NCBGF Land Trust

Conserving Plant Habitats The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation is the Garden’s partner in preserving ecologically important land parcels adjacent to the Garden and beyond. Acting as a land trust,…

Sandhills Pyxie-Moss Rescue

North and South Carolina. In addition to pyxie-moss plants, they removed trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) and turkey oak saplings. Some of the plants went to other nearby, protected sites, and…

Rene Pomerleau

(27 April 1904 – 11 October 1993) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 21 fungal specimens collected by Rene Pomerleau. Most are a species…

Open Studio Continues Despite Pandemic

…the North Carolina Circle of the American Society of Botanical Artists, and to see some of the Circle’s recent trading cards from a recent project, visit their blog at http://ncbotanicalartists.blogspot.com/2020/09/….

Moss Madness Coming to Chapel Hill

…Gardens, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the Duke University Herbarium and the UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium enjoy warm and collegial relationships year round. One area of recent cooperation has been centered…

Orchids: Masters of Deception

by R. Haven Wiley, Ph.D. Biology Department (retired), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Orchids are more than just flowers! In fact, most of them don’t have flowers to…

Special Events

Special Events Celebrate your birthday, reunion, or special occasion in one of our spectacular settings for a memorable occasion at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Our guiding mission is “to…