The Bees Are Back!

This past Saturday, the Carolina Campus Community Garden hosted the first free Honeybee Hive Tour of the year! As a seamless addition to UNC’s recent distinction as a Bee Campus…

Charles Henry Hitchcock

…produced a three-volume work, “The Geology of New Hampshire” (1874-1878), and the folio, “Atlas to Accompany the Geology…” (1878). The maps in the atlas comprise the first detailed, comprehensive map…

Hugo Leander Blomquist

…love for the soil and the out-of-doors. He became a naturalized citizen in 1900 and, after completing his secondary education in the public schools of North Dakota, entered the University…

Richard Joel Reader

…Science degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. In 1973 he completed his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Curriculum in Ecology. The title…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…McIlhenny Company, famous for Tobasco brand pepper sauce, he was also an ardent naturalist and Honorary Life Associate Member of the American Ornithologists’ Union.(1) Edward Avery McIlhenny collected this fungal…

Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…or grottoes. There are numerous surface mines throughout the County, including Piedmont Minerals Company Mine near Hillsborough which yields pyrophyllite and the American Stone Company near White Cross which yields…

Land Acknowledgement

…action to advocate for and support the agendas of Native communities. The Garden and Foundation aspire to understand and share a complete history of the land we steward. Indigenous Land…

James Heathman Horton

…A list of dissertations and graduate theses in botany completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1912-2005. 3. History of Conference. https://www.wcu.edu/engage/professional-enrichment/conferences-and-community-classes/the-cullowhee-native-plant-conference/history-of-conference.aspx accessed on 9 April 2020….