Louis Hermann Pammel

…added ca. 50,000 plants to the collection. Pammel also arranged the herbarium’s purchase for $5,000 of the C. C. Parry Collection which contained many type specimens of plants of Iowa,…

Explore a Seven-Layer Forest Garden

…along the base of the hill on which the 1980s house sits. About 20 years ago, the second homeowner, inspired by NC state parks, established a more extensive network of…

Elizabeth Kathleen Goldie-Smith

…Nature Reserve, pers. comm. 1 November 2016. 5. “Rye Harbour.” https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/rye-harbour accessed on 3 November 2016. 6. Chandler, Peter. 1988. Recording Scheme, page 5. http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1981_90/Chandler_1988_recoding_scheme.pdf accessed on 3 November 2016…

Preserves and Natural Areas

…conservation easements. Sharing borders with the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, the Parker Preserve, and the William Lanier Hunt Arboretum, the Laurel Hill Nature Preserve is an important link connecting and…

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…

Saving Cochrane Property

…they ever decided to sell. After Mrs. Cochrane’s death in 2015, we pursued land purchase in earnest. The 13-acre parcel was purchased from the Shirley G. Cochrane Trust and directly…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

…establishment. They even land and carry their goods by our door. With a good assortment of trade articles, they are able at times to purchase five hundred bushels of rice…