A public garden celebrating, researching, and conserving southeastern native plants. Part of @UNC.
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ALT Background image: pinxterflower azalea. Text: Hours this weekend: main garden and education center: closed Friday April 3, open 9-5 Saturday April 4 and Sunday April 5. Our other gardens and natural areas are open every day, dawn to dusk. Info: ncbg.unc.edu.
ALT Carolina Moonlight wild indigo blooming in our Courtyard Gardens, with lobed tickseed and columbine in the background. GiveUNC: a place like no other, a day like no other.
ALT An educator (out of frame) hands a monarch butterfly to a child participating in Fiddleheads as another looks on. Text: Fiddleheads: Preschool Nature Explorers. Drop-off program for ages 4-5, Wednesdays, March 11 - April 22, 1:30-4 p.m., 6-week series (no class on 4/1) | $180
ALT Big-headed aster in bloom, with bright yellow disk flowers in the center and narrow, deep purple ray flowers around the outside.
ALT Our free Wildflower of the Year seed pack brochure, with a small packet of seeds taped to the inside and an original illustration on the front.
ALT The outplanting team – staff from NCBG, the NC Plant Conservation Program, and NC Natural Heritage Program – poses for a selfie at the site.
ALT Flats of Canby's dropwort plugs, marked with orange tags, in the back of a truck.
ALT The team spreads out through the Carolina bay landscape, dotted with pond cypresses.
ALT A hand holds a bare Canby's dropwort plug, ready for planting.
ALT Caroline Hines poses in front of greenery on campus
ALT Native wildflowers in flats to be sold at our fall plant sale
ALT Laurel Hill Rd closed for repairs between Coker Drive and NCBG service entrance. Map shows closed (dead-end) road leading to our education center.
ALT The top of Laurel Hill Road blocked off by red "Danger" tape
ALT Image of a blue-gray gnatcatcher singing and a photo (inset) of Jill Soha. Text repeats the information in the post.
ALT Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Carolina Ghosts, Synchronous Shows and Foxfire Lights: The Bioluminescent Insects of North Carolina. Image is of Clyde Sorenson with an insect net at night and an inset of a glowing insect. Thursday, May 12, 12 p.m. ET.
ALT We're hiring! go.unc.edu/ncbgjobs. Background is our mountain habitat in spring, with columbine, golden ragwort, and phlox blooming.
ALT GiveUNC, 3/25/25, photo is two students walking through Coker Arboretum in spring
ALT A gray catbird eating elderberry fruits. Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Eating Like a Bird: Native Fruits We Can Enjoy at Our Tables. With Mary Jac Brennan. Thursday, March 13, 12 p.m. ET.
