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…

Clyde Ritchie Bell

…of our collection has been cataloged, without doubt many thousands more specimens collected, determined or annotated by Bell will be found. The name C. Ritchie Bell is inextricably linked to…

George Bowyer Rossbach

…as it will be if a botanist or a photographer travels far, carrying food and shelter. We traveled probably over 400 miles in two 17-foot Grumman aluminum canoes rented at…

Lisa Marie Giencke

…deposited about 400 specimens (most from Battle Park in Orange County, NC), and annotated many existing specimens in our fern collection. Ms. Giencke’s greatest legacy to the Herbarium was her…

Therapeutic Horticulture History and Staff

…for adolescent girls, a military veteran reintegration program at Denver Botanic Gardens, and managed an HT program at a 400 bed, state-managed psychiatric hospital. She currently serves as the Therapeutic…

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

…Mill.) because they are long-lived (> 400 years) and grow in hurricane-affected areas.3 The first tree core specimens in the Herbarium’s collection. Getting the longleaf pine cores accessioned into the…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…to locate potentially special habitats and plant communities. The advent of SERNEC.org and other online herbarium databases has opened up many new possibilities for these kinds of research and made…

APPLES interns grow in garden

…brings students to nonprofit & governmental agencies and enrolls them in an online service-course that counts toward graduation. “It was a very valuable experience,” said Becca Beechold, a senior environmental…