Walking with Walter and William

…Area managed by the Garden. Vera Cecelski , the site director of Historic Stagville, led us through the grounds, weaving together the stories of the landowners and the stories of…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…year! Did you know chickweed is edible? So are columbine flowers! Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard) is in flower. The good news is this makes it easier to see and

Ellsworth Bethel

rust might be native. Upon this conclusion rests the value of the fall campaign against the white pine blister rust. Bethel’s knowledge of the rusts of the Rocky Mountain region,…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…Henn. (now classified as Bambusiomyces shiraianus (Henn.) K. Vánky), a pathogen of bamboo, from his family estate on Avery Island, Louisiana. While McIlhenny is remembered today the leader of the…

Jacob Fredric Brenckle

…there are a few manuscripts on raising bees. The collection also offers valuable insight into the lives and work of academics in the early 1900’s, and contemporary thoughts on World

Herbarium

…data. Our collections include: Fungi and lichenized fungi from around the world, with a focus on specimens from Southeastern United States (ca. 38,000 specimens) Algae from around the world focusing…

Video: Bringing Back Piedmont Prairies

…few remaining grasslands. This week, the partnership released two videos documenting the history of these prairies – and what we’re doing to bring them back from the brink. The videos