The BGF Gets a New Name

…criteria, but allow one to compare nonprofits against each other. Again, the non-specific nature of the BGF name made the donor work harder to learn what we do. Some didn’t…

Nancy Blair Eliason

(19 April 1905 – 19 October 1991) http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q97959265 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about forty vascular plants, half a dozen non-vascular plants, and…

Fall Board Meeting 2023

…better results. Originally from the Netherlands, Niels enjoys giving back to his community and is an avid birder. He enjoys exploring local trails and preserves with his family and has…

Charles Henry Hitchcock

…Florida are curated by NCU. Hitchcock married first Martha Bliss Barrows, and then upon her death in 1892, he married her sister, Charlotte Malvina Barrows. Nathan Barrows’ specimens are on…

Carolina Community Garden

…arrangements. We cannot accept meat or dairy products, leftover cooked food, paper products, non-biodegradable waste, grass clippings, yard waste, or commercially compostable items like compostable bags, plates, or boxes. Use…

What is Therapeutic Horticulture?

…wellbeing, physical health, and balance in their lives. *This is not an exhaustive list What kind of plant and nature-based activities are conducted in a therapeutic horticulture session? Garden maintenance…

John R. Bozeman

…specimen exchange program in the University of North Carolina Herbarium]. He was hard-working, pleasant, and neat, in addition to having a sound botanical background and a basic understanding of the…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…for the Herbarium. “It’s a small batch of interesting taxa, mostly things out of a personal herbarium I’ve kept over the years. I plan to distribute the rest of it…

Loan & Accession Policy

…the basionym. Annotation labels should be typed, printed, or legibly written in indelible ink. Ball-point pens should not be used. Existing labels, notes, or other annotations on the sheet must…