franciscan Order at Teutopolis, Illinois, on July 1,…

Therapeutic Horticulture

…We have also developed an Online Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture for students who need the flexibility to take classes at the pace, timing, and location of their choosing. The online