North Carolina Botanical Garden

Have you heard about the American Indian Cultural Garden on the UNC campus? We've been working with the American Indian Center at UNC to develop this new space, which will feature culturally important plants, ceremonial spaces, and art. Learn more about the garden from our director of horticulture, Dan Stern, and from AIC staff and Native community members in this piece from North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC! * * * * This project is made possible by funding from the Mellon Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation, Jandy Ammons Foundation, and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.

We're honored to have the Home of the Venus Flytrap plate included among Garden & Gun Magazine, LLC's favorite conservation license plates in the South. Our director, Damon Waitt, spoke with them about the new plate, now available to order online through NCDMV!

This Thursday (10/24) at noon ET: join us for a *Virtual* Lunchbox Talk with Neeti Bathala, Ph.D., specialist in ecology and environmental science! Dr. Bathala will cover the basics for encouraging wildlife in your own backyard and contributing to scientific data right from your garden. Free! Register to get the Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/e8h7jmQC

NatureFest is back, it's bigger than ever, and it's free! 🍂 This Saturday, explore the wonders of nature at 16 hands-on activity stations throughout the Garden, from carnivorous plants to live animal encounters, painting with acorn ink to making leaf litter critters, birdwatching to creating giant bubbles, and much more. • Saturday, October 19 • 1-4 p.m. • Designed for families with kids up to age 10 • Free! No registration necessary • We'll have additional parking with shuttle service to the Garden running from the Finley Athletic Fields down the road. We'll be joined by the Chapel Hill Public Library, Kidzu Children's Museum, New Hope Bird Alliance, NC Herpetological Society, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina Science Trail, Triangle Land Conservancy, Wake Soil and Water Conservation District, and pollinator researchers from North Carolina State University. Hope to see you here! More info: https://lnkd.in/d-GdCqS6

Come work with us: we're hiring a business officer! This position, part of our senior leadership team, oversees the Garden's business operations, including managing the budget, contracts, and HR functions. Learn more and apply by October 24: https://lnkd.in/et2gj4gG

We are delighted to welcome Delphine Sellars, co-founder and executive director of Urban Community AgriNomics (UCAN), for a Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: An Oasis of Health and Healing this Thursday at noon! Delphine, formerly the director of the Durham Center of NC Cooperative Extension, founded UCAN with her sister Lucille. Located on a site in Durham that was once a plantation, UCAN now boasts a 47-bed community garden, bees, chickens, ducks, a small orchard, a walking trail, and more. In this talk, Delphine will share how UCAN has created a place where humans, animals, and nature can thrive and heal. Free; attend in-person or on Zoom! Register: https://lnkd.in/e8XxzJWU Photo credit: Urban Community AgriNomics

Join our team! We're hiring a full-time administrative support specialist to work within our business office. Learn more and apply by October 11: https://lnkd.in/eXmXYRqv

SAVE THE DATE - #WildIdeas is back this October at the North Carolina Botanical Garden! 🦋🌳🐦 💡Wild Ideas - Habitats: Our Home explores nature and wildlife of the Triangle and how we all are connected to the habitats around us. Together we'll learn from community partners how natural areas and well-managed forests support healthy ecosystems and balance our built environment by providing habitat for native plants and animals. You'll hear from several local experts from the environmental/conservation fields and get to meet with community organizations who are already taking action to support nature in the Triangle. 💙🌳 🍻 Attendees will also enjoy free food and beverages thanks to our partnership with Vimala's Curryblossum Cafe and Fullsteam! 📅October 23, 5:30 - 8:30 PM 📍NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill 🔗Space is limited, so get your tickets now at https://buff.ly/3kky8JH #trianglelandconservancy #events #habitatsarehome #chapelhillnc #durhamnc #raleighnc #visitnc #fall

Our nursery team stopped by 97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com to talk about this Saturday's Fall Plant Sale and why gardening with native plants is important! 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/g7gaJfdh

This Thursday (9/26) at 12 p.m. ET, we'll be joined by a trio of experts for a Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Connectivity Conservation in the Triangle: Collaboration, Planning, and Community Engagement. You'll hear about the importance of wildlife corridors and connected habitats and how organizations in the Triangle have been working to incorporate landscape connectivity into land use and transportation planning. Ramona McGee of the Southern Environmental Law Center, David Miller of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and Julie Tuttle, ecologist and biogeographer, will also share how you can improve recent plans by adding your input. This presentation is free! Join us in-person or on Zoom. Register: https://lnkd.in/e9zNXVQf