March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots

…New Zealand. I give the award for botanical buy-in to the national teams of New Zealand which use the silver fern as part of their logos. Alsophila tricolor (or Cyathea…

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The Paper Garden

…“Crepe paper has less of a vein,” she said. “ I’m trying to make these botanically correct … some leaves have very hard to see veins…So I buy a Japanese…

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George Bowyer Rossbach

…camp I found grizzly tracks here, too! We ascended the turbulent Hanbury on a scenic over-night detour for about ten miles to 60-foot Helen Falls. We lined canoes along the…

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Protected: Keep the Animals Out On Demand Class

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Don Edgar Eyles

…in Memphis, Tennessee. The Journal of Parasitology 40(2): 216-221. Eyles, Don E.; Jones, Frances E.; Jumper, John R.; Drinnon, Virginia P. (1954) Amebic infections in dogs. The Journal of Parasitology…

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William Battle Cobb

…1915 [Collier] Cobb had used a portion of Mary Know Gatlin Cobb’s dowry to purchase land and build houses on Cobb Terrace [35.917169 latitude, -79.054471 longitude in downtown Chapel Hill]…”5…

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This May: Carolina Moonlight Garden Party

…funds to the support the Garden through Carolina Moonlight. In addition, a live auction will call attention and raise funds for several focused projects. Learn more and purchase tickets >…

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Walter Charles Blasdale

…The genus “Clarkia” was named in honor of Capt. William Clark (1770-1838), famous as a leader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition which explored the Louisiana Purchase. The subspecies was…

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DEI Strategic Plan

…located Staff Lead: Becca Wait Purchase several pairs of color vision corrective glasses for visitors with color vision deficiency to use while at the garden Ongoing: Continue hosting Spanish language…

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