Augustin Gattinger

…burned to the ground and all 50,000 specimens – including Gattinger’s – were destroyed.] REFERENCES: 1. http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/gattingera.shtml accessed on 17 June 2011. 2. https://www.tn.gov/environment/program-areas/na-natural-areas/natural-areas-middle-region/middle-region/gattinger-s-cedar-glade-and-barrens.html accessed on 22 October 2019 3….

Richard Joel Reader

…of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reader earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. He then earned a Master of…

Elam T. Bartholomew

…Science Foundation; a searchable database of those specimens can be found at www.mycoportal.org NCU also curates fungi collected by Elam Bartholomew’s son, Elbert Thomas Bartholomew (1878-1967), who usually signed his…

Plant Sales are Back!

The garden may be closed but you can still buy great native plants from our nursery and, in doing so, help support our organization! How to Purchase Plants from NCBG…

Therapeutic Horticulture

…We have also developed an Online Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture for students who need the flexibility to take classes at the pace, timing, and location of their choosing. The online

Peter MacOwan

…Philosophical Society. Transactions. Volume 2, part 3, pp. 111-187. SOURCES: 1. http://www.abcjournal.org/index.php/ABC/article/viewFile/1900/1856 accessed on 3 November 2015. 2. http://www.capeorchids.co.za/history.htm accessed on 3 November 2015. [Photo of MacOwen and canine friend]…

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler

…the name of Charles Mitchell purchased the estate… [and later] William Wrigley (of chewing gum fame) purchased the property, which adjoined his own Green Gables estate. It remains in the…