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December 2013  Promoting Education, Conservation, Research, Plant Collections, Public Service  Volume 41, Number 4
The Buzz in Our Garden
T
here is a colorful new addition to the Children’s Wonder Garden! In September, 14 creative children designed and crafted a pollinator-inspired mosaic using
recycled glass and tile under
the guidance of local artist
Jeannette Brossart. The
Garden received an Orange
County Arts Commission
grant to conduct an artistin-residency project this
year with a focus on garden
pollinators. The permanent
mosaic, titled “Busy Pollinators,” has transformed a
cement retaining wall into a
bright and beautiful masterpiece for all to enjoy! Come
by and see it soon.
UNC Students Get Involved
F
or three semesters now, Battle Park Curator Stephen Keith has worked with students
in UNC Professor Geoffrey Bell’s Restoration Ecology class (ENST 490). These
environmental studies students have completed special projects in Battle Park as part of
their class, gaining practical experience in conservation work. This fall, three students
contributed to restoration objectives in the campus forest managed by the Garden by
mapping local distribution and developing management strategy for Harlequin glorybower, Clerodendron trichotomum, an invasive exotic species. The species, native to Asia
and introduced to North America as
an ornamental plant, had not been
observed in Battle Park until this past
summer; furthermore, there were no
specimens from Orange County, NC,
in the UNC Herbarium. As part of
their project, students Cierra Carter,
Katie Russell, and Amberli Young,
pictured here, contributed a specimen
to the Herbarium collections.
Holidays
at the Garden
Natural Ornaments Family Workshop
Sunday, December 8, 3:00–4:00 pm
Details on page 9 >>>>
Members Holiday Party
Sunday, December 8, 3:00–5:00 pm
Members should have received an
invitation by now, but if you haven’t,
give us a call: 919-962-9457
Holiday Violin Concert
December 21, 4:00–4:45 pm
Join us for this delightful holiday concert in
the Pegg Exhibit Hall. The Piedmont Youth
and Family Ensembles will play selections
from The Nutcracker as well as other festive holiday music. The Chapel Hill Youth
Violin Ensemble, now in it’s sixth year,
is sponsored by Music For Children and
directed by Edith Gettes. It is dedicated
to providing musical experiences for audiences who might otherwise not be exposed to live performances. The ensemble
plays in nursing homes, shelters, schools,
hospitals, and other public venues. Free,
and no registration necessary.
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Holiday Closings:
December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1
Director’s Message
Proving the Point
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e built the North Carolina Botanical
Garden’s Education Center because
we believed that it would help us achieve
our important mission. The Center was
the culmination of the sustained effort of
staff and supporters: imagining, designing,
fundraising, University and town approvals,
and working with neighbors. I was personally very excited to see the building fill
with life—people, exhibits, and art—from
the day it officially opened in 2010. Once
we raised the funds for a deer fence, the
outdoor garden filled with plants, butterflies, and people—the families, teachers,
university staff, schoolchildren, gardeners,
though not yet enough.
It is amazing how quickly the new
garden spaces and Education Center filled
with activity. I thought we’d be persuading,
cajoling, and conspiring to increase participation by our community, but no matter
which barometer you use (classes, teachers,
public schools, groups renting the facility),
activity has increased rapidly. When I look
out at 200 folks crowding the auditorium,
as I did during the Jenny Fitch Lecture in
October, I have to thank everyone attending for providing a tangible proof of concept. I need not struggle for justification
or add up the budget figures—nor hope
words of one graduate, Patricia Lockwood Davis, were not only a statement of
the “proof of concept” of the Education
Center, but they took me back to my own
early learning experiences. I will never be an
artist at her level (our curriculum is rigorous), but in my journals of the time, I drew
the leaves and winter twigs of each new
species of tree I learned. There is nothing
like drawing something, even tracing it, as I
did with the leaves of scarlet oak, to make
you look, learn, and remember the details.
My advice to tree enthusiasts of all ages: if
you want to learn it, try drawing it. From
that personal experience, I think you can
see why Patricia’s words resonated with me:
There’s a Marcel Proust quote that has
great meaning for me relative to what I’ve
learned during my studies at the Botanical
Garden. “The real voyage of discovery is
not in seeking new lands but in seeing with
new eyes.” I have indeed learned to see with
new eyes—so much so that now when I look
around me, all the trees, flowers, and leaves are
begging to be drawn or painted. For this I am
extremely grateful. It has deeply enriched my
experience of living, making it more satisfying
and fulfilling.
October 6, 2013: Botanical Art & Illustration certificate program graduates and instructors at a ceremony in
the Growing Classroom.
and nature lovers that make up our community. On each walk through the new
garden spaces today, I see the work of
our amazing staff: Amanda Mixon, Chris
Liloia, Sally Heiney, Bob Peoples, Charlie
Tomberlin, Alena Steen, Brenda Wickman,
Wendy Wenck, and others.
The Garden has begun to feel like a
24/7 place! The parking lot, classrooms,
auditorium, and gardens are often full.
More UNC students than ever are involved
and learning about careers in conservation,
research, public gardens, and education.
Staff and volunteer numbers have grown—
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NCBG Newsletter December 2013
for some brighter future. The building is
proving itself. (And, yes, there is an even
brighter future to visualize: a Children’s
Wonder Garden, an enhanced entry, a Go
Native! Outreach Center, a plant biodiversity research building for the Herbarium
and Library, a renovated Forest Theatre, a
renovated Totten Center, increased endowments and staffing . . .).
Graduation ceremonies for our certificate programs are “proof of concept”
too. On October 6, at the Botanical Art and
Illustration Certificate graduation, speakers
included staff, teachers, and students. The
Whether it is in the area of science,
conservation, sustainability, or gardening,
“seeing with new eyes” is one representation of what we hope you will learn at the
Garden.
The North Carolina Botanical Garden
publishes this newsletter four times a year.
Editor & Layout Laura Cotterman
Photography Laura Cotterman, Sandra
Brooks-Mathers, Stephen Keith, Claire Lorch,
Johnny Randall, Elisha Taylor, Peter White
Illustrations Dot Wilbur-Brooks, Sandra
Brooks-Mathers, and antique illustrations
FPO-FSC & Recycled Logos
HERE!
Botanical Garden Foundation NEWS
T
he Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF) has completed a year’s consultation with the
Executive Services Corps (ESC) of the Triangle. ESC Consultants Nancy Laney and
Don Tiedeman worked with the BGF Executive Committee to develop a clear mission
and vision statement (see sidebar) for the Foundation and to organize Board committee
structure and function, with emphasis on our Fundraising and Board Affairs Committees.
The ESC provides professional, affordable consulting to area nonprofits to help them
achieve their missions and has been helping nonprofits in the Research Triangle area since
1987. ESC was founded as the International Executive Service Corps in 1966 by David
Rockefeller, who recruited retired corporate executives to work overseas on assignments in
developing countries. A decade later, the concept was reformed for American nonprofits.
There are currently 27 ESC
affiliates in the Executive Service Corp Affiliate Network.
ESC consultants are retired
or semi-retired executives
who contribute their time in
the service of their communities.
Our ESC consultants could
not have been better chosen.
Nancy Laney has more than
20 years of experience in
the nonprofit sector. Until
recently, she served as executive director of the Tucson Botanical Gardens and prior to
that as associate director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. She has more than 20
years experience in the nonprofit sector, including the position of grants manager at the
Missouri History Museum. Prior to holding these positions, she worked as an attorney
for more than 10 years in both the private and public sectors.
Don Tiedeman worked for AT&T for 35 years in a number of assignments including operations, personnel, and finance. His last 10 years with AT&T were spent as vice
president and CIO of the Consumer Business Unit, after which he worked for Fujitsu
Consulting as vice president and senior consultant for seven years. Don is a senior consultant with ESC and has been active for nine years facilitating Strategic Planning, Board
Development, and Coaching for nonprofits in the area.
Our many thanks go to Nancy and Don, and to Trudy Smith, executive director of
ESC of the Triangle. We could not recommend more highly these professional services
to nonprofits in this region.
—Anne Lindsey, BGF President
The Botanical Garden Foundation
Mission: To champion, promote, sustain, and
advise the North Carolina Botanical Garden
so that its endeavors to protect lands, support
research, and educate the public about plants
and natural ecosystems will flourish on behalf
of North Carolina and the Southeast.
Vision: The North Carolina Botanical Garden
is the preeminent botanical garden of the Southeast for a public that treasures the natural heritage
of this region and works to sustain plants and
their biodiverse habitats for future generations.
Board of Directors 2014
Officers
Thomas “Tom” Earnhardt, President
Missy Rankin, Vice President
Stephen A. Rich, Treasurer
Sandra Brooks-Mathers, Secretary
Executive Committee at Large Members
Betsy Bennett
Janet “Jan” Dean
Barbara K. Wendell
Directors
Ann B. Alexander
Betsy Bennett
Bob Broad
Cotton Bryan
Becky Cobey
Janet “Jan” Dean
Thomas “Tom” W. Earnhardt
Robert “Bob” W. Eaves, Jr.
Gregory Fitch
Debbie Hill
Nell Joslin
Jay Leutze
Jay Wall Martin
Mary Galloway “Scottie” Neill
Florence F. Peacock
Nancy S. Preston
Missy Rankin
Linda Rimer
Tom K. Scott
Alexander “Sandy” F. Thompson
Lysandra Gibbs Weber
Barbara K. Wendell
John Wilson
Jason York
Honorary Directors
Claire Christopher
Gretchen Cozart
Arthur DeBerry
Muriel Easterling
Mary Coker Joslin
Nancy Stronach
Sally Couch Vilas
Student Directors
Peter Carr
Past Presidents
Anne H. Lindsey
William H. Bracey
Arthur S. DeBerry
Jonathan B. Howes
Sally Couch Vilas
Mae Woods Bell
R. B. Fitch
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Our Day at the Garden
Earth Partnership for Schools
by Nicole Accordino, Horticultural Therapy Intern
Editor’s Note: Nicole Accordino has interned in the Horticultural
Therapy Program for a year, where she leads the Herbal Essence
group. Below she recounts her experience.
by Grant Parkins, Natural Science Educator
W
e begin by sitting in a circle and taking a moment to share
our “green news.” What changes have we seen in the plant
world since last week? We brew tea with herbs harvested directly
from the garden beds we tend: lemongrass, tulsi, catnip, mint,
lemon balm, bee balm. We plan, cultivate, plant, care for, and
harvest the foods we want to eat and plants we find interesting.
We prune, water, compost, and mulch our garden beds. All the
while we talk about our days and share our stories and facts. We
are responsible for two areas in the botanical garden and have our
work cut out for us.
We return to the classroom and we cook. We almost always
cook. We try to use as many ingredients from our gardens as possible—basil pesto atop shaved raw summer squash, colorful salads,
and homemade pizza topped with arugula and tomatoes. We set the
table with real plates and we sit together to eat. We have created a
ritual of comfort, community, support: therapy in its truest form.
Herbal Essence mental health program is the longest continuous running horticultural therapy program on site at the North
Carolina Botanical Garden. It was started 10 years ago by the staff
Horticultural Therapist. A unique model for the mental health
community, participants come together for two hours every week
with other volunteers to garden and learn about health, nutrition,
and natural science.
Carolyn, a long-time participant shares, “I like to be apart of
a village, a community, and enjoy the company of other people.”
Eric first came to the Garden 3 years ago. “The gardens have taught
me to move at the speed of Mother Nature instead of this mad
pace we have in this society, instead of rushing. There is something
healing about getting outside and putting your hands in the dirt,
it’s energizing and healing.”
I couldn’t have said it better.
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n July, the North Carolina Botanical Garden partnered with the
City of Durham Stormwater Services to once again offer the
Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) workshop. Fifteen educators from seven different schools participated in the week-long
program. During the Institute, teachers learned how to create
native plant gardens on
school grounds and had
the opportunity to visit
some wonderful natural
areas managed by the
Garden, such as Mason
Farm Biological Reserve
and Penny’s Bend. EPS
has been a huge success
since it was first offered
at the Garden in 2009,
with a total of 83 educators from 30 schools and
environmental education centers having been
Teachers in the 2013 Earth Partnership for Schools institute
trained to date.
learn how to take a soil core to help determine what kind of
We will offer an EPS amendment their schoolground’s soil might need.
Institute in the summer of 2014. Details and applications will
be available February 1 on the Garden’s website: http://ncbg.unc.edu/
education-for-schools-and-teachers/
For more information, contact Grant Parkins, Natural Science
Educator: [email protected], 919-962-2887
What’s New in the Garden Shop?
—Something for everyone on your list!
Beautiful enough to display year-round, but arriving in time for the
holiday season, two types of nature-inspired ornaments: real leaves from
native tree species preserved in precious metals (gold, silver, iridescent
copper)—available as nightlights too—and designs made from sustainably
harvested wood featuring local birds, plants, and natural elements.
Gift certificates are also available!
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Consider This
Discovering the Campus-to-Garden Trail
by Johnny Randall, Director of Conservation Programs
N
ow that there is safe passage for pedestrians at the Old Mason Farm Rd./Fordham Blvd. intersection in Chapel Hill,
we invite you to experience the Campus-to-Garden Trail through
our Coker Pinetum.
What, you might ask, is the Coker Pinetum? A pinetum, by
definition, is a collection of pines or conifers that is used for their
scientific study. This particular pinetum came to the Botanical
Garden as a deeded gift from the estate of UNC botany professor
William C. Coker, who used it for teaching and as a living laboratory.
It is a surprisingly hidden 25 wooded acres sandwiched between
Manning Drive and Laurel Hill Road.
Hardwoods now dominate this tract, but some of the shortleaf
pines are original campus trees and retain “cat-faces”—resin-tapping
scars. According to the 1946 deed, the described property shall be
used “only for a Botanical Garden and Park area.” Thus, the Pinetum was part of the larger plan of Professor Coker, and his student
Henry R. Totten, for our now blossoming botanical garden.
The most enduring feature of the Pinetum is Meeting-ofthe-Waters Creek, so named by Coker, which tumbles downhill
through the Pinetum, passes unnoticed beneath 15/501 near
Manning Drive, and courses through the Piedmont Nature Tails
to its confluence with Morgan Creek. Meeting-of-the-Waters Creek
originates somewhere near the Carolina Inn. From there it is contained within a cavernous subterranean culvert through campus,
pops out for a short stretch near the Bell Tower, and then again
is buried beneath Kenan and Boshamer Stadiums on its way to
liberation in the Pinetum.
Two trails diverge in the wooded Pinetum: the OWASA easement, which is very pleasant and can accommodate people and
mountain bikes, and the nature trail, which is the one less traveled.
The OWASA easement is maintained by the Orange Water and
Sewer Authority, and the nature trail is cared for by Garden staff
and a handful of diligent Green Dragon Volunteers—namely,
Marcella Grendler, Larry Howard,
Holly McKinny, Eleanor Rutledge,
Chris McKeever, and Bill Kaiser.
These individuals, along with all of our
other volunteers, epitomize volunteerism and are in many ways the Garden’s
backbone. The Pinetum nature trail
has also benefited from three separate
Eagle Scout projects that created a
beautiful bridge, benches, and many
trail improvements.
The prime directive of all Green
ragons is invasive
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plant removal. Beginning in about 1999,
Marcella Grendler decided that she was fed
up with the Chinese
privet understory and
set forth on a removal
campaign. Since then,
a remarkable transformation has befallen the
Pinetum, where native
plants now thrive.
Access to the Pinetum at the Garden Green Dragon Volunteers Marcella Grendler,
Chris McKeever, Eleanor Rutledge, and Larry
end is at the terminus Howard at the Coker Pinetum.
of Fern Lane for the
OWASA trail; the nature trail begins across from the Fern Ln/Iris
Ln intersection. Access to the campus end of both trails is at the
bottom of the Boshamer Stadium parking lot drive off of Ridge
Road—but you need a UNC permit to park there. Rather than risk
parking at Boshamer Stadium, start your walk on campus at the
Coker Arboretum/Battle Park using the following directions:
• From Coker Arboretum, take a short sidewalk-stroll east to Forest Theatre and on to the Battle Park trails, ultimately taking the
Deer Track Trail to the Sisters’ Corner on Gimghoul Rd.
• Follow the sidewalk to Country Club Rd.; take a left and follow
Country Club across Raleigh Rd. to Ridge Rd.
• Take Ridge Rd. to the Boshamer Stadium parking lot and find
the trailhead to either the OWASA trail or Nature Trail
• Both trails end on Fern Ln., which you must follow to the pedestrian crossing at Old Mason Farm Rd., and then over to the
Botanical Garden entrance.
So slow down, rediscover Chapel Hill
with your feet, practice orienteering,
experience urban natural areas, listen to
Meeting-of-the-Waters Creek, carefully
cross a busy highway, and enjoy what’s
happening at the Garden proper! If
you’re not tuckered-out, trace your way
back up through the Pinetum on the
trail you didn’t take down. OR – look
for an additional adventure and take the
fare-free HU bus back to campus from
the Garden’s entrance.
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Certificate Courses, Spring 2014 Semester
Full descriptions of these Certificate Courses are on our website (ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/) =No prerequisites—open to all!
Native Plant Studies
Native Plant Studies Networking
Session 
Nancy Easterling, ncbg Director of Education;
David McCloy and Jim Schmidt, NPS Graduates
Saturday, Jan 11 (incl. weather: Jan 18);
10:00 am–12:00 pm
No fee but please register
Independent Study Design (Short Course)
Steph Jeffries, Forest Ecologist
Wednesdays, Jan 22, Feb 12; 10:00 am–12:00 pm
$65 ($55 ncbg members)
Plant Ecology 
Nicki Cagle, Ecologist & Jeffrey Pippen, Ecologist
Saturdays, Feb 1, 15, Mar 1, 15(field trip); 9:30
am–12:30 pm
Geology for Ecologists & Botanists 
Mike Schafale, Botanist/Geologist & Edward
Stoddard, Geologist
Saturdays, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22; 1:30–4:30 pm (incl.
weather: Mar 1) Optional field trip 3/8
Fee: $125 ($115 ncbg members).
Botany 
Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist
Saturdays, Mar 8, 22, 29, Apr 5; 9:15 am–1:15 pm
Spring Flora 
Milo Pyne, Plant Ecologist
Saturdays, Mar 15, Apr 5, 12, 26; 1:30–4:30 pm
Book Review: From Laurel Hill to Siler’s
Bog by John Terres (Short Course) 
Johnny Randall, ncbg Director
March 17, 19, 21; 12 noon–1:00 pm
Plant Communities of North Carolina 
Alan Weakley, Director, UNC Herbarium
Tuesdays, Apr 1, 8, 15, 22; 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Principles of Conservation Biology
Peter White, ncbg Director
Thursdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22; 7:00–9:00 pm
Local Trees 
Stefan Bloodworth, Curator, Sarah P. Duke
Gardens Saturdays, May 3, 10; 9:30 am–
12:30 pm $65 ($55 ncbg members)
Plant Taxonomy
Sundays, March 30, April 13, May 4; 1:15–4:45 pm
Flowering Plant Families
Saturdays, May 10, 17, 31, Jun 7; 1:00–4:00 pm
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Native Southeastern Medicinal Plants
(Short Course)
Ricky Bratz, Herbalist
Sunday, May 18, 1:30–4:30 pm
Plant Propagation (Short Course)
Matt Gocke, ncbg Nursery/Greenhouse Mgr.
Saturday, June 7, 1:30–4:30 pm
Summer Flora 
Saturdays, Jun 21, 28, Jul 12, 19; 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes 
Sam Tessel, Plant Ecologist
Sundays, Jun 1, 8, 22, 29; 1:15– 4:15 pm
Botanical Art & Illustration
Beginning Drawing 
Patricia Savage Professional Artist
Sundays, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26; 1:15–4:45 pm (Inclement weather date: Feb 1)
Advanced Watercolor Techniques:
Wet and Wild
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Wednesdays, Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 (incl. weather: Feb
5); 1:00–4:30 pm
Introduction to Botanical Illustration
(Short Course) 
Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist
Saturday, Jan 25 (incl. weather: Feb 1); 1:00–4:30 pm
Beginning Colored Pencil
Composition 
Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
Sundays, Mar 2, 9, 16, 23; 1:15–4:45 pm
Depth and Perspective
Tuesdays, , Mar 4, 11, 18, 25; 9:30–1:30 pm
Pen & Ink
Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist
Thursdays, Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3; 12:30–4:45pm
Ephemerals (Short Course) 
Friday, Mar 21, 1:00–4:30 pm
Nature Journaling Seasonal Continuum
Jeannine Reese, Professional Artist
Saturday, Mar 22, 1:00–4:30 pm
Intermediate Watercolor for Illustrators
Sundays, Mar 23, 30, Apr 6, 13; 1:00–4:30 pm
Master Class: Colored Pencil,
Watercolor and Ink
Thursdays, Apr 10, 17, 24, May 1; 1:00–4:00 pm
Pen & Ink: Media Exploration 
Wednesdays, Apr 23, 30, May 7, 14; 1:00–4:30 pm
Integrating Color Theory & Composition (Color Theory)
Tuesdays, Jan 28, Feb 4, 11, 18; 1:00–4:30 pm
Sundays, Apr 27, May 4, 18, Jun 1; 1:15–4:45 pm
Portfolio/Graduation Preparation:
What You Need to Know(Short Course)
Kate Lagley, Professional Artist
Sundays, Jun 8, 15, 22, 29; 1:15–4:45 pm
Saturdays, Feb 1, 8 (incl. weather: Feb 24);
1:30–4:30 pm
Beginning Watercolor
Saturdays, Feb 15, 22, Mar 1, 8 (incl. weather:
Mar 15); 1:00–4:30 pm
Intermediate Drawing
Wednesdays, Feb 19, 26, Mar 5, 12 (incl.
weather: Mar 19); 10:00 am–1:30 pm
New: Beginning Gouache
Butterflies in Colored Pencil (Short
Course) 
Saturday, Jun 14, 1:00–4:30 pm
R egistration
is
O nline !
http://ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/
Click on Calendar & Registration
to enter our secure registration site.
Advance registration is required for all
programs unless otherwise indicated.
Ecology & Sustainability
Owl Prowl: A Nocturnal Experience
Gail Abrams, Executive Director, Piedmont
Wildlife Center
Choose among 4 Fridays, 7:00–9:00 pm:
Dec 6, 13, Jan 10, Feb 7
Local owls are coming back to their nesting territory to find their mate and build a nest for their
new family. Come to the Mason Farm Biological
Preserve to listen and look for signs of screech,
barred, and great horned owls. You’ll learn why
owls are so important to the environment and
what you can do to help protect them. We’ll try
several owl calls to see if we can get any wild
owls to come check us out and call back. You
will also meet Otus the screech owl and Athena
the barred owl—two live owls used in education
programs at Piedmont Wildlife Center. To register call Piedmont Wildlife Center: 919-4890900. Fee: $15 ($10 ncbg members)
Plant Ecology
Nicki Cagle, Ecologist; Jeffrey Pippen, Ecologist
Saturdays, Feb 1, 15, Mar 1, 15(field trip);
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Plant Ecology is a conceptual course designed
for a broad audience interested in the interactions of plants within their environments. Ecological relationships at the organism, population,
community, and ecosystem levels are examined,
using examples from the rich and diverse NCflora. Students will learn about nutrient and energy cycling within ecosystems, as well as about
current threats and trends for the conservation
of ecosystems. Fee: $125 ($115 ncbg members)
secting samples. There are also opportunities for
making observations of examples in the Garden.
Fee: $140 ($125 ncbg members)
Book Review: From Laurel Hill to
Siler’s Bog, John Terres (Short Course)
Johnny Randall, NCBG Director of Conservation
Mar 17, 19, 21; 12:00–1:00 pm
Celebrate Spring with us! From Laurel Hill to
Siler’s Bog, originally published in 1969, presents
scientific information as well as the association
between a dedicated naturalist and the birds,
mammals, and insects of our world. John Terres,
noted author and former editor-in-chief of
Audubon Magazine, spent nine years exploring the
Garden’s Mason Farm Biological Reserve. His
observations of the animal and plant life around
him are recorded and organized around the
cycle of a year from January through December.
Students independently read this book and come
together to discuss its impact. The third class will
be a picnic at Mason Farm Biological Reserve.
Darwin Day Presentation
Wednesday, Feb 12, 7:30–9:00 pm
Celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin with a presentation by Dr. Gabriela
(Gaby) Auge on “Plants and How They
Know Their Neighbors.” Dr. Auge is a
postdoctoral research associate at Duke
University and studies the physiological
responses of plants to their environment.
She will speak on
Darwin’s studies
on plant sensory
mechanism, their
Spring Flora
Saturdays, Mar 15, Apr 5, 12, 26; 1:30–4:30 pm
This course is intended for a broad audience, as
well as for students who are enrolled in either
of the Garden’s certificate programs. Field trips
and exercises provide experience in the use of
identification keys and recognition of plants in a
natural setting. Fee: $125 ($115 ncbg members)
evolution, and
how he is today considered the father of
plant physiology.
This event is free and includes a reception, but
advance registration is requested.
more programs on next page . . . >>
Geology for Ecologists & Botanists
Mike Schafale, Botanist/Geologist &
Edward Stoddard, Geologist
Saturdays, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22; 1:30–4:30 pm
(incl.weather: Mar 1). Optional field trip on 3/8
This course introduces students to the principles
of geology, with an emphasis on the aspects that
most affect the distribution of native plants and
natural communities. Classes cover the different
types of rocks, and their chemical and physical
effects on the soils that form from them. Also
addressed are the geological processes that shape
the earth’s surface, landforms that result from
them, and the way natural communities align
with these patterns. This course is intended for a
broad audience, but some familiarity with natural
communities or native plants and some exposure
to chemistry will be assumed. Fee: $125 ($115
ncbg members).
Botany
Saturdays, Mar 8, 22, 29, Apr 5; 9:15 am–1:15 pm
This course is introductory in nature and is
designed for a broad audience. It is a fundamental core course for students enrolled in either
of the Garden’s certificate programs. It covers
basic principles of botany including taxonomy,
anatomy, morphology and physiology. Class time
is divided between lectures and examining/dis-
25th Annual
Sculpture
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Aw a r d Wi n n e r s
NORTH
BOTANICAL
GARDEN
The
juror CAROLINA
for this 25th
anniversary
year of our annual sculpture exhibition was
Steve Litt, art and architecture critic for Cleveland’s
Plain Dealer. Award winners were:
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Best in Show—Mark Hewitt’s Polka Vase (pictured)
People’s Choice—
Stan Harmon’s Dionaea Muscipula Arboresque
Merit Awards—Joseph Gargasz’s Amulets 1–10,
and
Craig Usher’s Crushed Up Wave
More photos on website: ncbg.unc.edu/exhibits-and-art/
Show Continues through Dec 8!
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Lunchtime Series
Bring your lunch and join us,
12–1 pm, for a free lecture!
. . . advance registration required
(at http://ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/)
Introducing iNaturalist
Thursday, January 30, 12:00–1:00 pm
Suzanne Cadwell, Instructional Technology Consultant, UNC-CH
Native Plant Studies graduate Suzanne Cadwell will describe how iNaturalist
helps you keep track of the plants and animals you encounter--and get help
identifying them. Submit observations using the iNaturalist.org website or
free mobile app: take a photo, record the date, location, and a description.
Thousands of individuals and dozens of citizen science groups use iNaturalist to collect, map, and verify species observations for short-term bioblitzes
and for long-term inventory projects. Learn how to get started using the
system and how to join the iNaturalist user community.
Going With the Flow:
How Leaves and Flowers Avoid Damage in Storms
Home Gardening Workshops
The DO’s and Some Don’ts of Pruning
Charles Tomberlin, Landscape Manager, New River Landscaping, Inc.
Saturday, Jan 18, 2:00–5:00 pm
This will be an informative workshop on the fundamentals of pruning.
Participants will be instructed on the different types of pruning equipment
and safety, the best pruning techniques, and the proper time to prune. The
primary focus will be on, but not limited to, trees and shrubs. Pruning is a
beneficial horticultural practice for the overall health of plants, as well as,
stimulating new growth and flowering. Fee: $20 ($15 ncbg members)
Weeds 101
Sally Heiney, NCBG Horticulturist
Saturday, Feb 22, 2:30–5:00 pm
Every gardener and homeowner can tell you what they consider to be a
weed. Too often, one person’s weed is another creature’s lunch or shelter,
while another person’s prized plant might be the next ecological disaster. Discussion will include a brief history of weeds and their impact on
ecosystems and our economy. This workshop focuses on ways to identify
your weeds and strategies for their management, whether they be friend
or foe. Management practices include time-tested approaches and some
new techniques we’ve explored here at the Garden, with an emphasis on
environmentally responsible gardening. Participants are welcome to bring
in their own specimens for identification. Fee: $27 ($22 ncbg members)
Thursday, February 6, 12:00–1:00 pm
Steve Vogel, James P. Duke Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Leaves and flowers look fragile—and they are. But their clever designs enable them to withstand remarkably strong forces, even ones that sometimes
uproot trees. We’re gradually figuring out evolution’s underlying mechanical
tricks, in particular, the virtues of being strong without being stiff.
Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop
Greta Lee, Certified Permaculture Instructor; Claire Lorch, CCCG
Garden Educator
Sunday, Feb 23, 1:30–3:00 pm
Get ready for spring! We are excited to have the Carolina Campus Community Garden (CCCG) as the learning laboratory for this workshop in
our Home Gardening Series. This workshop covers what vegetables to
plant for a spring garden; when to start planting; how to grow your own
vegetable seedlings; tips on protecting plants from freezing; and how to get
a large harvest from a small space. Following the workshop, plan on staying
to volunteer at the CCCG workday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.! Fee: $15 ($10
ncbg members; free to UNC Students). For directions to the garden site:
Fire in the Bay: Restoring Native
Plant Communities at Pondberry Bay
Thursday, February 20, 12:00–1:00 pm
Dale Batchelor, Gardener by Nature LLC
Native Plant Studies Program graduate Dale Batchelor shares her experiences as a Volunteer Site Steward for Pondberry Bay, a Plant Conservation Preserve in Sampson County. Pondberry Bay is one of 23 preserves
established by N. C.’s Plant Conservation Program to protect more than
50 of our state’s rarest plants in their natural habitats. The Pondberry
Preserve features several natural communities including Cypress Savanna,
Streamhead Pocosin, and Longleaf Flatwoods. Imperiled plants include the
preserve’s eponym, Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia), and Sandhills milk-vetch
(Astragalus michauxii). Dale will discuss how learning from field ecologists
and plant conservation experts has informed her work as a landscape
designer and gardener.
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http://uncgarden.web.unc.edu/contact-us/
Health & Nature
Tai Chi in the Garden
Sundays, January 5, 13, 19, 26; 3:00–4:00pm
Class starts with a gentle warm-up, new movement instruction, and then
practice and review. Students will move through the first third of a classical Tai Chi form—simple, low-impact movement appropriate for all
abilities. Class will be held outdoors when possible. Wear loose, comfortable clothing and flat, thin-soled shoes. Fee: $60 for the series ($55 ncbg
members).
Lisa Marcusson began Classical ballet training at age four at the American Ballet
Theater School and the Metropolitan Ballet School and began teaching by the age of
fifteen. After studies of Yoga and Hindu Philosophy. Ms. Marcusson studied Yang Tai
Chi from Professor Cheng Man in Chinatown, NYC and continued studies with many
prominent teachers. Since 1995, Lisa has studied and practiced Vipassana Meditation
as taught by S.N. Goenka. Ms. Marcusson began teaching Tai Chi in New York City
in the late 1970s and has taught in Durham and Chapel Hill since 1983.
Art and Nature
A Poetry Reading by Jay Bryan, Poet
Jan 26, 2:30 pm
Jay Bryan recently completed a term as poet laureate for Carrboro, North
Carolina, during which term he helped to establish Carrboro’s Poets’ Council and compiled and edited the Carrboro 100th Birthday Poetry Anthology,
published in May 2011. His recent chapbook, Selected Poems, was published
by Finishing Line Press. For more than fifteen years, Jay organized poetry
readings for Carrboro Day.
In his poetry, Jay uses the natural world as both backdrop and core
structure for poetry that explores the human condition. The poems wander
from the mountains and rivers to beaches dotted by scuttling ghost crabs
and phosphoresence at night, to the flight of egrets and humming birds,
to a tree frog’s chorus. Intertwined in these worlds is the human footprint,
the day’s joys and challenges, inner struggle and faith, and the complex
emotions related to loss and grief. His works communicate, through natural
imagery, the possibility and hope of healing and suggest indirectly that
by pausing, listening, and watching the natural world, humanity can find
ways out of what troubles it and come closer to being one with the beauty
and energy of the universe. Even the harshness that can be a part of his
poems’ landscapes can inspire.
Beginning Drawing
Sundays, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 (incl. weather: Feb 2); 1:15–4:45 pm
This course is designed for a broad audience. Students learn the fundamentals of botanical illustration through contour drawing, negative space,
perspective, and tone. Fee: $125 ($115 NCBG members)
Family Programs
These family activities are designed for children ages 5 & up (unless
otherwise noted), accompanied by an adult. Classes are limited to
15 children. Fees are per child; no charge for adults.
Natural Ornaments Family Workshop (ages 4 & up w/adult)
Sunday, Dec 8; 3:00–4:00 pm
Decorate for the holidays naturally with acorns, pinecones, milkweed pods,
and more! Use your imagination to craft your own unique ornament with
materials that nature supplies. Enjoy a mug of hot chocolate to celebrate
your creative work. All materials included. Fee, per child: $8 ($7 ncbg
members)
For the Birds Family Workshop (ages 5 & up w/adult)
Saturday, Feb 15, 10:00–11:30 am
From yellow-bellied sapsuckers to Carolina chickadees, learn to identify
common winter birds by sight and sound first-hand at our bird-feeding
station, and then make some feeders to take home. Find out how to attract
birds to your backyard and participate as a citizen scientist in Project Feeder
Watch. Dress for the outdoors. Fee, per child: $10 ($9 ncbg members)
Vernal Pool Wonders Family Workshop (ages 5 & up w/adult)
Saturday, Mar 1, 1:00–3:00 pm
Chorus frogs, dragonflies, and spotted salamanders … oh my! Nature is
waking up in the garden’s vernal pools. These spring nurseries are swimming with life in early spring. Peek into the ponds, meet live critters, and
learn about the wonders and mysteries of life in a vernal pool. Dress for
the outdoors. Fee, per child: $10 ($9 ncbg members)
Advance registration is required for all programs unless
otherwise indicated! http://ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/
Children's Programs
Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature! (ages 4–5)
Elisha Taylor, NCBG Environmental Educator
Tuesdays, Jan 28–Feb 18 (4 sessions); 1:30–3:30 pm
Learning comes naturally for 4 and 5 year-olds during this fun-filled series
that encourages exploration and fosters a sense of wonder for the natural
world. Preschoolers will learn about native owls, winter weather, hibernating animals, and more through hands-on activities, nature walks, puppet
shows, stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided. Homeschoolers welcome!
Blazing-Stars: Afterschool Nature Club (ages 6–8)
Theme: Nature in Winter
Elisha Taylor, NCBG Environmental Educator
Thursdays, Jan 30–Feb 20 (4 sessions); 3:30–5:00 pm
Calling all young nature enthusiasts! Join us for this after-school series
designed for children interested in learning natural science first-hand. We’ll
explore the many wonders of the winter season—from woodpeckers to
snowflakes to sleeping trees. Hands-on activities, environmental games,
and crafts make learning fun and engaging. This program offers an exciting
complement to your child’s science education. Homeschoolers welcome!
Fee: $54 ($48ncbg members)
Nature Illustration for Kids: Feathers and Furs (ages 8–13)
Bob Palmatier, Artist/Environmental Educator
Wednesdays, Jan 29–Feb 26 (5 sessions); 1:00–4:00 pm
How do Nature Illustrators accurately draw and paint native animals such
as raccoons, foxes, and screech owls with such color and detail, when most
of us never see these creatures close
up? Explore the winter lives of native
mammals and raptors in this unique
class that combines hands-on science
learning with the studio techniques
and materials of professional nature
illustrators. Museum study pelts and
skins will be available each class, as
well as color photography and nature
guides. Matted illustrations completed during the course by each student
will be displayed at the Garden, with
an artists’ reception for friends and
family! Fee: $175 ($160 ncbg members), includes student art kit and use
of professional supplies. . . .
Also, see art exhibit advertised on p. 10!
Nature Explorers Summer Camp 2014
*Registration opens February 10*
•Spend a week exploring native gardens,
forests, and wetlands at the
North Carolina Botanical Garden.
•Hands-on activities, nature hikes, games,
puppet shows, and crafts.
•Weeklong day camps for ages 4–10
feature small group sizes and loads of fun!
• All sessions taught by experienced
environmental educators.
Camp brochure available mid-January:
ncbg.unc.edu
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Art at the Garden
Arboretum News
showing in the DeBerry Gallery . . .
ive months later, Arboretum staff and volunteers are still at
work repairing the June 30th storm damage. With the return
of volunteer Frank McKeever, we made great strides in cleaning
up the area where the swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) fell: Frank
pruned the camellias and redbuds that were smashed when the
oak fell. And we are exploring the idea of making a bench out of
the oak trunk!
UNC Facilities staff have conducted a stormwater study
with the goal of making sure the Arboretum is as protected from
runoff as it can be. The Arboretum is in a location that makes it
vulnerable to runnoff, so every effort to ensure that water that is
supposed to flow elsewhere actually does that is important. Other
measures to limit the volume of flow into the Arboretum are also
being studied. This arboretum is 110 years old, so we do realize
that these challenges are not new. We certainly want to make sure
that the changes we make to “improve” things don’t backfire on
us in a 10-year flood event.
I am writing just past the peak of fall and am happy to report that we are ahead of schedule with our leaf collection and
composting—thanks to Mary Coker Joslin’s gift of a Patriot Leaf
Vacuum last November. We are aided in no small part by five very
hard-working work-study students. —Margo MacIntyre, Curator
Now through January 5, 2014
Earth & Sky: World Without End
works by Elizabeth Ellison
January 7– March 2, 2014
Nature’s Dream
works by Vivien Burns
F
Chinese Brush Painter Vivien WuShuan Burns will share her
inner world depicting nature in detailed and abstract imagery
of contrasting colors and light.
Reception with the artist: January 12, 2:00–4:00 pm
Along the Oak-Hickory Trail
a gallery show by young naturalists
in the Pegg Exhibit Hall
Through December
Come see the incredible
paintings completed by
students who participated
in our Nature Illustration
for Kids course this fall!
Bob Palmatier, naturalist
and children’s book illustrator, instructed this unique
class that combines nature
illustration techniques and
hands-on science learning.
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An early November day in Coker Arboretum
Herbarium Report
The Manure Piles of Chapel Hill
by Carol Ann McCormick, Asst. Curator, UNC Herbarium
I
t’s a cool Sunday morning in June 1916 and Laura
Mangum hears neighborhood dogs barking. Mildly
concerned, she glances out her kitchen window and sees
a man—a rather well-dressed man—squatting in her back
yard at 510 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. “Charlie!
Dr. Coker is in the manure pile again! Go make sure the
dog doesn’t bite him!”
While I may have imagined the details of this
scenario, it has become apparent to staff of the UNC
Herbarium that esteemed members of the Botany Department—Drs. William Chambers Coker, H.R. Totten,
John Nathaniel Couch, and Miss Alma Holland—spent
many hours in the manure piles of Chapel Hill between
1900 and 1940 in search of fungi. The list of yards and
manure piles that yielded specimens reads like a Who’s
Who of Chapel Hill faculty: Venable, Mangum, Cobb,
Battle, Wagstaff, Howell.
The UNC Herbarium is cataloguing our fungal
Portion of “Chapel Hill and Suburbs,” September 1, 1934, drawn by H.D. Carter and held
collection, estimated to include 25,000 macrofungi in the North Carolina Collection at the Library of the University of North Carolina at
(mushrooms, puffballs, stink horns, and truffles), and Chapel Hill. Note that the bottom of this map is north.
18,000 microfungi (molds, mildews, smuts and rusts).
Coker, but by a student, J.B. Name: Coker, William Chambers. If
We are one part of the Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC), a collaboration of 35 institutions in 24 states married, give date of marriage: No; so far as we are concerned.
whose purpose is to digitally store specimen label information Nearest relation: in gaol. Church’s affiliation or preference: Baptist
on 1.4 million dried scientific specimens of fungi collected over with reservations. Undergraduate training: Morganton [location of
the past 150 years, making the data available to the public and to the Western Carolina Insane Asylum]. Graduate or Professional
training: Practically none. Clearly, a student was having a little fun.
researchers. Despite the ecological and economic importance of
An important aspect of the MaCC project is to assign latitude
macrofungi, the basic taxonomy of these organisms, including their and
longitude
to all specimens. Mark Chilton, mayor of Carrboro
full range of diversity, species-level characterization, description,
and distribution ranges remain poorly known. The data stored by and local historian, has proven a valuable resource for defining locathe MaCC will be the foundation of the first full catalog of the tions such as “Fern Bank Walk” (in what is now Umstead Park along
Bolin Creek) and old mills in Orange County. Lily McCormick, a
fungi of North America.
Daniel Adams, 2012 Charles T. Mohr Herbarium Intern, and student at Cedar Ridge High School, used U.S. Census data and
herbarium staffers Shanna Oberreiter and Liane Salgado have old maps to precisely locate various houses (and associated manure
already imaged well over 10,000 specimens encompassing more piles!) in Chapel Hill. Jay Gaidmore, UNC-CH archivist, found the
than a 1,500 species. The specimens are organized alphabetically precise location of Gimghoul Lodge (not Castle). Ran Schaffner
by genus and species; Liane started at A and is working forward, of the Highlands Historical Society has helped with locations in
while Shanna is working backwards from Z. We’ll have to document Macon County, where Coker and colleagues collected each summer.
where they meet by placing some memento, though probably not Susan Newrock of the Chapel Hill Historical Society is seeking the
location of “the volcano in Chapel Hill.” There are hundreds of
a Golden Spike, in the collection for future mycologists to enjoy.
We’ve already found some mementoes. Liane found a spore print locations around North Carolina still needing precision mapping.
associated with a specimen. Most interesting was not the spore print If you have an interest in history, geography, or mycology, we can
itself, but the information on the back of the piece of paper used: use your help!
“Information Concerning Instructors” was apparently an official Images of specimen labels are available at www.mycoportal.org
University document. The form had been completed not by Dr.
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A Developing Garden notes from Charlotte Jones-Roe, Director of Development
A
s wintry winds scatter fading leaves, and plants concentrate
energy in their roots and set buds for the season ahead, we
prepare for another exciting year at the North Carolina Botanical
Garden. How fortunate we are to have so many loyal and generous
supporters! Nearly half of our members not only pay their dues
but also make additional gifts during the year.
Friends Respond
Fervent requests by Garden staff for a “Dingo” have been answered! In response to our Wish List—and perhaps because she
observed the heavy lifting required of our horticulture staff—
Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF) Board member Debbie
Hill donated funds for the Horticulture Department to purchase
a compact utility loader and attachments. This loader will be useful even on the narrowest paths, and having our own equipment
will make “Dingo weeks”—when staff labored feverishly every
daylight hour to get the most out of rental equipment—events
Former staff member Charlie Tomberlin works with a rental “Dingo.”
Many thanks to BGF Board member Debbie Hill for funds to purchase a
compact utility loader for year-round use at the Garden.
of the past. Responding to another staff request, JoAnn Overton
provided funds to purchase an electric range for use in the Growing
Classroom. If you would like to make a year-end gift for something
specific, please check the Wish List on our website or on your Fall
Appeal mail-back card.
A friend of the Garden who has repeatedly responded to the
needs of staff for specific items will soon leave the BGF Board.
Marcella Grendler and her husband Paul contributed a truck for
use at Battle Park several years ago. They also sponsored construction of showers in the Education Center so staff could stay ahead
of ticks and poison ivy. In addition, Marcella crafted the beautiful batik napkins we use for our green events. Our Garden Shop
would be less colorful and attractive without Marcella’s placemats
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and aprons. Finally, thanks to Marcella, a new
shade structure will soon grace garden areas
used for Horticultural Therapy programs: the
UNC Board of Trustees has approved naming
of the planned “shade sails” as the Marcella
Grendler Shade Pavilion. Marcella’s energy as a volunteer is
legendary, and the Coker Pinetum, Coker Arboretum, and the
Education Center reception desk are better off for her efforts. We
wish you good health, Marcella, and look forward to seeing you at
the Garden!
Where The Need Is Greatest
As wonderful as it is to receive gifts for specific items and projects,
we are especially appreciative of gifts that may be used where the
need is greatest. Your “unrestricted” contributions make all the
difference in our ability to care for the Garden and achieve
our mission—especially during these years of state budget cuts.
In addition to funding the Dingo, for instance, Debbie Hill made
an unrestricted gift! Linda and Stuart Paynter directed their gift
to help with general operations, and special thanks go to Paula
LaPoint, Karla Reed, Fran and Gary Whaley, and Cindy and
Tom Cook for their financial contributions in addition to the gift
of their time as volunteers. Sandra Henson, the Good Fence
Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation, Gloria Blythe,
Bill Bracey, Jan and Jim Dean, Thomas English and the Mary
and Elliott Wood Foundation, George and Judy Lockhart,
William Scarborough, Donna and Mark Simon, Carol and
Lawrence Feuer, Linda and Lawrence Curcio, Joan Lipsitz,
Jody Pfotenhauer, Joseph and Xiaomei Reckford, Paul Stiller,
Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Judith Hallman, Elin Conrad,
Abraham Nussbaum, Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Peter
and Carolyn White, Chicita Culberson, and Clarence Whitefield were among our loyal supporters who made gifts for general
support in recent months.
Supporting Favorite Garden Areas & Programs
The Coker Arboretum, our jewel on the main campus, has
never looked better. “The Arb” has many friends, UNC alumni and
others, who want to be sure this special place will always receive
the care it needs and deserves. Among those making recent gifts to
build the Coker Arboretum’s permanent endowment were Karla
Reed, Karen and Gary MacDougal, and Wyndham Robertson.
Wyndham made her generous gift to recognize our board member
Harriet Martin on her birthday! A gift from Tom Kenan will
make sure the Arboretum’s water feature continues to provide a
lovely spot for contemplation and observation of songbirds that
come to sip and splash in the stream.
Garden friends William and Julie Coleman are supporting
scholarships for the Nature Explorers summer camp through their
gift to Educational Outreach.
John Staelin and Elizabeth Locke designated their gift for
the Education Center’s Else Ruprecht Couch Volunteer Room.
This gift remembers John’s great aunt Else who volunteered for
most of her life in the UNC Botany Department. The late John N.
Couch, John’s great uncle, was the chairman of the UNC Botany
Department who proposed the official creation of the North
Carolina Botanical Garden to UNC Trustees in 1952. Dr. Couch’s
compound microscopes, presented to Garden Director Peter White
years ago by the Couch’s daughter—former BGF President Sally
Couch Vilas—have returned to the UNC Herbarium, where
they will once again be used to study fungi and lichens! Sally and
her husband Harry Gooder also sponsored the Flora of Virginia
reception this fall and made a generous gift to the Herbarium in
honor of author and Herbarium Director Alan S. Weakley.
Other recent gifts for the Herbarium were made
in memory of our volunteer Chuck James, as
requested by his wife Betty. Chuck was one of the
last students of Botany Professor H.R. Totten,
and he carried Dr. Totten’s spirit forward by
bringing his biology students from Davidson
Community College to visit the Garden every
year. After Chuck and Betty retired in Chapel Hill,
Chuck volunteered as a Garden tour guide and in the
Arboretum, continuing to share his love of plants and nature.
The Burch-Safford Foundation made another contribution
to the Charles T. Mohr Herbarium Internship Endowment.
This year’s Mohr Intern, Derick Poindexter, gained experience
that will be very helpful with his career in plant taxonomy, and the
Herbarium benefitted from his reassessment of the genus Marshallia, especially M. mohrii. See the Herbarium website for more about
Charles T. Mohr and his great-great granddaughters, Elizabeth
Burch Heston and Barbara Burch Safford, who established the
Charles T. Morh Internship to assist their alma mater and recognize
their ancestor, the author of The Flora of Alabama (1903).
Many New and Exciting Projects
There are many new programs at the Garden that have received
recent support. Sue Sprunt Stoudemire, Hampton Auld and
Noreen Cullen, Bill and Debbie Ross, Florence and Joseph
Chaffin, and Stacy Defoor made gifts for Healing and Hope
Through Science, a program that takes science instruction and
the inspiration only nature can provide to hospitalized children.
Completion of the Children’s Wonder Garden will be a high
priority in the coming years. Ann and Lex Alexander commissioned a special bench by artist Al Frega for that area of the
Garden. Among others who made recent generous contributions
for the Wonder Garden are Fran and Gary Whaley, Joseph and
Ramona Westmoreland, and Lucien and Susan Sellet.
The Carolina Campus Community Garden continues to provide hands-on educational experiences for UNC students and fresh
produce for some of UNC’s lowest paid employees (see p. 19 for
some photos). We are appreciative of everyone who contributed
time, talent, equipment and funds to bring the garden to life again
this year. We are grateful for recent contributions from Marathon
Oil, Kip Murray, the Alamance County Master Gardeners,
and an anonymous donor.
Another new project at the Garden is the landscape entry
design and installation. Former BGF President Arthur DeBerry
has challenged others to match his gift, and Marguerite Hutchins
was the first to pledge in response. The design and improvement
of the entry from the 15-501 Bypass to the Education Center and
collections will take a number of years but will be transformative.
Chemist and lichenologist Chicita Culberson, after making
an unrestricted gift to support general operations, made another
generous contribution toward the care of Villa Pinea, the
home and land in the New Hope watershed that she gave
to the Botanical Garden Foundation several years ago.
Battle Park, UNC’s beautiful campus forest, received a
number of recent, generous gifts. Among those giving
were Carol Hogue, Edwin and Harriet Poston,
Greg Fitch, Luther Black, Evelyn and Paul Brinich,
Barbara Stiles, Elizabeth Behar, Steven Moore,
and Doug and Roberta Tilden. Others contributed
to the care and restoration of Forest Theatre, the stone
amphitheater nestled on the edge of Battle Park. Paperhand Puppet Intervention once again contributed money they have raised
for this iconic campus location, the site of their amazing annual
performances.
Every spring and fall we write to encourage members and
friends to renew dues or make another unrestricted gift, and to
also consider making another contribution to their favorite collection or area of the Garden. Your Fall Appeal envelope should
have arrived by now! Please open it and consider making an
additional gift to help us gather the resources that will help
us to bloom in the coming years.
I hope you enjoy the coming season and take time to appreciate nature’s subtle winter beauty. Thank you for the many ways in
which you support the North Carolina Botanical Garden!
Charlotte Jones-Roe
919-962-9458 [email protected]
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Gifts
Thank you to all who support the Garden, especially to the many whose membership dues and gifts were received in the period from July 1to November 8, 2013.
GENERAL SUPPORT
Todd B. & Blisse L. Adams
Alan & Elizabeth Ahern
Alan Johnson Landscape Services
James & Susan Anderson
Joan Anderson
Taimi T. Anderson
Susan W. Andrews
Robert G. Anthony Jr.
Marsha Back
Jane Bailey & James Bartram
Ann Baker & Michael Lienesch
Jodi Sharon Bakst
Jon Carr Barbour
Myrtis A. Barker
Coyla B. Barry
Robert & Rebecca Berrey
Eric Hendrickson &
Anja-Katrin Bielinsky
Ans Bilhorn-Janssens
Laura Ann Billings
Andrew & Caelia Bingham
Eleanor Bisbee
Hallie Bispo
William & Patricia T. Bissett
Sankey Lee Blanton III
Gloria Nassif Blythe
Agna Boass
Christopher Bogan
J. Kenneth Boggs Jr. &
Mary Davidson Lucas
Judith Bond
Thomas Bond
Jennifer J. Borri
Patricia B. Boswell
Mary Blair Bowers
Marjorie W. Boyer
Bill Bracey
R. Edward & Judy H. Branson
Letitia Blount Bratton
Kathleen & Daniel Brobst
Brenda B. Brodie
James L. Brown
Joyce Brown
Steven David Brunson
Sarah W. Buchanan
Norman Budnitz
Greg Burkett & Michelle Ripple
William V. Burlingame
Joan & Maurice Bursey
Monty Busick
Marilyn Butler
Nicolette L. Cagle
Donald & Traute Cameron
Stephen Carnahan
Raymond & Patricia Carpenter
Bonnie L. Carson
Jennifer Eyestone Carson
H. Clay Carter
James Gabriel Casanega-Wert
David J. Catrambone
Charles Cave & Susan Lieber
Betty Lou Chaika-Hawkins
Reece W. & Kathryn O. Chambers
Nancy & Neal Cheek
Siew Tuan Chew
Charles & Linda H. Childers
Michael Childs
Barbara L. Chremos
Gregory Christensen & Timothy Gura
Edith Ann Christian
Philip & Caroline M. Christopher
Tony & Margaret Clark
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William B. & Danielle S. Clark
Angela Clemmons-Roberts
Spencer & Lucy K. Cohen
Connie Cohn
Michael & Amelia M. Collins
Anna Laurie Cone
Tom & Cindy Cook
Ralph Costa & Joan Walker
Eppie Bennett Cox
William C. & Carolyn T. Cramer
Allen T. Cronenberg Jr. &
Lucinda Munger
Chicita Culberson
Lawrence & Linda Curcio
Karen Jean Curtin
Stephen T. & Jeremee P. Curtis
Kendall K. Cyree
Anne C. Dahle
Philip D. & Bennett B. Darnell
Dana Daum
Robert W. & Elizabeth B. Davis
Linda J. Dawson
James W. & Janet B. Dean
Deborah M. DeMarey
Robert B. & Janet K. Des Jardins
Martha Louise Diehl
Martha Jane Diefendorf &
Robert S. Hogan Jr.
John E. Dodge
JoAnne & Shelton Earp
Laura L. Edmundson
Christopher & Pamela S. Edwards
Lauralea & Stephen Edwards
C. Heath & Susannah H. Efird
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
Thomas R. English
Carolyn Sue Esslinger
William & Gail P. Fairbanks
Kevin Maxwell Farmer
Susan Fecho
Robin Gonzales Ferguson
Lawrence & Carol Feuer
Joanne Johnson Filley
Burton & Nancy Fink
Patricia Z. & Frank A. Fischer
Page & Joyce Fisher
Donald C. & Lorrie F. Fisher
Lynn Eugenia Ligon Fisher
Ms. Elizabeth M. Foreman
John R. Fowle III & Karen K. Henry
Arthur L. & Jeanne W. Fox
Eric W. Fritz
Caryl Fulcher
Joanne Kaiser Gardner
Chuck Garrison & Susan Hunter
Peter F. Gelber & Elisabeth A. Reid
C. Luke Gilligan & Susannah C. Hunter
Peter & Tona M. Gilmer
James & Donna Gocke
Good Fence Fund of the Triangle
Community Foundation
Stephen Hessler & Susan S. Gramling
Todd & Suzanne Gray
Audrey Green & Jeffrey Moe
David & Jennifer Green
Gilda & Norman Greenberg
Jeremy Stuart Michael Greeter
Eugene W. & Constance K. Griner
Ruth Ann Grissom & Marcus Pleisha
Leslie Guier
Martha Guse
Judith H. Hallman
Michael Lee & Teresa Hammersley
John S. & Elaine Hopkins Hammond
Barbara Harvey
Kathy Hasty
Martha Hauptman
Eric A. Henderson
Sandra Henson
Daniel & Kathleen Herr
Mary Herring
Steve Hessler
Mary Lamberton Hill
Deborah L. Hill
Shayna Ann Hill
Stacey Marie Hodges &
James C. McNutt
Frank Holleman
Elizabeth Myatt Holsten
Angela D. Horne
Eugene & Joyce Alligood Huguelet
Barbara Hummel-Rossi &
Michael Rossi
Mary Katherine Icken
Sandra Harrison Ihly
Richard Kenneth Johnson
Barbara Geiger Kanoy
Anne T. & John Conlon Keifer
Shannon Kennedy & Alan Stephenson
Bob Kerlin
Donna Gayle King
Lucretia Kinney
Stefan Klakovich
Anne Klein
Kelly Knudtson
Elin Kondrad & Abraham Nussbaum
Andrew & Vera Kornylak
Stanley C. & Beth E. Koziol
Jane E. Lane
Joan Langenderfer
Paula LaPoint
Christina L. Larson
Sam H. & Katherine Leaman
Benjamin Adam Leder
Richard & Sue Lehner
Philip & Nancy Y. Leinbach
Jeffrey & Sally Leinicke
Jay Robert Levinsohn
Hunter C. Levinsohn
Garnett William &
Marilyn Flynn Link
Joan S. Lipsitz & Paul Stiller
J. Mack & Susan P. Little
Daniel A. & Bertha S. Livingstone
George Guernsey & Judy Lockhart
Colleen S. Loree
Michael David Loven
Gunilla Luboff
Mary D. Lucas
Naomi M. Lundahl
Thomas J. Madden
Jennifer D’Arcy Maher
Cathylee Mahin
Dennis Markatos &
Kristine Markatos-Soriano
John & Diane Martin
D.G. & Harriet W. Martin
Mike Mathers &
Sandra Brooks-Mathers
Celeste Mayer
Andrew Thomas Maynard
Charles Latimer “Toby” McCoy
Linda Anne McCullough
Karen & Gary McDougal
David Andrew McKay
Michael & Lesli McNamara
James Campbell NcNutt
Rita N. Mercer
Mike Milewski & Emily S. Silverman
The Garden’s dear
old cat, Mullein,
passed away in e arly
October. About 20
years ago he was
brought here as a
kitten by then staff
member Rebecca
Wellborn. This was
at a time when a
cat was considered
helpful in a garden—to control pests such as rabbits and rodents
who eat plants. Mullein did his job and was famously enjoyed by
visitors and members. He even appeared in a locally published
picture book about the pets of Chapel Hill! The handsome and
polite Mullein will be remembered for a long time.
Please note that our thinking on the suitability of cats in a
conservation garden has changed: we do NOT want another cat
at the Garden.
Thank you to those who helped to fund “cat care” over the
years; your thoughtfulness was deeply appreciated.
Gifts
Margaret J. Millard
Sylvia Ann Moffitt
Sean & Renee C. Montgomery
Diane Moore
Ruth M. Moose
Joseph Moran
Dale A. Morgan
Michael & Gretchen Morrissey
W. Alexander Morton Jr.
Lucinda Munger
Robert & Beverly G. Murdock
Debra Lynne Murray
Beverly Murrelle
Theresa Nadolny
James & Janice J. Nash
Jessica Nelson
Katherine M. Nelson
John & Dorothy Neter
Francois D. Nielsen
Abraham M. Nussbaum
James & Melinda Ogburn
Dave & Josephine M. Owen
Robert & Susan Palmatier
John H. & Lynette S. Parker
Nancy C. Parsifal
John E. & Jill J. Paul
Stuart & Linda Paynter
David & Heidi P. Perry
John R. & Carol Perry
John D. & Carol Petersen
Yvonne Petitmaire
Roger T. Petrich
Scott & Jody Pfotenhauer
Lou Ann Phelps
Terry Phipps
Judith C. Pitman
Deborah J. Powell
Catherine M. Powers
Margaret & Charles Pratt
Carolyn Pumphrey
Charles & Marilyn Racine
Claire D. Ragin
Kevin Morris Rainwater
Xiaomei Li &
Joseph K. L. Reckford
Joseph Lee & Kathryn Rector
Karla Reed
Bruce Norton Rehlaender
Donna Rehman
Elisabeth A. Reid
Dennis A. Revicki &
Mary Lou Poe
April Howell Reyes
James & Christie Rice
Rufus “Rif ” Marion Riddick IV
Michael & Sandra Roberts
Gillian M. Roberts
Wayne Bryant Roberts
James & Gloria Rolls
Debbie Roos
Brian Rosborough
Adam & Hailey Rose
Airlie Rose
Carol S. Rosenberg
William & Elizabeth Rouse
Mrs. Thomas Royster
Abbie J. Royster
Patricia Savage
Lydia Craft Sbityakov
William L. Scarborough Jr.
David & Margaret Schaeffer
James E. Schmidt
James & Mary Jane Schreiber
Robert & Carolyn G. Schrock
Peter & Margaret Schubert
Donna F. Schuetz
David Paul & Margaret Schultz
Martin Schweitzer &
Josephine Bisbee
Richard P. & Emily R. Scoville
Sandy & Kathy Seaton
Michael Frederick Sharp
P. A. Shaver
Barry & Toni Shelton
Julia Elizabeth Shields
Tsai-en W. Sieren
Mark & Donna D. Simon
Lawrence Smiley
Harriet J. Smith
Laura & Kurt Smith
Mariechen W. Smith
C. Lee & Phyllis K. Sockwell
Sue-Anne Solem
Stuart & Harriet S. Solomon
Cathy Somer
Jeffrey & Eileen Kupstas Soo
Robert Sotak
Alexander J. Spears
Kirby Spicer
Jane H. Srail
John Robert Staelin &
Elizabeth Locke
Judith Stafford
Robert & Andrea Stark
Deborah Staves
Lindsay Stewart
Paul Stiller
Carolyn Byrd Stuart
Arthur Norman Sturdivant
Kelly Suttles
Jane & Richard Sutton
Susan E. Swanson
Carole Southerland Tarry
Fred Tarver
Mr. Gilbert Brady Templeton
Daniel & Linda Textoris
Sarah Tillis
William S. Towne
Nasheka Angelina Townsend
Bryn H. & Heather Tracy
Katherine A. Tucker
John Michael Turner
Carol Tuskey
Anne T. Tuveson
Thomas &
Jennifer L. Vanderputten
Ursula Vernon
Sally Couch Vilas &
Harry Gooder
Hendrik Jan Vreman
Bernice Stiles Wade
Charles & Ellen S. Walker
Susan Burress Wall
Susan Elizabeth Wallace
Lisa Watson
John William Weaver
Laura Brody Weaver
Anna Ballenger Weil
Hugh & Jennifer Wells
Gary & Fran Whaley
Peter & Carolyn White
Rickie Dean White Jr.
Clarence Earl Whitefield
John & Holly F. Williams
Catherine Berryhill Williams
Susan Joslin Williams
Ernest Wilson
W. Steven &
Joyce P. Winterbottom
Sister Alice Wittenbach
John C. Wood
Jerry & Martha Worsley
Jason & Marjorie A. York
Valerie B. Zamora
Elizabeth S. Zimmerman
Bartram Exhibition
Anonymous
Thomas S. Kenan III
Tom Krakauer
Emily Finch Lambeth
Missy & Sam Rankin
Maryann & William Lee Roper
Battle Park
Luther Bradford Black III
Evelin & Paul Brinich
Greg Fitch
Hannah Gavin
Carol Clarke Hogue
Steven Richard Moore
Edwin & Harriet Poston
Barbara L. Stiles
Douglas & Roberta Tilden
Carolina Campus
Community Garden
Anonymous
Alamance County Master
Gardeners
Marathon Oil
Kip Murray
Cat Care Fund
Tom & Margaret Scott
Susan Shevach
Children’s Wonder Garden
Ann & Lex Alexander, for the
Al Frega Bench
Ramona & Joseph R.
Westmoreland II
Lucien & Susan Sellet
Gary & Fran Whaley
Leave a Legacy . . .
If you would like to speak with someone
about making a special gift to the Garden, call
Charlotte Jones-Roe
at 919-962-9458 or
UNC’s gift planning
experts at
800-994-8803.
Coker Arboretum
Endowment
Alexander R. Hodges
Jeremy K. Hodges
Karen & Gary McDougal
Alice Beddingfield Moss
Karla Reed
L. Barth & Pamela M. Reller
Wyndham G. Robertson
Robertson Foundation
P. A. Shaver
Education Center
Kenneth W. & Carol A Horn
John Robert Staelin &
Elizabeth Locke, for the Else
Couch Volunteer Room
Educational Outreach
William & Julie Coleman, for
Children’s Summer Programs
Diane Heisig
Brenda B. Lazarus
JoAnn Overton, for purchase
of stove
Sherman Poultney
Forest Theatre
Dianne Ford &
D. O’Neal Jones
Paperhand Puppet Intervention
Helen Drivas &
Thomas Denny O’Neal
Forest Theatre Restoration
Anonymous
Paperhand Puppet Intervention
Healing & Hope
Through Science
Hampton Auld &
Noreen Cullen
Stacy Defoor
Bill & Debbie Ross
Sue Sprunt Stoudemire
Horticultural Therapy
Emily Harris
Rossy C. Garcia
Mason Farm Biological
Reserve Endowment
Martha S. Arnold
Logan E. Savage
Burch-Safford Foundation, Inc.
Natural Areas Endowment
Nancy Adamson
Jennifer Borri
Amanda Rosenlof Drake
Logan Elizabeth Savage
Mark Paul Abee
Harry Gooder &
Sally Couch Vilas
Garden Club of North
Carolina Inc.
Suzanne Roseberry
GARDEN CLUBS
Chapel Hill Garden Club
Town and Country Garden
Club, Winston-Salem
Wildflower Club of WinstonSalem
Garden Club of North
Carolina
GIFT MEMBERSHIPS
Joan Anderson—for Bonnie
Ouhman
Tricia Bissett—for Joan &
Joseph Bathanti
Allison Essen—for Edward
Murray IV
Elizabeth Myatt Holsten—for
Eleanor S. Morris
James & Janice Nash—for
Jordan Nash
Sissy & Charles Walker—
for Bear & Paula Cook
Bashford
Peter White—for Alison
Brown, Bianca Lopez,
and Peter Wilfahrt
IN HONOR OF
Arthur DeBerry
Charlotte Jones-Roe
Chicita Culberson
Alvera Morrison Henley
Frauenheim
Charlotte Jones-Roe, for the
Education Center
Ozzie Johnson
Sculpture in the Garden
UNC Herbarium
Operating Fund
Wildflower of the Year
Program
Florence & Joe Chaffin
Ann & Lex Alexander
Munroe & Becky Cobey
Archie Purcell &
Dorothy Casey
Vikram Rao & Susan Henning
Shayne & Beth Gad
Alice Kuzniar
Villa Pinea
Chicita Culberson
Alice & William Younts
Charles T. Mohr
Herbarium Internship
UNC Herbarium
Endowment
Herman & Sandra Greene
Carole Harter
Paul & Sarah Haskell
Stephen Nicholas Johnson
Edwin & MaryAnn Nirdlinger
Stephen & Sandra Rich
David & Laura Sandiford
Roger & Barbara Spencer
William & Ann Marie Lee
Walton
Fleury Yelvington
Emily Kachergis & Jeff
Tejral’s Engagement
Karen Fisher & Robert Warren
Harriet Martin
Wyndham Robertson, for
Coker Arboretum Endowment
Tom & Margaret Scott
Cynthia Keck Scott
Evelyn Sims
Phyllis K. Sockwell
Alan Weakley
Sally Couch Villas & Harry
Gooder, for Friends of the
UNC Herbarium
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Making a stock gift to the North Carolina
Botanical Garden is as easy as 1-2-3
1. Your broker may electronically transfer stock to: UNC-Chapel Hill’s Wells
Fargo Account 8999-4225, Account Title–UNC Chapel Hill: DTC # 0141.
2. You or your broker should call the UNC Development Office (Tina Zimmerman: 919-962-8189) and leave your name, address, phone number, type of
stock, and number of shares. And please say that you want your gift to go to
the North Carolina Botanical Garden. (If the gift is restricted for a particular
use, please give that designation. For example, “for the Coker Arboretum Endowment.”) Note: your receipt for tax purposes will reflect the average market
value of the stock on the date of your donation.
3. Please contact Charlotte Jones-Roe via email or phone ([email protected],
919-962-9458) with the same details. This will help us to watch for your gift
and make sure it goes into the right account. It also makes us very happy to be the
first to know of your gift. Thank you!
Gift List , cont’d from p. 15 . . .
IN MEMORY OF
C. Ritchie Bell
Dolores & Monroe Lindsey
Janie Bryan
Phillips Foundation
Gloria & James Rolls
Pam Timmons
(J.E.) Bert O’Connell
Harriet J. Smith
Tom & Edna Powell
Deborah Powell
Nancy Pruden
Christine Eagan
Shirley S. McLean
John & Lynette Parker
Betty Goodrich
Margaret & Tony Clark
Johanna Grimes
Mike & Gail Jacobs
Michael K. Hooker
Carmen Hooker Odom
Milbank Memorial Fund
Charles “Chuck” James
for Friends of UNC Herbarium
from:
Martha Adams
Frances Meadows Allen
Ann Elizabeth Halbert Brooks
J. Felix Goodrum
Audrey & Jeffrey Green
Sandi Payne Greene & Chris
O’Connor, “In Good Hands
Dog Walking”
Carole Harter
Sally Haskell
Emery R. Hollar
Beth Harris Isenhour
Charlotte Jones-Roe
Deborah D. Lee
Stephen & Sandra Rich
Laura & David Sandiford
Roger & Barbara Ann Spencer
AnnMarie Lee Walton
Fleury Yelvington
Charlotte Ruth
Gretchen “Gus” St. John
Judy & Edward Branson
Eileen Schlosnagle
Betty Lou Chaika
Evelyn McNeill Sims
Synthia Foskey
Harriet Wall Martin
Ann King Oliver
Barbara K. Wendell
Walter Stumpf
MATCHING GIFTS
Colgate-Palmolive—matching
the gift of Lowell M.
Hoffman, for General Support
& the Education Center
Dow Chemical Company—
matching the gifts of Linda
Kofenberger, for General
Support & the Education Center
FMC Corporation—matching
the gifts of Henry Cotter, for
General Support & Friends of
UNC Herbarium
GlaxoSmithKline—matching
the gifts of David Brooks,
Charles A. Gross, Julie Papay
Lilly Endowment Inc.—
matching the gift of
Joan S. Lipsitz & Paul Stiller
Millbank Memorial Fund—
matching the gift of Carmen
Hooker Odom
Morgan-Stanley—matching the
gift of Joanne Johnson Filley
Sherwin Williams Company—
matching the gift of Jim
Schmidt
The Standard Employee
Giving Matching Gifts—
matching the gift of Bruce N.
Rehlaender
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans—matching the gift
of Linnea Sodergren
WeatherPredict Consulting,
Inc—matching the gift of
Stacey Hodges
East Coast Greenway
Alliance—matching the gift
of Kristine Markatos-Soriano
& Dennis Markatos
Teagle Foundation—matching
the gift of N. Brooks & Chris
Ann Graebner
IN-KIND GIFTS &
CONTRIBUTED SERVICES
Audubon Tree Service—tree
service at Mason Farm
Biological Reserve
Chris Carlson—botanical and
horticultural books
Carol Feuer—botanical and
horticultural books
Randall Jones—botanical
book
Sue Morgan—garden tools
and carts, rolling bins and
string trimmer
Claire Williams—botanical
book
Jenny Williams—botanical
and horticultural books
Evelyn McNeill Sims, 1909–2013
We note the passage of a member and friend who enjoyed wildflowers for
more than a century. Evelyn McNeill Sims grew up in east Tennessee and
later moved to Chapel Hill to be near her daughter Nancy Preston. In celebration of Mrs. Sims’ 90th birthday nearly 14 years ago, Nancy and her husband,
Ed Preston, sponsored a series of wildflower lectures at the North Carolina
Botanical Garden. The annual public event is always well attended, and Mrs.
Sims took great delight in meeting with family and friends for the occasion.
Everyone who knew Evelyn Sims will miss her bright spirit and remember the
ways in which she shared her joyous enthusiasm for our native wildflowers.
Daniel & Linda Textoris
Patricia Towne
William S. Towne
Page Vernon
Susan M. Sellet, for Children’s
Wonder Garden
Margaret Westmoreland
Joe & Ramona Westmoreland,
for Children’s Wonder Garden
Daisy Wiggins
William Bryant Watts III
David Jones
Kirby Spicer
Ann Keith
North Carolina Botanical
Garden Staff
Fontene Kirkpatrick
David LaTowsky
Karen Munsat
Carol L. Miller
H. Clay Miller III
Anne D. Varley
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At the 2010 Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture. Mrs. Sims is flanked on her right by
daughter and son-in-law Nancy and Ed Preston and on her left by grandson Sims Preston.
Staff Notes
Conservation Ecologist Mike Kunz traveled to Callaway Gardens in October to
attend and give a presentation at a biennial
meeting of the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance. His presented on the North
Carolina Botanical Garden’s conservation
activities, including plant reintroduction
projects and our budding NC Rare Plant
Conservation Alliance.
Healing and Hope Through Science is excited to announce Tami Atkins as the new
program coordinator. She will be working
with Katie Stoudemire, bringing hands-on
natural science education to children at
UNC and Duke Hospital. Tami is the former program assistant of an international
foundation providing grants to support
programs for students with learning dif-
Director Peter White spoke in the Ecology seminar series at Duke, October 25,
on “Beta Diversity: Here, There, and Everywhere.” Two of Peter’s articles were accepted for publication in Conservation Biology,
one on Leopold’s Sand County Almanac
(coauthored with grad student Julie Tuttle)
and one on the extrinsic and intrinsic values
of biodiversity. Peter and Garden staff met
with representatives from the American
Public Gardens Association on October
18 to discuss membership benefits of the
national organization.
On April 3-6 Johnny Randall, director
of Conservation Programs, attended the
Association of Southeastern Biologists annual meeting in Charleston, WV, where he
chaired the North Carolina Botanical Garden Award committee (see p. 18 for more
about the award). Johnny spoke on the use
of native plants the landscape at the April
18 annual meeting of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, in Raleigh. On
May 16 Johnny presented on the benefits
and liabilities of rare plant commercialization at the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance annual meeting in Athens GA. Johnny
traveled to Phoenix, AZ, for the American
Public Garden Association’s annual meeting, May 22–25, where he presented on the
role botanical gardens play in the urban/
wildland interface. On June 8 Johnny gave
a presentation on ecology and landscape
design at the High Country Horticultural
Symposium in Boone, NC.
Katie Stoudemire and Tami Atkins.
ferences. She has a masters degree in Occupational Therapy from Thomas Jefferson
University in Philadelphia and has worked
as a pediatric OT for 10 years. She enjoys
traveling, listening to local music and eating
local food with her husband Tim Atkins,
and singing and disco dancing with her two
daughters, Vivian and Eliza.
The Development Depar tment is
pleased to announce several
staff changes.
Battle Park Curator Stephen
Keith has been
assigned to a
partial Development role:
about a third
of his time will be dedicated to recruiting
major gifts for Battle Park, Forest Theatre,
and other areas of the Garden—vital work
for the future. Allison Essen, former parttime membership assistant,
has been hired
to the full-time
position of donor relations
and membership coordinator. We are delighted to have
her applying
her many talents to mastering UNC’s new
constituent database system, managing inhouse member/donor records, and leading
the gift acknowledgment process, as well as
contributing to the collegial atmosphere in
our department. Congratulations Stephen
and Allison! We are happy also to welcome
Amara Booth, a recent graduate of UNC’s
Tr a n s a t l a n t i c
Masters Degree
program. She is
helping out on a
temporary basis,
and we are grateful for her super
attention to detail and professionalism. Amara
was born near
the Arctic Circle,
has lived in Asia and Europe, and has a
passion for animal rescue. She is enjoying
working in the beautiful garden surroundings and appreciates the opportunity to
work with “such dedicated professionals.”
Thank you Amara!
Staff Notes continued on next page >>
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Staff Notes cont’d.
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, 2013
Field Trip for Restoration Planting
This past July, the 30th Annual Cullowhee Native Plant Conference was attended by numerous Garden staff, student interns, and
volunteers. Staff attendees included Sally Heiney, Geoffrey Neal,
Chris Liloia, Amanda Mixon, and Johnny Randall. Both Chris
and Johnny gave presentations: “Welcome to the Piedmont: Creating a Garden of Roadside Wildflowers” (C. Liloia) and “Invasive
Plants: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” (J. Randall). The North
Carolina Botanical Garden is fortunate that the Cullowhee Scholarship fund supports attendance at the conference of nearly all of
our summer interns, who come away with an invaluable experience.
In early November, Mike Kunz led 12 Garden staff members—
along with 10 volunteers from the NC Natural Heritage Program,
NC Division of Water Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the Department of Defense (DOD), and others—in an expedition to Fort Bragg military reservation to plant seedlings of over
2,000 rare plant species. This four-year joint NCBG/DOD project is designed to help in the recovery of five different rare plant
species that occur on Fort Bragg in the sandhills region of North
Carolin near Fayetteville: sandhills milkvetch (Astragalus michauxii),
sandhills pixie-moss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia), Georgia leadplant
(Amorpha georgiana), rough-leaf loosestrife (Lysimachia asperulifolia),
and sandhills lily (Lilium pyrophilum).
Janie Leonard Bryan, 1956–2013
Retired Garden staff member Janie Bryan passed away on October 20, 2013, after a decade-long battle with breast cancer. Janie
worked at the Garden for 27 years, including two years at Coker
Arboretum, and was a talented gardener and propagater of native
plants. She earned her degree in Botany at UNC-Chapel Hill. Janie
was a long-time attendee and supporter of the Cullowhee Native
Plant Conference, starting with the first conference held in 1984.
Please contact the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference for information on scholarship donations in her memory.
North Carolina Botanical
Garden Award
The 2013 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award was presented to April Punsalan, Department of Biology at Western
Carolina University for: “The Germination Ecology of Helonias
bullata (swamp pink). The North Carolina Botanical Garden
Award is a $200 prize and certificate given by the Garden for a
presented paper at the Association of Southeastern Biologists
annual meeting that best advances the understanding of the
biology and conservation of southeastern plants and/or their
ecosystems.
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Fall at the Carolina Campus
Community Garden
National Touring Exhibition
Coming to Garden in 2014
his fall, hardworking volunteers for the campus community garden transplanted kale and radish seedlings, planted
winter peas and sprayed Neem oil on aphid-infested plants, installed low tunnels over
winter crops, chopped
and turned compost, watered, weeded, collected
soil samples for testing,
and more. The CCCG is
a busy place, especially
national touring exhibition curated by the American Society
for Botanical Illustration is coming to the North Carolina
Botanical Garden next fall. “Following in the Bartrams Footsteps”
consists of original contemporary botanical artworks depicting
plants discovered and introduced by 18th-century naturalists John
and William Bartram. Focusing on the native plant discoveries
made by the Bartrams in their travels through the eastern North
American wilderness between the 1730s and 1790s, the exhibition of forty-four
original artworks allows a fresh look at
their seminal body
of knowledge and
art. Works by two
graduates of the
Garden’s Botanical Art & Illustration certificate program were chosen,
through international competition,
for the exhibition!
John Bartram
and his family influenced generations
of artists, explorers,
and naturalists by
modeling passionate observation and discovery of nature. William
Bartram’s journals and illustrations on native plants and animals
(and including stories of his encounters with Native Americans)
were published in 1791. That book, now known as The Travels of
William Bartram, was widely read, and continues to be read, in the
United States and abroad.
In recognition of the contributions made by John and William
Bartram to our knowledge of the flora of the Southeast and the
practice of gardening with native plants, and in recognition of
the fundamental roles of botanical art in the science of botanical
discovery and the public appreciation of nature, the North Carolina Botanical Garden has committed to hosting “Following in
the Bartrams Footsteps.” In addition to displaying the exhibition
for two months, the Garden and several University partners will
provide complementary educational programming in the form of
lectures and workshops.
Several individuals have made donations to support bringing
this exhibition and associated programs to the Garden. If you
would like to add your support, please contact Director of Development Charlotte Jones-Roe (919-962-9458).
T
on Sunday and Wednesday workdays.
The Carolina Campus Community Garden— a partnership between the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the
UNC Center for Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention, and the UNC Employee
Forum—“aims to grow vegetables and fruit so that all employees
have access to fresh, sustainably-grown produce through the shared
efforts of staff, students, faculty and local residents and serve as a
learning community for developing gardening skills, healthy living,
social responsibility and interdisciplinary academic pursuits.”
For more information visit: http://uncgarden.web.unc.edu/
Books Donated to
Children’s Programs
A
big thank you to Lyn Mattox and Camelot Academy’s
National Honor Society for their generous donation of
21 books for use in our children’s programs! Lyn worked as a
Counselor-in-Training (CIT) this year during Nature Explorers
Summer Camp. She organized a garden pot painting booth at
Camelot’s annual Fall Festival to support our need for children’s
books and earned $100 toward the gift. We are very grateful for this
thoughtful donation, which will immediately and invaluably enrich
our children’s programs. If
you would like to contribute
children’s books or other
items from the Children’s
& Family Programs “wish
list,” please contact Elisha
Taylor at 919-537-3770 or
[email protected].
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N.C. Wildflower of the Year 2014
Save the Date!
Carolina Moonlight Gala 2014
on the evening of Saturday, June 7
Planning for Gala 2014 is already underway! Expect another
magical moonlit event in support of the Garden. Featuring—
 Emcee Alan Grier
 Another intriguing silent auction
 A live auction of original art and trips abroad
 Live music and dancing
 Delectable food and beverages
 Fun with fellow flora fanatics
Stay tuned!
Visit the Garden Shop to
celebrate the selection of
Scutellaria incana var. punctata
(hoary skullcap) as the
North Carolina Wildflower
of the Year.
T-shirts, long-sleeve shirts,
sweatshirts, and totes
featuring the wildflower’s
image are available for
purchase.
Garden Hours
Weekdays Year-round: 8 am – 5 pm
Weekends through May 2014 Weekends June–Aug 2014
Saturdays 9 am – 5 pm
Saturdays 9 am – 6 pm
Sundays 1 pm – 5 pm
Sundays 1 pm – 6 pm
Consult our website for holiday closings
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