Wildflower or Weed?
by Heather Summer, NCBG Collections Manager I once read that the only difference between a wildflower and a weed is our perspective. Anyone who has noticed a sea of pale…
by Heather Summer, NCBG Collections Manager I once read that the only difference between a wildflower and a weed is our perspective. Anyone who has noticed a sea of pale…
…and retain “cat-faces”—resin-tapping scars. According to the 1946 deed, the described property shall be used “only for a Botanical Garden and Park area.” Thus, the Pine- tum was part of…
Q. How did you begin your involvement with the BGF? A. I’ve been interested in gardening since I was a kid helping my grandfather in his Chapel Hill garden. I…
This month’s shout out is Emma Wilson, the 2018-19 Fred and Virginia Houk Sustainability Intern! Emma has helped to keep the Garden on track with sustainability goals and has jumped…
Since the 1980s there has been a worldwide resurgence of interest in original botanical illustrations and botanical art not only for private art collections, but also for use in modern…
Deeply intertwined with the history and success of the North Carolina Botanical Garden has been the support received by the Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF). In the early days, that collaboration…
Dan Meyers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill class of 2021, is majoring in Quantitative Biology, and minoring in Chemistry & Entrepreneurship. He is from Holly Springs, Wake County,…
“I came to the farm in the spring of 2015….I took to it right away and still feel a sense of relief when I arrive. Horticulture Therapy became a big…
…hotspot,” a classification of world vegetation formations, taxonomic revi- sions of various genera of southeastern U.S. flowering plants, and descrip- tions of new species. Private support from Herbarium friends like…