Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The annual Spring Native Plant Sale will return to the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Visitors…

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…

Saving Cochrane Property

…supports the Garden but serves as a land trust on its behalf. In fact, in the Foundation’s founding Articles of Incorporation, its mission is “to receive funds, and to hold…

Willard Webster Eggleston

…C.P. Sm. “silky lupine” Myosurus egglestonii Wooton & Standl. Quercus X egglestonii Trel. “Eggleston’s oak” Rubus egglestonii Blanch. Rubus idaeus var. egglstonii (Blanch.) Fern. Viola egglestonii Brainerd Viola septemloba ssp….

William Battle Cobb

…was known as an innovator in the field of soil science. “The greatest time-saver in soil survey field work was introduced in North Carolina in 1920. W. B. Cobb and…

New Lichens in The Old North State

…Carolina website.3 “I was totally unfamiliar with Green Dust Lichen,” said Gary. “When I saw it I thought it was just an alga, but I thought I saw some fungal…

APPLES interns grow in garden

…her internship, she was initially the satellite garden manager at Edible Campus, but COVID altered her internship experience. The first few weeks of her internship were completely online, and to…

Hiden Toy Cox, Jr.

…collected in South Carolina. NCU curates four fungal specimens collected by Cox. All were collected in August, 1939 in Highlands, Macon County, NC. It is highly likely that Cox was…

Photography Sessions

…If you have special needs that could be accommodated to enable your visit to the Garden or participate in one of our programs, please let us know in advance by…