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Fall 2015 Promoting Education, Conservation, Research, Plant Collections, Public Service Volume 43, Number 3 N E W S L E T T E R N O R T H C A R O L I N A B O T A N I C A L G A R D E N T H E U N I V E R S I T Y o f N O R T H C A R O L I N A a t C H A P E L H I L L Sculpture in the Garden September 20—December 11 The majority of all flowering plants rely on pollinators, a group of animals that includes over 200,000 species. Our food and natural habi-tats rely on these animals, and each of us has an active role to play in shaping their future. The Saving Our Pollinators exhibition features workshops, exhibits, talks, and tours that highlight the acute plight of pollinators, including bees, birds, and butterflies. Discover the importance of our pollinators as the Garden il-lustrates their challenges and offers solutions to help secure a stable future for them. Find program listings at www.ncbg.unc.edu/pollinators. ...through October 3, 2015 Botanical Garden Foundation Annual Membership Meeting Friday, November 20, 11-12:30 Reeves Auditorium See page 5 for more information. Be sure to visit the Garden this fall as we host our 27th Sculpture in the Garden, an outdoor exhibition of works by North Carolina artists. Forty-one large-scale works feature an assortment of materials including steel, concrete, wood, marble and more. The native plant gardens at NCBG change with the season, offering new and interesting views of the sculptures throughout this invitational exhibition. Jennifer Edwards, curator at the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte, has been selected as the juror for this year’s show. Awards include Best in Show, Merit, and People’s Choice. Don’t miss it! More information at sculptureinthegarden.com Coming soon... We are excited to announce a few changes to how we communicate with you, our members and friends. First of all, this is the last edition of our Newsletter in the current form. Next March, and continuing twice per year, you will find a new magazine in your mailbox covering a variety of conservation gardening topics. This fall, we will also publish an annual report that will include a list of all of you who have financially made our work possible. And next month, we will start sending out a monthly e-newsletter filled with all the latest news at the Garden. Go to ncbg.unc.edu to make sure you are on our e-newsletter list. Fall Plant Sale October 2 & 3 ...details page 7 Sculpture shown: Princess Oxide by Dempsey Calhoun 2 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 two have been intertwined and inseparable since 1903 when the University’s first professor of botany, William Chambers Coker, established a teaching collection of trees and shrubs on campus. Today, that legacy has grown to include Garden participation in teaching plant science and environmental studies, faculty and student research that takes advantage of garden-managed natural areas, and public service opportunities for students from intern-ships to service learning. Carolina’s unwavering commitment to excellence as one of the world’s great research universities is reflected in the Garden’s outstanding international reputation as the most comprehensive center of knowledge on plants in North Carolina and the southeastern United States. Most importantly, the university affiliation gives the North Carolina Botanical Garden a level of scientific integrity and academic credibility that is the holy grail of botanic gardens. Sometimes you get the best of both worlds, and being a university-affiliated, conservation-themed botanic garden is the best of both worlds. In my last (and first) Director’s Message, I promised to elabo-rate on what it means to be a university-affiliated, conservation-themed botanical garden in the 21st century. Unless you are intimately familiar with the botanic garden landscape in North America, you may not be aware of the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s unique position in that community. Of the 529 public botanic gardens in the United States, only 17 percent identify themselves as being university-affiliated gardens or arboreta. By the same token, only 13 percent of public botanic gardens identify themselves as conservation-themed by virtue of their focus on native plant demonstration or through programs emphasizing plant conservation or sustainability. Since the probability of two independent events occurring simultaneously is the product of their individual probabilities (remember that from statis-tics class), one would expect to find 2.2 university-affili-ated, conservation-themed botanical gardens if one were to visit 100 U.S. public gardens. In other words, university-affiliated, conser-vation- themed gardens are about as rare as the fire-loving, Sandhills Lily (Lilium pyrophilum). Let’s take a closer look at the dual nature of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. First, what does it means to be a conservation-themed botanic garden? The concept of the conservation garden was developed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the early 1990s to repre-sent the many conservation-related activities that were at the heart of the Garden’s mission and programs. A sample of those activities include propagating native plants to ensure that populations are not damaged by wild collecting, banking seed for reintroduction and protection against extinction, habitat conservation to preserve naturally occurring biological diversity, and gardens that display and demonstrate native biodiversity and sustainable gardening practices. While many public gardens participate in some of these activities, few do as much to inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas while advancing a sustainable relationship between people and nature. That is our mission. It defines who we are and what we do. That all sounds pretty darn impressive, so why do we care about our university affiliation? For one, the North Carolina Botanical Garden owes its existence to the nation’s first public university. The history of the North Carolina Botanical Garden is the botanical legacy of the University of North Carolina. The by Damon Waitt, NCBG Director The Best of Both Worlds D i r e c t o r ’ s M e s s a g e A Special Tribute In my last letter, I gave special recognition to the former directors of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, including Jonathan B. Howes who served as interim director from January 1, 2015 to April 13, 2015. Little did I know when I set my start date on April 13, that Jonathan had previously agreed to serve as interim director until June 30, the fiscal year end. In other words, I could have hung out a few more months, wrapping things up in Texas while the Garden remained in Jonathan’s capable hands. Funny, that in our weekly phone calls leading up to April 13, Jonathan never men-tioned that bit of information. Later, when I called him on it, I got back the legendary Howes mischievous smile. After Jonathan passed away on May 31, 2015, it hit me how blessed I was to have had six weeks of his friendship and mentorship. Whenever I faced a difficult decision in my previous position at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, I would always ask myself WWJD? Back then, J stood for Mrs. Johnson. Now, J stands for Jonathan. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 3 C o n s i d e r T h i s Invasive plants are not for the birds! by Johnny Randall, NCBG Director of Conservation Programs The connection between birds and fleshy fruits is a beauti-ful example of coevolution. Birds receive a nutritional “reward” for eating the fruit, and the plant benefits via seed dispersal. The coevolutionary relationship continues, as the seeds within a fleshy fruit have a particularly hard seed coat that protects them through their journey in a bird’s gut. This “pre-treatment” is often required for germination, and the seeds are ultimately deposited in their own nurturing plop of fertilizer. Note that dry fruits and seeds are digested by birds and are not typically bird-dispersed except by adhesion to feet and feathers. Dry seeds and fruits, like those in the sunflower/composite family (Asteraceae) and bean/pea family (Faba-ceae), are produced in ample quantities that can sustain “sharing” with birds and other critters, with plenty left for dispersal by wind, water, etc. Birds are generalist feeders when it comes to fleshy fruit selec-tion and will eat what fits in their beak, which is another example of coevolution through natural selection. And because birds are as likely, or even more likely, to disperse an invasive plant than a native plant, the bird/plant mutualism has been spoiled. Of the approximately 6,000 native plant species in the south-eastern United States, about one-third have fleshy fruits and are bird-dispersed, whereas nearly one-half of the approximately 450 invasive plant species in this same region are bird-dispersed. Birds are therefore a primary vector for moving actual and potentially invasive plants from the cultivated landscape to natural areas. And once established in natural areas, the spread continues in leaps and bounds. This is why bird-dispersal is a primary risk assessment character for evaluating plant invasiveness potential. Most of the seriously invasive and potentially invasive plants in our area have fleshy fruits and are bird-dispersed, such as English ivy, autumn olive, Chinese privet, Oriental bittersweet, porcelain-berry, mahonia, multiflora rose, and Japanese honeysuckle. The scientific literature on invasive plants and bird-dispersal is moderate but growing, and almost all of the research warns of a serious and multi-layered phenomenon. First off, birds either do not discriminate between native and invasive plants or often prefer invasives over natives. One reason for this is that a large propor-tion of invasives are high in carbohydrates, whereas the natives are often higher in protein and lipids/fats. Birds are consequently choosing candy bars over cheeseburgers, which could affect bird nutrition, particularly during fall migration. My own research on this subject confirms that invasive plant fruits are often preferred over natives. I showed that there is, for example, a strong preference for the invasive camphortree (Cin-namomum camphora) and autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), over the native red bay (Persea palustris) and downy arrow-wood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum), respectively. This competition for reproduction via fleshy fruit dispersal is a particularly insidious negative invasive plant effect that is often overlooked. Researchers have also shown that many invasive plants have fruits that persist lon-ger on the plant than do native plant fruits into the fall and winter. The invasives are therefore available when our natives are not. One particularly worrisome study showed that male cardinals that ingest the red fruits of the very invasive and widespread Amur honeysuckle become strikingly colored. Bright color typically signals superior health, and females tend to choose these indi-viduals as mates. Ingestion of Amur honeysuckle causes less fit or even sickly males to be pumped up on these red pigments, compromising the benefits of selective mate choice. Let’s summarize the cascade of negative effects wrought by bird-dispersed invasive plants. Invasive plants with fleshy fruits are spread far and wide by birds, which is enhanced in the winter. Bird nutrition is compromised when a carbohydrate-rich invasive is chosen over a protein or lipid rich native. Native plants can be outcompeted for reproduction by invasives. Lastly, overall bird population health could decline because females cannot distinguish between sickly and vigorous males when choosing a mate. The lesson from this gloomy scenario is to plant native plants and remove the non-native plants that produce fleshy fruits! Note, too, that it is the foliage of native plants, not non-natives, that sup-port the caterpillars of our moths and butterflies. You can make a difference! Check out our Controlling Invasive Species booklet: ncbg.unc.edu/uploads/files/ ControllingBooklet.pdf For a list of plants to avoid: ncbg.unc.edu/plants-to-avoid/ Would you like to know more about removing invasive plants? 4 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 2015 Board of Directors Officers Tom Earnhardt, President Missy Rankin, Vice President Stephen Rich, Treasurer Greg Fitch, Secretary Directors Betsy Bennett Bob Broad Sandra Brooks-Mathers Cotton Bryan Wanda Bryant Melissa Cain Chip Callaway Becky Cobey Jan Dean Robert W. Eaves Jr. Lysandra Gibbs-Weber Debbie Hill Jay Leutze Harriet Martin Scottie Neill Nancy S. Preston Linda Rimer Bill Ross Tom K. Scott Barbara K. Wendell John Wilson Immediate Past President Anne Lindsey Honorary Directors Claire Christopher Gretchen Cozart Arthur S. DeBerry Muriel Easterling Mary Coker Joslin Nancy Stronach Sally Couch Vilas The week before Labor Day at Harkers Island is muscadine time. Since the 1970s I have picked and eaten these sweet, native grapes (Vitis rotundifolia) from old vines that cover the remnants of a tool shed in my backyard on the Island. For the last 20 years, my wife Dana and our children, Izaak and Rachel, have joined in the late summer muscadine gluttony. Some years the harvest has been more bountiful and the grapes larger, but there has never been a year—even during the late 90s when Hurricanes Fran and Floyd shook the Island—when the old vines have failed to produce. Over the years one thing was always clear, for every grape we ate, at least two hit the ground. Ten years ago our natural vineyard took on far greater signifi-cance. Drinking coffee one morning, I watched an Eastern Box Turtle cross the yard and head straight for the muscadine patch. Perhaps because I had never seen a box turtle on Harkers Island, I watched for two hours as my new friend ate his weight in Labor Day muscadines that had fallen to the ground. Now, my family and I still look forward to eating muscadines, but we also look forward to seeing our box turtle neighbors, whose ancestors have most certainly eaten Island grapes in September since long before the first human set foot on Harkers Island. Perhaps most of all, the muscadine grape/Eastern Box Turtle con-nection is a reminder that EVERY native plant in North Carolina is important in ways we may never have imagined. This year, the weekend before Labor Day, my wife and I smelled the ripe muscadines and ate our fill. Within two hours that same day we saw FOUR Eastern Box Turtles drawn to the same elixir of autumn. May the muscadines—native wildflowers, berries, nuts, or trees—in your life bring the same joy. Muscadine Time B o t a n i c a l G a r d e n F o u n d a t i o n N e w s by Tom Earnhardt, President, Botanical Garden Foundation 2016 Botanical Illustration Calendar Participants from our prestigious Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate program are excited to showcase artwork from past and present students in a 2016 calendar. The calendar will be sold at the Garden Gift Shop, and all proceeds will support the North C a r o l i n a B o t a n i c a l Garden. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 5 The Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc. is the 501(c)3 non-profit organization that holds land for conservation and raises money for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Botanical Garden Foundation Annual Membership Meeting November 20, 11 am-12:30 pm All Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF) members are invited to participate in the BGF Annual Meeting. The meeting will include the election of new board members. Bob Eaves, Nancy Preston, Linda Rimer, Tom Scott, and Lysandra Weber are retiring from the Board. Nell Joslin and Jason York retired earlier this year. Jan Dean and Bill Ross have agreed to serve for a second term. For additional information or questions, call the North Carolina Botanical Garden at 919-962-0522. Nominees to the Board of Directors: Nathan Byrd brings strong training and expertise in finance, a hands-on volunteer style and an affinity for the Garden’s mission to the board. Since 2013, he has been managing family and non-profit relationships at Hamilton Point, a Chapel Hill-based regis-tered investment advisor. A 2006 graduate of Wake Forest with an MBA from UNC, Nate is also a certified financial planner and certified financial advisor. Prior to business school, he worked at Wachovia Wealth Management. Michael L. (Mike) Dunn lives in Chatham County and he has designed and conducted hundreds of workshops on natural history on subjects ranging from wildlife to wildflowers. Mike retired in 2013 after working 32 years with the State of North Carolina as a naturalist/educator with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. He earned his under-graduate degree at VPI and SU, and his masters degree from the University of Virginia. Carey Durham, an Asheboro native, is a CPA and CFO/Director of Corporate Services at Hospice of Randolph County, Inc. He earned his BSBA degree from UNC-Chapel Hill where he counts botany as one of his favorite electives. Before joining the world of healthcare in 2008, he was involved in executive financial man-agement in the industrial fields of furniture, home furnishings, footwear, plastics, and food processing. Anne Harris is an environmental attorney and was the vice presi-dent of environmental services for Black & Veatch Engineering’s Energy Division for over 25 years. Her responsibilities included managing the company’s environmental compliance planning, environmental permitting, and environmental review services. Prior to her employment by Black & Veatch, she worked for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and as an educational consultant for the Garden. She earned her undergraduate degree from Florida State, masters degrees from Emory University and UNC-CH, and a law degree from the University of Kansas. Lyle “Duke” Henthorne retired in 2001 from his position as director of global computing, with 45 years of experience in global computer management, business process and systems development. He has worked with youth as a coach for various sports, PTA presi-dent, and volunteer youth counselor. He also has experience with film, creating TV commercials, feature-length movies, and more. Florence Peacock continues to connect gown and town, serving as a director of Table, a nonprofit organization providing food for low-income grade school students in the community. A trained vocalist, she taught singing for years. She is a tireless patron of the performing and visual arts, including serving on the boards of Carolina Performing Arts and the N.C. Opera, among others. Frank B. Penta lives in Chapel Hill and has a life-long interest in gardening. With an impressive history as an educational leader in medicine and public health, Frank is still active in his field and is a renowned woodturning artist. He grew up in the Boston area, was an Eagle Scout, and graduated from Northeastern University. Throughout his life, Frank has been an active community volunteer, Scout Master, Rainbow Soccer coach, Chapel Hill Recreation volun-teer, Library volunteer, and woodturning demonstrator at retirement centers, boy and girl scout groups, the NCBG and other venues. Sandy Thompson is rejoining the Board after a year off. He has remained a strong supporter of the Garden, helping with sponsor-ships for the Gala and sponsoring an intern for the Garden. A UNC graduate, Sandy has served as client executive for accounts with multi-state and international operations at Wells Fargo Insurance Services since 1986. His previous position was with Aetna C&S as a large accounts casualty underwriter. 6 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Where are “new species” discovered? Perhaps in the depths of a remote jungle, or the depths of a remote ocean – certainly “depths” and “remoteness” have got to be involved. But, the story of this new species of nutsedge begins about two decades ago with Richard LeBlond doing his day job as a biologist for the State of North Carolina’s Natural Heritage Program. He was in the “remote depths” of Onslow County, about a half hour’s drive from his doorstep in Richlands, North Caro-lina. The area LeBlond was surveying along the Onslow/Pender County line had already produced new species. Cool-ey’s Meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi) was found in the same vicinity and named in 1959 by Harry E. Ahles (then cura-tor of the UNC Herbarium), in honor of George R. Cooley, a philanthropist who helped fund the 1968 Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, by Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Cooley’s Meadowrue can be seen growing in the Carnivorous Plant Collection at the NC Botanical Garden. On this day, LeBlond col-lected an odd sedge near where Ahles had found the meadowrue, and it also proved to be a new species, named Carex lutea (Golden Sedge) in 1994. Both species are so rare that they are formally listed as endangered. Other imperiled species cluster in this area near Maple Hill, North Carolina, apparently because of an unusual and very localized habitat: limestone imparts a cal-careous influence to usually highly acidic longleaf pine savannas. So when LeBlond found a plant that didn’t “fit,” he put on his thinking cap. Botanists often have an “aha! moment” about new species, but laborious research is often needed to convince oneself and one’s peers. In this case, it took years of work examining and studying a thousand herbarium specimens (at our herbarium and borrowed from others) to identify this new species, later named Scleria bellii. To this end, the article (“Scleria bellii, a distinctive and uncom-mon nutsedge from the southern U.S., Cuba, and Mexico,” by Rich-ard J. LeBlond, Samantha M. Tessel, and Derick B. Poindexter) was H e r b a r i u m R e p o r t Paying back, paying forward published on July 24th, 2015 in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (http://brit.org/webfm_send/1422). The oldest herbarium specimen so far identified as Scleria bellii was collected in 1894 in Florida, so this “new” species languished unrecognized in herbaria for more than a century! LeBlond, the lead researcher, is now an herbarium as-sociate at the UNC Herbarium; Sam Tessel is completing her ecology Ph.D. work under the direction of former Garden director Pe-ter White and served in the past as the Mary McKee Felton Herbarium Intern; and Derick Poindexter is completing his biology Ph.D. under my direction and serves as the current Charles T. Mohr Herbarium Intern. The article states that the name “hon-ors C. Ritchie Bell (1921-2013), scientist, teacher, co-author of the landmark 1968 Manual, …and a founder and first director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden.” UNC Herbarium researchers (and others) have now honored Radford, Ahles, and Bell multiple times: Sarracenia ×ahlesii C.R. Bell & Case, Ptilimnium ahlesii Weakley & Nesom, Sarrace-nia ×bellii Mellichamp, Hypericum radfordiorum Weakley ex J. Allison, Carex radfordii Gaddy, Parthenium radfordii Mears, and Lysimachia ×radfordii Ahles. We pay back our debt of gratitude to our predecessors, teachers, supporters, and donors in part with recognition of this kind. Perhaps, though, we honor them best by pay-ing our debt forward, building on the UNC legacy of cataloging, teaching, and conserving our special southeastern United States flora. -- a new species of nutsedge named for former NCBG director C. Ritchie Bell by Alan S. Weakley, Director, UNC Herbarium Achenes (fruits) of Scleria species, S. bellii upper left. Note differences in surface orientation and tubercle number/size on the hypogynium. Scale bar = 1 mm. Figure 3 from the article; reproduced by permission of the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Published by the North Carolina Botanical Garden Editor & Layout Jennifer Peterson Photography Laura Cotterman, Tom Earnhardt, Allison Essen, Gretchen Morrissey, Jennifer Peterson, Mary Sonis, Johnny Randall, Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 7 A G a r d e n e r ’ s J o u r n a l Fall is the perfect time to plant native perennials, shrubs, trees, ferns and vines in your garden and natural areas. Planting in the fall gives roots time to establish themselves prior to the following growing season, which is why the Garden holds its annual plant sale in the fall. The event begins with Members’ Night on Friday, October 2, 5–7:30 pm, when members get first pick while enjoying refresh-ments and live music. The sale opens to non-members Saturday morning, October 3, 9 am to noon. Garden members receive a 10 percent discount on plants both days. Native pollinator plants will be a focus of this year’s plant sale. Bees, butterflies and many other creatures are responsible for pollinating the vast majority of our southeastern native plants, not to mention most of our food crops. In turn, many of these plants act as hosts and/or offer nectar for these pollinators. The North Carolina Botanical Garden is committed to preserving this plant-pollinator relationship by increasing public awareness of this important connection and by promoting native plants and sustainable gardening practices. In fact, this year, the Garden’s programming has been focused on the plight of our pollinators, and the Saving Our Pollinators exhibit is designed to culminate with our annual fall plant sale. A large majority of the plants that will be for sale have been Fall Plant Sale October 2 & 3 by Matt Gocke, NCBG Nursery Manager propagated and grown in the Garden’s nursery with sustainable practices in mind. Thanks to those local nurseries and individuals who donated plants for this sale. Used gardening books donated by members and friends of the garden will also be for sale. Additionally, a variety of botanical items, including seeds and a wide selection of new books, will be available at our Garden Shop. Come out for this year’s Fall Plant Sale and lend a hand to our region’s wonderful native pollinators. What better way to help pollinators than to plant some of their favorite plants! Southeastern flora? There’s an app for that! The FloraQuest app makes the1,000+ page Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States available on your mobile device. Now information about the identification, taxonomy, habitats, and distribution of over 7,000 vascular plants that call a 14-state region of the southeastern United States home can be used with the swipe of a finger! Find it on iTunes! • Wear your most magical costume • Live animals • Nature activities • Fairy houses • Live bluegrass music by Steph Stewart & The Boyfriends • Food trucks • Picnics welcome $20/family Register at ncbg.unc.edu/calendar Saturday, September 26, 5:30-8pm 8 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Earth Partnership for Schools In July, NCBG partnered with the City of Durham Stormwater Services to once again offer the Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) workshop. Fourteen educators from seven different schools partici-pated in the week-long program. During the institute, teachers learned to create native plant gardens on school grounds and had the opportunity to visit some wonderful natural areas managed by NCBG, such as Mason Farm Biological Reserve and Penny’s Bend. EPS has been a huge success since it was first offered at NCBG in 2009, training over 105 educators from 343 schools and environmental education centers. The 2016 Earth Partnership for Schools workshop will be July 18-22. Applications will be available beginning February 1, and can be found on the NCBG website: ncbg.unc.edu/pages/22/ For more information, please contact Grant Parkins, natural science educator: parkins@unc.edu, 919-962-2887. Sponsors Gold Becky and Munroe Cobey Joan Gillings WCHL Chapelboro Silver DG & Harriet Martin WUNC 91.5 FM Bronze Jan & Jim Dean Mercedes-Benz of Winston- Salem & Mercedes-Benz of Greensboro Foundation Friends Betsy & Walter Bennett Bob & Molly Broad Mignon & Arthur DeBerry Fine Feathers Garden Gate Landscape Marcella and Paul Grendler Deborah Hill Thomas S. Kenan III Performance Subaru Stephen & Sandra Rich Wyndham Robertson Sandy & Reaves Thompson Sandy Turbeville & Glen Elder, Jr. Barbara & Bob Wendell John and Ashley Wilson Green Garden Supporter Bartlett Tree Experts Melissa Cain & Michael Wilder Sandra Brooks-Mather & Mike Mathers Melissa Cain & Michael Wilder Tony Hall & Associates Mary and Jonathan Howes Anne Lindsey Morrissey Design LLC Nancy and Ed Preston Missy & Sam Rankin Linda & Alan Rimer Swanson and Associates, P.A. Landscape Architecture Peter White Right: Guests enjoy Patrick Dougherty’s Homegrown while dining and dancing. Bottom left: Sara and Damon Waitt Bottom Right: Jan and Jim Dean Save the Date! The 2016 Carolina Moonlight Gala will be May 21! The 2015 Carolina Moonlight Gala offered a beautiful evening filled with delicious food and drink, silent and live auctions, music, and dancing. The event raised around $50,000, including $17,500 for our Horticultural Therapy Program through the Call for the Cause. We are especially grateful to our spon-sors and the Botanical Garden Foundation for making this event a success. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 9 Education Programs Registration is online! ncbg.unc.edu/calendar Fall 2015 - Winter 2016 North Carolina Botanical Garden Edibles on Paper: Pumpkins in Watercolor Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Sunday, Oct 4; 1:15–4:45pm Spend this fall getting acquainted with pump-kins! Instruction includes drawing for accuracy, painting wet into wet with saturated color, followed by dry brush to bring out the details. Some watercolor knowledge is helpful. Paint and paper supplied. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Field Sketching Kathy-Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Fridays, Oct 9, 16, 23, 30; 1–4:30pm Take your sketchbook outdoors and recon-nect with plants in their natural environment. Students are encouraged to shed old habits and try new techniques as they travel to a variety of gardens and habitats. Through a combination of guided exercises and free experimentation, discover new ways to see plants, new problem-solving skills, and a refreshing way of thinking about layout and color. Several media are used. $150 ($135 Members) Painting with Leaves on Fabric Susan Fecho, Professional Artist Saturday, Oct 10; 2–4:30pm Learn to make designs on fabric by painting and printing with leaves, grasses, and natural materi-als. Heliographic fabric paints will be used for various techniques such as sun printing, stencil-ing, and mono printing. Supply fee included. $42 ($38 Members) Drawing with Metalpoint Susan Fecho, Professional Artist Saturday, Oct 17; 9:30am–12pm Experience how to draw with metalpoint on paper, a centuries-old technique that predates graphite pencils. The class covers how to prepare a surface and how to use metal in a stylus to create delicately crosshatched drawings that will continue to “develop” as they tarnish. Supply fee included. $42 ($38 Members) Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist Sunday, Nov 1; 1:15–4:45pm This workshop is intended for anyone interested in spending a fun afternoon drawing fall leaves and learning about deciduous trees native to North Carolina. Students receive easy-to-follow instructions to draw in color. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Composition Patricia Savage, Professional Artist Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6; 1:15–4:45pm Through this broad study in the elements that formulate a good composition, students will learn how to make visual choices and determine how parts of a plant are arranged on the page to balance botanical accuracy and artistic sensitivity. $150 ($135 Members) Natural Colors Workshop Rebeccah Cope, Certified NC Envir. Educator Sunday, Nov 8; 1:30–4:30pm Celebrate fall, when colorful natural pigments become visible in the once green trees and gar-den plants. Explore the origins of natural colors, including animals, vegetables and minerals, and discover some of their historical uses and com-mon meanings. Use natural pigments and other raw materials to make homemade paint and create a cave-style painting to take home! Supply fee included. $45 ($40 Members) Watercolor and Mixed-Media Holiday Cards: An Art Prescription Workshop Bev Dyer, Professional Artist, Nurse Sunday, Nov 15; 2–4pm We play with watercolor, collage, and stamp-ing on watercolor paper. Everyone leaves with five ready-to-deliver note cards and envelopes. All you need to bring is your imagination and a willingness to play. Supply fee included. $28 ($25 Members) Fanciful Birds Holiday Tree Ornament Workshop Nina Forsyth and Elaine Norwood, NCBG Volunteers Saturday, Nov 21; 2–4pm Join us for this fun workshop, creating fanciful birds from paper and natural trimmings to adorn our holiday tree. Free. Pre-registration required. Beginning Drawing Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Tuesdays, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 (incl. weather: Jan 27); 1–4:30pm Students learn the fundamentals of illustration through contour drawing, negative space, per-spective, and tone. $150 ($135 Members) N a t u r e A r t & I l l u s t r a t i o n A d u l t P r o g r a m s Introduction to Botanical Art and Illustration Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist Saturday, Jan 16 (incl. weather: Jan 23); 1–4:45pm Explore the history of botanical illustration, see examples of various types of botanical illustrations and botanical art, and learn about the instructors and coursework for the Certifi-cate in Botanical Art and Illustration. $38 ($34 Members) Winter Twigs in Tinted Ink Wash Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Saturday, Jan 23 (incl. weather: Jan 30); 1–4:30pm Winter twigs with buds, various textures and details are ideal for learning the technique of ink wash. Instruction includes drawing for botani-cal accuracy, applying ink wash, and combin-ing graphite pencil, tinting ink, and watercolor top glazes. All levels. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Edibles in Watercolor: Pomegranates Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Saturday, Feb 13; 1–4:30pm An afternoon watercolor workshop for painting pomegranates, the festive fruit of winter. In-struction includes color matching as well as the techniques of painting wet into wet, dry brush, and top glazing. Some watercolor experience helpful. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Winter Holiday Tuba and Woodwind Ensembles Concert The Village Band Dec 5; 2–4pm The Village Band performs a selection of pre-Christian and Christian winter carols. The Village Band was organized as a non-profit community concert band to promote classic town band music in the region, and includes about 60 members, from their teens to their 90s. Free. Pre-registration required. Leopold Bench Building Workshop Jim Fickle, NCBG Volunteer Saturday, Jan 16; (incl. weather: Jan 30); 2–4pm Celebrate Aldo Leopold’s birthday with us and build a Leopold Bench to take home! This bench is simple yet classic for any gar-den and landscape. Rough sawn cedar wood will be cut to size for assembly. If you can, please bring a power drill/screwdriver. Other tools will be provided. $65 ($58 Members) 10 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 N a t u r e S t u d i e s Caterpillarology – The Study of Pollinator Precursors Mike Dunn, Naturalist Sunday, Sept 20; 2:30–4:30pm In addition to plants that provide nectar, but-terflies and moths also need host plants for their caterpillars to complete their life cycle. See live specimens, learn about the fascinating larval stage of these pollinators and which plants can attract them to your home. $15 ($10 Members) Piedmont Wildlife through the Seasons Mary Sonis, Naturalist, Photographer, Writer Sunday, Oct 4; 2:30–4pm Photographer Mary Sonis chronicles a year of wildlife walks in North Carolina with photos of wildlife that live in the Piedmont. This nature and wildlife photography program reveals the rich diversity of wildlife in our state. $18 ($16 Members) Lichens Eimy Rivas Plata, Lichenologist Saturday, Oct 24; 9:30am–4:30pm Lichens (lichenized fungi) are symbiotic organ-isms that consist of fungal, algal and/or bacterial partners. Among the first life forms to live on land, lichens have occupied nearly every habitat on Earth and grow on many of the surfaces of our environment. This class introduces students to the fascinating world of lichen biology, the dazzling diversity of the local lichen flora, and their importance as indicators of environmental health. Includes lecture, demonstrations, and a field trip. Bring your lunch. $65 ($58 Members) Cool and Ghoulish Plants! Milo Pyne, Plant Ecologist Thursday, Oct 29 (FULL MOON); 7–8pm Celebrate the turning of the year with an ex-ploration of the dark side of botany. Learn the lore and history of deadly and dangerous plants that live around us, with names like henbane, dogbane, wolf ’s-bane, white snakeroot, monks-hood, larkspur, hellebore, and death-camas . . . a truly entertaining exploration of the botanical world! $12 ($10 Members) Soil Ecology Nicolette Cagle, Ecologist Tuesdays, Nov 3, 10, 17, 24; 9:30am–12:30pm Join us for this introduction to the complex world of soils, including information on how they are formed, characterized, and populated by a wide array of organisms. An overview of soil types is presented, followed by the study of typical Piedmont soils and their properties. The various roles that soils play in both human so-ciety and ecological systems are discussed. $130 ($117 Members) Book Review: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Nicolette Cagle, Ecologist Friday, Dec 4; 12–2pm Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of Annie Dillard’s nonfiction book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. This story details the author’s explorations of nature and life in the area of Tinker Creek in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, recording her thoughts on solitude, writing, and religion, as well as scientific observations on the flora and fauna she encounters. $15 ($13 Members). Rare Plant Ecology and Conservation Johnny Randall, NCBG Dir of Conserv. Prgms; Mike Kunz, NCBG Conservation Ecologist Wednesdays, Jan 6, 13, 20, and 27 (incl. weather: Feb 3); 1–4pm This course covers the concepts and practices of rare plant conservation and recovery, with a focus on rare plants of North Carolina with additional examples from the southeastern US. From the tops of the Smoky Mountains to the coastal dunes, North Carolina is home to many rare plant species, each with its own story. Through lectures, discussions, and the study of selected flora, this course examines the causes of plant rarity, conservation strategies, and the ethics of certain conservation practices. $130 ($117 Members) Winter Flora Ken Moore, NCBG Assist Director Emeritus Sundays, Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 (incl. weather: Feb 7); 1:30–4:30pm This course is designed 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 their winter condition in natural settings. Enjoy discovering that many trees and shrubs are easily recognized when not covered with leaves! $135 ($122 Members) Fee includes copy of Winter Tree Finder by May and Tom Watts. Plant Ecology Jeffrey Pippen, Ecologist Jan 9, 16, 23, 30 (incl. weather: Feb 6); 1–4pm Plant Ecology is designed for those interested in the interactions of plants within their environ-ments. Ecological relationships at the organism, population, community, and ecosystem levels are examined, using examples from the rich and di-verse North Carolina flora. Students learn about nutrient and energy cycling within ecosystems, as well as current threats and trends for the conser-vation of ecosystems. $130 ($117 Members) Botany Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist Saturdays, Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 (incl. weather: Mar 5); 9:15am–2:15pm Basic principles of botany including taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, and physiology are cov-ered. Class time is divided between lectures and examining/dissecting samples. There are also opportunities for making observations in the gardens. Bring your lunch. $195 ($175 Members) C e r t i f i c a t e P r o grams Are you interested in gaining greater knowledge and appreciation of the native plants of the southeastern United States? Would you like to learn how to accurately draw and paint plants or improve your skills? The Garden offers adult learners, from amateurs to professionals, two unique opportunities to learn about plants through in-depth courses taught by dedicated, expert instructors: Native Plant Studies and Botanical Art and Illustration. Both programs culminate in certification. To learn more and see a full listing of fall semester courses (through Dec 2015): ncbg.unc.edu/certificate-programs Advance registration is required for all programs unless otherwise indicated! ncbg.unc.edu/calendar A d u l t P r o g r a m s Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 11 L U N C H B O X T a l k s Bring your lunch and join us for a free lecture! Pre-registration required. Sculpture in the Garden: A Marble Carver’s Process Susan Moffatt, Professional Artist Wednesday, Oct 28; 12–1pm Artist Susan Moffatt discusses the process of turning a raw block of marble into a sculpture. She takes you through finding an inspiration, modeling the idea, selecting the right stone, roughing out the form and then the final finish-ing, mounting and siting of the work. Free. Pre-registration required. The Biochemistry of Fall Stefan Bloodworth, Curator, Blomquist Garden of Native Plants Sarah P. Duke Gardens Monday, Nov 2; 12–1pm Join us for this talk focusing on the end of an-other growing season, and the quiet, slow-mov-ing cascade of chemical reactions and weather changes which signal to the plants in our forests, fields and gardens that a long winter’s nap is indeed ahead. Free. Pre-registration required. Darwin Day Allen Hurlbert, UNC-CH Biology Dept. Friday, Feb 12; 12–1pm Join us to explore how the wondrous force of Natural Selection has shaped the patterns of diversity among vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant communities. Mark your calendar for this talk on Darwin Day, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809. Pre-registration required. A d u l t P r o g r a m s Weeds 101 Sally Heiney, NCBG Horticulturist Saturday, Apr 9; 10am–12pm Every gardener and homeowner can tell you what they consider to be a weed. Too often, one person’s weed is another creature’s critical food source 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, 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 employ here at NCBG, with an emphasis on environmentally responsible gar-dening. Participants are welcome to bring in specimens for identification. $24 ($22 Members) Landscape for Life JoAnn Overton, Landscape Designer, Trained Landscape for Life Instructor, and Guest Speakers Saturdays, Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24; 9:30am–12pm Harness nature’s power to create a healthy, beau-tiful home landscape. Landscape For Life shows you how to work with nature in your garden, no matter where you live. Conventional gardens often work against nature. They can damage the environment’s ability to clean air and water, reduce flooding, combat climate change, and provide all the other natural benefits that support life on earth, including us. The good news is that even one home garden can begin to repair the web of life. It’s possible to create a great–looking garden that’s healthier for you, your family, your pets, and the environment-and that saves you time and money. Topics include successful soil, water, plant and materials practices with empha-sis on native plants. $150 ($140 Members) Native Plants for the Shade Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist Saturday, Oct 17; 2–4pm Join us under the canopy as we meet some of our shade-loving native plants. This workshop begins in the classroom as we discuss some of our beautiful natives that enjoy the shade, followed by a walk-about in the Garden. An informational plant list will be provided. $24 ($22 Members) The DO’s and some Don’ts of Pruning Charles Tomberlin, Landscape Area Manager, New River Landscaping Inc. Saturday, Jan 23 (incl. weather: Jan 30); 1–4pm Participants will be instructed on the differ-ent 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 benefi-cial horticultural practice for the overall health of plants, as well as stimulating new growth and flowering. $36 ($32 Members) Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop at the Carolina Campus Community Garden Greta Lee, Certified Permaculture Instructor; Claire Lorch, CCCG Manager Sunday, Feb 21 (incl. weather: Feb 28); 1:30–3pm Get ready for spring! 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 freez-ing; and how to get a large harvest from a small space. Following the workshop, plan on staying to volunteer with the Carolina Campus Commu-nity Garden volunteer corp! $18 ($18 Members; Free to UNC Students) H i k e s & T o u r s H o m e G a r d e n i n g Display Gardens Tour Meet: Pegg Exhibit Hall Every Saturday, Mar-Oct; 10–11am Participants experience the beauty of plants native to North Carolina as they learn about wildflowers and how to use them in the home landscape, explore a longleaf pine forest in our Sandhills Habitat Garden, a wet savannah in our Coastal Plain Habitat Garden, a mountain bog in our Mountain Habitat Garden, and visit our amazing native carnivorous plants collection. Free. Early Autumn at Mason Farm Ed Harrison, Naturalist Saturday, Oct 10; 1–3:30pm Enjoy the fall beauty of Mason Farm Biologi-cal Reserve during an in-depth tour of the “old farm trail.” Travel through 260 years of cultural and natural history, discover early fall wildflow-ers, and discuss the effects of the Garden’s intense management for both field and forest on the Reserve. $16 ($14 Members) Pre-registration required. Peak of Autumn at Penny’s Bend Ed Harrison, Naturalist Saturday, Oct 31; 1–4pm Take a walk through the colorful fall landscape of this remnant glade and Piedmont prairie managed by NCBG. Surrounded on three sides by the Eno River, Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve encompasses mature forests and remnant prai-ries with numerous regionally rare plants. Please Note: This hike is about two miles in length and much of it is on uneven terrain. Wear sturdy hiking footwear and carry a walking stick if you use one, as well as water. $20 ($18 Members) Holly Walk Ken Moore, NCBG Assist Director Emeritus Sunday, Dec 6; 2–4pm December is a great time to enjoy the trees of the UNC campus. Ken Moore will trace the footsteps of well-known horticulturist William L. Hunt who enjoyed leading an annual UNC winter campus tree walk. Among the impressive mature specimens of broad-leaf evergreens and conifers are an amazing collection of evergreen holly species and cultivars. In addition to relating some of Mr. Hunt’s “tree stories,” Ken will use a selection of vintage photographs to show how the campus landscape has changed during the past 100 years. $13 ($12 Members) 12 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Little Sprouts (ages 3-5 with accompanying adult) Share a morning of nature discovery with your lit-tle one! Explore the plants, animals, and seasonal changes in the Garden with hands-on activities, crafts, and stories. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult I Spy Fall Saturday, Oct 24; 10–11:15am Animal Tails Saturday, Nov 21; 10–11:15am When It Gets C-c-cold Saturday, Dec 12; 10–11:15am Winter Birds Saturday, Jan 23; 10–11:15am Salamander, Wake Up! Saturday, Feb 27; 10–11:15am Nature Illustration for Kids: Bees, Blossoms, and Butterflies (ages 8-12) Bob Palmatier, Artist and Naturalist Saturdays, Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17 (4 sessions); 1–4pm Learn to identify and illustrate our local butterflies and bees collecting nectar and pollen from late summer wildflowers. Students will hone skills in watercolor, pen and ink, and colored pencil, using materials and techniques of professional nature illustrators to compose works of art that celebrate our pollinators! Each child will receive an art kit and conclude with two matted illustrations. $140 ($125 Members), includes student art kit Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature (ages 4-5) Wednesdays, Sept 30—Nov 4 (6 sessions); 1:30–3:30pm Learning comes naturally during this fun-filled series that fosters a sense of wonder for the natural world and a love for science learning. Preschoolers will explore the marvels of chang-ing colors, flying seeds, and migrating animals through hands-on activities, hikes, stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided. Note: This is a drop-off program. $105 ($95 Members) Monarch Magic! (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Oct 3; 1:30–3:30 pm It’s that magical time of year! Monarch butter-flies are making their incredible journey south to Mexico. Discover the amazing life cycle of this colorful insect with live specimens, learn how to tag butterflies for citizen science project Monarch Watch, and find out how you can help bring back the monarchs! Each child will receive a special plant to take home. Note: Adult chaper-one required. $15 ($13.50 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Family Gardening Workshop: Pumpkin Harvest (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Oct 17; 10–11:15am Explore what’s growing in the fall garden and harvest mini pumpkins! Each child will decorate a pumpkin to take home, hear stories about the pumpkin life cycle, and sample garden treats. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Mem-bers); no fee for accompanying adult Family Gardening Workshop: Ready for Winter (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Nov 14; 10-11:15am Winter is coming and it’s time to put the vegeta-ble garden to bed! Help us harvest and taste the last of the fall vegetables, plant cover crops, and learn how to grow a cold season garden. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Natural Ornaments (ages 4-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Dec 5; 2:30–4pm 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. Note: Adult chap-erone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature (ages 4-5) Wednesdays, Jan 27–Feb 17 (4 sessions); 1:30—3:30pm Learning comes naturally for 4 and 5 year-olds during this fun-filled series that fosters a sense of wonder for the natural world and love for science learning. Preschoolers will learn about winter weather, how plants and animals survive the cold, and more through hands-on activi-ties, nature walks, puppet shows, stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided. Note: This is a drop-off program. $72 ($64 Members) Winter Backyard Birds (ages 6-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Feb 13; 10–11:30am It’s National Bird Feeding Month! From yellow-bellied sapsuckers to Carolina chickadees, learn to identify common winter birds by sight and sound. We’ll visit our bird-feeding station for up-close encounters and make recycled feeders to take home. Find out how you can attract birds to your backyard and participate as a citizen scientist in Project FeederWatch. NOTE: Adult chaperone required. Nuts and seeds present. Dress for the outdoors. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Y o u t h & F a m i l y P r o g r a m s Family Gardening Series: Tee-PEAS! (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Feb 20; 10–11:15am It’s time to plant peas ‘round the teepee! Even though the air is still chilly, now is the time to get seeds in the ground for a sweet spring time harvest. Discover this delicious climbing vine, help plant peas in the garden and to take home, and learn how to build a teepee for your pea plant to grow on! Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accom-panying adult Vernal Pool Wonders (ages 5-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Mar 5; 1:30–3:30pm Chorus frogs, dragonfly larvae, and spotted salamanders … oh my! Nature is waking up in the garden’s vernal pools. These spring nurser-ies are swimming with life in early spring. Peek into the ponds with dip nets, meet live critters, and learn about the wonders and mysteries of life in a vernal pool. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accom-panying adult Registration opens February 1 • Spend a week exploring North Carolina’s native gardens, forests, and wetlands! • Hands-on activities, nature hikes, games, puppet shows, and crafts! • Week-long day camps for ages 4-12 feature small group sizes and loads of fun! • All sessions taught by experienced environmental educators Camp brochure available online mid-January. Nature Explorers Summer Camp 2016 Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 13 A Developing Garden notes from Charlotte Jones-Roe, Director of Development scapes, John and Ashley Wilson, Sandy Turbeville and Glen Elder, Jr., Fine Feathers, Stephen and Sandra Rich, Sandy and Reaves Thompson, Wynd-ham Robertson, Betsy and Walter Ben-nett, Debbie Hill, Performance Subaru, Claude and Sarah Snow, Julie Ellis, Sue Morgan as well as many, many others. The Carolina Moonlight Gala inspired many gifts for our Horticultural Therapy Program through the Call for the Cause. Among those contributing toward the $17,400 raised were Har-riet and D.G. Martin, Jayne Gregory, Becky and Monroe Cobey, Matthew and Julie Ellis, Kent and Nancy Ramond, Joyce Pence, Vikram Rao and Susan Henning, Jan and Jim Dean, Carol Tresonini and Tom Fiore, Damon and Sara Waitt, Michael and Sandra Brooks-Mathers, Bill and Anne Davis, Barbara and Bob Wendell, John and Pat Evans, Stephen and Sandra Rich, and Ione and John Lee. They were joined by gifts for the program by Kirsten Walter, Tom Daly and Allison Savicz, Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth, Anne Pusey, David and Terri Swanson, Paula Davis Noell, Dakota Powell and Matt Knight, Ned and Sandy McClurg, Sherry Brennan, Michael and Gretchen Morrissey, Nancy Foster, and Katie Stoudemire. Many thanks from all of us here for supporting the healing services of this program. The Coker Arboretum, beloved by UNC alumni and all who enjoy its beautiful flowers, broad lawn, and shaded pathways, has received a long list of gifts, some available for immediate expen-diture such as those from Tom Kenan, Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Marcella and Paul Grendler, Alan MacIntyre, Mark and Jane May Ritchie, Pauline Williams and Rob Davis, Jean and James Coker Fort, and Jim and Delight Allen. As you may recall from our last Newsletter, Dave Robert, owner of the Dead Mule Bar in Chapel Hill, organized a party to raise money needed for an intern at Coker Arboretum this summer. Thanks to the event and many contributors, the Coker Arbore-tum had an intern this year plus partial funding for next year’s intern. Other gifts came in to build the Coker Arboretum En-dowment, which now has a basis of nearly $700,000 and gener-ates funds each year to help pay staff who care for our beautiful campus garden. Among our recent contributors were Mark and Jane May Ritchie, Jeannie and Clyde Browning, Susan and Tom Ross, Karen and Gary McDougal, and John and Alice May. Another gift from Tom Kenan will not only help staff maintain the lovely Coker Arboretum water feature but help with other needs in the Arboretum. Thanks to you, our contributors, 2014-2015 was an out-standing year in fundraising and membership. Our membership is now more than 3,200 strong! We hope to see all of our mem-bers at the many exciting fall events planned here at the Garden. Come out and enjoy the Members’ Plant Sale party on October 2nd, attend the Sculpture in the Garden preview on September 19th, the members’ holiday party on December 13, and look forward to the exciting changes ahead for the North Carolina Botanical Garden. One of our newest funds, The Director’s Fund, has been growing since it was established by Damon Waitt last spring. Great gardens require planning, patience and resources. The Director’s Fund will be helpful in updating the Garden’s Mas-ter Plan and laying the foundation for the bright future of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Jim and Delight Allen recently made a generous gift to the Director’s Fund, along with Anne Harris, Jonathan and Mary Howes, Tom Kenan, Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Lallie and Dave Godschalk, Char-lotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe, Eunice Brock, Merryle Johnson, Carol and Francis DeYoung, and Mary, Lynda, and Jim Reimann. Our members and donors through the years have built the Garden with gifts designated for General Support or “where the need is greatest.” Among our supporters who made contribu-tions for general support recently were Larry and Lu Howard, Claire and Hudnall Christopher, the Chapel Hill Garden Club and Bob and Nancy DeLong. Beverly Murdock, Katharine Reid, Margaret and Bill Walker, Kent Fawcett, Nancy Spencer, Susan and Lowell Strine, Stephen Shafroth, Thomas and Lorraine Masters, Barbara Hiestand, Bill and Christine Piscitello, Native Sun Landscape Design LLC, Susan and Stephan Frye, Mike Turner, Charlie and Nancy Zimmerli, Joe and Dana Woody, Colony Woods Garden Club, John and Priscilla Dodge, Adam and Lysandra Gibbs Weber, the North Carolina Native Plant Society, Dorothy Beall, as well as many others. Ed and Nancy Preston made a gift for the Garden’s General Operating Fund Endowment, a permanent fund that continues to help provide unrestricted income every year. Sponsorships and gifts for the Carolina Moonlight Gala helped make the annual event a great success. A list of sponsors and contributors is included elsewhere, but I wanted to be sure to mention Joan Gillings, Becky and Monroe Cobey, Harriet and D.G. Martin, Jan and Jim Dean, Alfonse and Jenni-fer Runquist and Mercedes Benz of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Thanks also to Arthur and Mignon DeBerry, Marcella and Paul Grendler, Bob and Molly Broad, Tom Kenan, Barbara and Bob Wendell, Garden Gate Land- cont’d on page 19 >> DIRECTOR’S FUND Jim and Delight Allen Eunice M. Brock Carol and Francis DeYoung, Mary Reimann, Lynda and Jim Reimann Dave and Lallie Godschalk Anne Fleishel Harris Merryle Johnson Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Thomas S. Kenan III GENERAL SUPPORT Joanne Abel Brigitte B. Abrams and Francis Lethem Anne Churchwell Adams Judith and David Adamson Michael D. Aitken and Betsy B. Rudolph Gail and William Alberti Priscilla Alden Catherine Alguire Elizabeth and Robert Alston Heather Kay Altman and James Shortridge Anthony and P. M. Amitrano Jame Amoroso Jim and Susan Anderson Susan L. Andreatta Richard G. Andrew and Diane E. Buchanan Anonymous Kerry M. Anthony Mary Arnold Martha Steele Arnold Madelyn Miscally Ashley Linda Ashman Laurence and Rachel Avery Sally and James Baird Ruth Ann Baker Charles and Ross Baker Ann Fairfax Baker and Michael F. Lienesch Ralph P. Balzac and Eva G. Harrington Julia Wallace Bambauer Vivian Bancroft-Wu Jon Carr Barbour William Barbour Debra Baringtang Barbara and Gary Barnes Sally J. Barnum Thomas and Katherine Barrett Dale Batchelor Carson and Martha Baur Dorothy I. Beall Jeffery S. Beam and Stanley G. Finch Angelia G. Beasley Elizabeth and Danny Bell Priscilla and Jack Belsinger Deborah E. Bender and John F. Curry Sheila and Larry Benninger Stephen P. Berg and Laurie Cousart Shulamit and Stephen Bernard Christine and Robert Berndt Alicia Louise Berry Summer Bicknell Dolores A. Bilangi Caelia and Andrew Bingham Josephine R. Bisbee and Martin Schwitzer Sankey Lee Blanton III and Susan E. Swanson M. Robert Blum Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Julie Bond-Meers James B. Borden Mark and Linda Borkowski Kate Bottomley and Jefferson Holt Christopher Matthew Boyce Betty Bruton Bradley Ellen Bradley and Brian Ivey Al and Irene Briggaman Bob and Molly Broad Eleanor H. Broadus Brenda B. Brodie David Brooks Pat and Will Brooks Sandra Brooks-Mathers and Michael Mathers Kendal Brown R. Ellen Brown Nils and Irena Brubaker Steven David Brunson Betsy and James Bryan Mary L. Bryant Kathleen Donovan Bucher Sophie and Graham Burkheimer William V. Burlingame Phyllis H. Burns W. Woodrow Burns Jr. Marilyn Butler and Robert C. Nichols Asa and John Butts John W. Cameron Elizabeth Campbell and James Godwin Susan R. Campbell Nancy Campbell Daniel and Kathleen Campbell Robert S. Cantwell and Lydia N. Wegman Mary Clara Capel Phil and Linda Carl Christine Neuok Carlson Andrea Lynn Carpenter Roberta Carpenter Bessie M. Carrington Jennifer Eyestone Carson Marian and Wayne Cascio Christine Anne Cato Sharyn R. Caudell Victoria S. Chall Elma Eugenia Chapman Nancy and Neal Cheek Wei-Ting Chi Guan-Wen Chou Claire and Hudnall Christopher Jr. Kathryn Virginia Clancy Brenda and Ross Clark Betty Dunn Clark Becky and Munroe Cobey Rebecca S. Coble Margaret Decker Cohn Patrick Coin Betty J. Coker Helen and Bob Conrad Brian Copenhaver Henry and Irene Cotter Laurie Cousart Eppie Bennett Cox Gretchen Cozart Patricia Challenger Crawford Katherine Anne Cretin Cyndy Cromwell Betty Anita Cross Jennifer and William Cure John F. Curry Ann Cutter Kerry-Ann da Costa David H. Poer Co. Sandra J. Davis and Amy V. Lambert Bill and Ann Davis Judith Vose Davis Lisa Day John and Mardell De Carlo Donna Deal Eric and Patsy Decker Bob and Nancy DeLong JacQuelyn Marie DeLong Ann and Bob DeMaine Bert and Molly Dempsey Azucena Alburo Derecho and Bradley G. Hammill Ray and Virginia Dickie Marilyn and Robert Diefenderfer Sophia Dill John and Priscilla Dodge Caroline and Dick Donnan Kathleen Donohue Pete Dorrance and Dolly Hunter Mary Alice Dorton Marna Doucette Gregory Doyle Joanne M. Drake Almond and Lori Drake Bonnie and Joseph Drust Carole W. Dunaway Catherine J. Duncan and Gordon H. Merklein Laura Logan Edmundson Elias Eichner and the Triangle Family Shule Wendy Elliott Barbara Brown Ellis Carol and Cam Enarson Peter and Kate Enchelmayer Susan Tompkins Ennett and Wayne E. Pein Susan and Allan Eure Carver and Edmund Farrar J. D. Fassett Donald B. Feldman and Marie E. Stockstill Elizabeth L. Fenwick Ellie and Jim Ferguson Laurice Ferris and James G. Ferguson Ben Fewel and Catherine Maxwell Mary Jo and Jim Fickle Tracy San Filipo Nancy and Burton Fink Finnabar Farm Martin and Karin Fitzpatrick Eileen and Joseph Flocca William L. Flournoy Milton and Nina Forsyth Laura and David Frankstone Vonda Lee Frantz Rosine D. Frederick Floyd A. Fried and JoAnn Weissman-Fried Susan and Stephen Frye Manley Fuller Grace and Charles Gaenzle Gardener by Nature, LLC Mia and Keith Gardiner Alice C. Garfield Chuck S.Garrison and Susan E. Hunter Diana B. Gawron Shirley and Ladnor Geissinger Peter F. Gelber and Elisabeth A. Reid Christine Helene Gellings Mary and James George Ann and Leonard Gettes Susan Reece Giles Tona and Peter Gilmer Allen F. Glazner and Mary Olney Danny Glover John and Rita Goebel Ann and Alex Gordon Nancy and Roger Gorham Robert and Yolande Gottfried Lisa L. Gould Catherine and Lee Gray Sarah Lee Greene and Paul M. Jones Jayne and Matthew Greg Joan and David Guilkey Pat and Judy Guiteras Katherine Smith Gunter Lynda Haake Carol and Nortin Hadler Henry Leslie Perry Hall Jr. Eric and Denise Hallfors Fran Hamer Bradley Gordon Hammill Mary Eileen Hammond Sara Katherine Hamrick Barbara Hardison Karen Harrison Vera B. Hart Judy Harvey Thomas C. Harville Jr. John and Fledra Hatch Millie Henning Virginia E. Hester Barbara B. Hiestand Shayna Ann Hill Loren Douglas Hintz Linda Whitney Hobson Tanner and Mimi Hock Jean Rice Hodder Karen N. Hogan Vivian and Lorette Hollinshed Susan and Alan Hollister Susan Hollobaugh Haru and Max Hommersand Jewel Hoogstoel Lu and Lawrence Howard Robert Cook Howes Julia Huff-Jerome Charlotte and Tommy Hughes Joyce and Eugene Huguelet Susan Elizabeth Hunter Dolly Anne Hunter Gerda Gertrud Hurow Mary Kay Icken Brian G. Ivey Ann Lou Jamerson Genevieve A. Jansen Mary Graham Jenne Jim Gallucci Sculptor Ltd. Harold and Kristina Johnson Robert Johnson Ellen and Charles Johnson Anne Hilliard Johnson Richard Kenneth Johnson Susan Cheng Johnson Mary Pauline Johnson Thomas H. Jones Susan and Adam Jones Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Lauren Dare Kage Sally and Richard Kahler Elizabeth Kaluta Eszter Sarolta Karvazy Stephen Keith and Lisa Glover Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Ann Kendall and Caroline Sikorsky Diane Kent Charles Kidder Patricia Kiffney June and Winston Kirby William Elliott Kirkland Paul and Phebe Kirkman Thank you to all who support the Garden, especially to the many whose membership dues and gifts were received in the period from April 29 to August 27, 2015. G i f t s Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 15 G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d Jim and Sharon Kirkman Lynn Koss Knauff Mary Koppenheffer Jennifer Elston Lafata Leroy and Lynn Lail Matt Lail Andrea T. Laine Dee Anne Lamb Susan Lamb and Kent Fawcett Jane E. Lane Jeffrey and Lynn Lang Joan Langenderfer Christina L. Larson Nancy and Henry Latimer Martha Stahl Latta T. Stanley Lawton John Lawton and Elizabeth A. Millwood Brenda B. Lazarus Julia Gronkiewicz Lebowitz Benjamin Adam Leder Elsie L. Lee Paul Willard Leslie Francis Lethem Michael F. Lienesch Margaret and Robert Liloia Susan and Mack Little Ellen York Lobdell Judy and George Lockhart Anne Nelson Loeb Sheilah K. Lombardo Stephanie J. London Annie and Douglas Long Joanne and John Lott Eleanor and David Lowry Andrew and Jess L’Roe Veronique MacHelidon Suzanne Macuk Judith E. Maloney Laura Manigrasso Dorothy W. Manning Mariechen W. Smith Trust Thomas Marriott and Alice Banks Yeaman Glenn Martin and Leann Nelson Grier and Louise Martin David Lance Martin Marty Martin Mary M. Martorella Mary and Elliott Wood Foundation Thomas and Lorraine Masters Dave Mathews and Melissa McGraw Brenda and Gene Matthews Joel D. Mattox and Karen Perizzolo Alice and John May Meredith J. Mayer Brenda Motsinger and Michael Ray Joan Stuart McAllister Robert and Karen McCall Bet and Sandy McClamroch Carol Ann McCormick and Mark Peifer John and Lisa McCubbin Karen and Gary McDougal Geraldine A. McDowell Melissa McGaw Loy Barbre McGill Margaret Regis McGuinn David Andrew McKay Robert and Daphne McLeod Kim C. McNeary Julie G. McVay Rita N. Mercer Estelle Metzger Margaret Susan Mielke Kendrick Miller Rachel Victoria Mills Leslie Mindel Jane and Donald Misch Jessica Mjelde Sylvia Ann Moffitt Karen Mohlke and Robert E. Wray Mary B. Monaco Diana Monroe and Robert Zandt William Clark Moore Elizabeth Lee Moore Molly and C. G. Moore Ruth M. Moose Sherry Morgan Dexter L. Morris and Patricia S. Tennis Patrick Mortell and Barb Thomas Brenda M. Motsinger and Michael Ray Gregory Adam Mu Kent and Miriam Mullikin Brian and Ingrid Munley Beverly and Robert Murdock Mary Jo Muzzey Annie Nashold Native Sun Landscape Design LLC Geoffrey A. Neal and Angela P. Greene Leann Nelson Leslie and Mark Nelson Jennifer M. Nelson Nancy Lee Newell Susan W. Newrock Biruta Adminis Nielsen Anne Whitlock Nielsen Peg Nolan North Carolina Native Plant Society Jamie and Scott Nunnelly Flora O’Brien Joan O’Brien and Michael E. Recane Richard and Mary O’Dor Carla Elizabeth Oldham Jim and Carol Oleson Mary Olney Elise Olsen Emily and Richard Olson Angela and Michael O’Rand Marcia W. Ostendorff Robert and Susan Palmatier Leonard and Esther Pardue Peg Parker Virginia Lea Parker Allan and Carol Parrent Margaret and Hugh Partridge Linda Passman Hilda and John Patterson Bettina Patterson Josie Ward Patton Mary Ellen Grigg Pearce Barbara and Lee Pedersen Carol and John Petersen Kristen Diana Phend Chris and Bill Piscitello Patricia Dale Pittard Janice and Gordon Plumblee Mary Lou Poe and Dennis Revicki David Henry Poer Jr. Jackie and Herbert Posner Virginia Waldrop Powell Peggy and Ted Pratt Lacy and Sydnor Presnell Nancy and Ed Preston Faye and Jerry Price David and Lisa Price Martha Ann Propst Patricia J. Pukkila and Gordon Worley Elizabeth Pullman Jane McLennan Purrington Stephen N. Quessy Diane Rainey Karen Sanders Raleigh Sophia Rauda Nancy and Kent Raymond Kerry and Patrick Reed Katharine Lee Reid Clifford Brian Reinhardt Rachel Rempel and Bruce Sullenger Laurie Renz Carol Reuss Dennis A. Revicki and Mary L. Poe Tom and Diana Ricketts Rif Riddick Carl and Lisa Rist Nancy Howes Robinson Sallie S. Robinson Brenda Hyde Rogers Cosby and Robert Rogers Marilyn Hunt Rollins Charles and Palymra Romeo Margaret Anne Rook Val Rosado Carol Sue Rosenberg Susan and Tom Ross Michael E. Royals Abbie J. Royster Mary San Filipo John and Ann Sanders Mitzi Moore Savage Catherine E. Savinelli Patricia Saylor Nidia T. Scharlock J. T. Scheick Linda Michaels Schmalbeck Jim and Arlene Schmidt Robert and Carolyn Schrock Betty Schumacher Martin Schweitzer Catherine Ethel Schwoerer Richard and Alyson Scoltock Margaret and Tom Scott Brenda Scott Sara and Thomas Sears Brent and Dana Senior Stephen Shafroth Michael Frederick Sharp Ann Sherman Frances L. Shetley Andrew B. Short and Andrea D. Vizoso James Shortridge Headley Shouse Dick and Linda Shrader Jade Shutes Tsai-en W. Sieren Sisters IHM Mitchell Skelton Jennette C. Skinner Michael and Anne Smethurst Lawrence Smiley Peter Barlow Smith Mariechen W. Smith Cathy Sohier Nancy and Sebastian Sommer Jeffrey and Mary Sonis Nancy S. Spencer Kirby Spicer Timothy Spira and Lisa K. Wagner Kimberly Sprague Margaret and Richard Sprott Fred and Alice Stanback Deborah Staves Jeannette and Roy Stein Robert and Nancy Steinberg Linda Stender Alan and Maxine Stern Ruth Carole Stevens Don and Patricia Stewart Marie Elizabeth Stockstill Susan and K. Lowell Strine Jon M. Stucky Arthur Norman Sturdivant Mary Ellen Sturgeon Ramy V. Sugg Edna Glenn Suggs Kathleen Sullivan Susan E. Swanson Paul and Susan Szaniszlo Margaret H. Teta Haren and Barbara Thakor The Association of Carol Woods Residents, Inc. The Betty Dunn Clark Trust Charlotte and Wayne Thomann John Langston Thomas Barb Thomas Pat and Charles Thompson Don and Sue Tiedeman Douglas and Roberta Tilden Kenneth Tindall and Susan Turbak Nancy and Aubrey Tolley Jessica and Charlie Tomberlin Allen G. Tomlinson Kate and Allen Torrey Julia Kinney Trimmer George A. Truskey and Anna Wu John Michael Turner Lydia T. Upchurch Margaret and Dean Urban Mauro George Valentine Jeanne Van Gemert Betsey Van Horn Gils Van Staveren Thomas and Laura Vanderbeck Gates and Nancy Vrooman Bobby and Marcella Wagoner Stephen and Charlotte Wainwright Mary L. Waitt Larry Wakeford George and Lynda Waldrep William and Margaret Walker Daryl Farrington Walker Kirsten Elsa Walter Nick Ward Steven Alan Warner Rebecca Drane Warren Julie D. Warshaw David and Marion Waters John and Celeste Watts Jean Weakley Alan Stuart Weakley Sara and John Weaver Paulette Webb Adam and Lysandra Weber Cynthia Weeks Anna Ballenger Weil Doris Wells Debbie and Holland West Brooke Ellen Wheeler Tera Melissa White Diane Elizbeth Wickland Bobby G. Wilder Holly and John Williams Ann and Frank Wilson Janet H. Wilson Rosemary J. Wilson Harry and Hallie Wilson Mary Lindeman Wilson Stephen D. Wilson Alice Wittenbach Susan Rose Wolf and Douglas E. Maclean Susan and Robert Wolff Emily Walker Wood Jane Woodard Dana and Joe Woody John and Joan Wrede Dorothy L. Wright Ruthie and Bob Wright Pamela Wyatt JoAnn Yates Heather and David Yeowell Charles and Nancy Zimmerli 16 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d Designated Gifts Allen Education Center Elizabeth Locke and John R. Staelin Art and Educational Exhibits Jeffery S. Beam and Stanley G. Finch Battle Park Endowment Charlotte Timberlake Battle Lisa Brachman and Robert A.Roubey Eleanor H. Broadus Sue Catherine Campbell Jinny Clancy Marta and James Evans Finnabar Farm Allen F. Glazner and Mary Olney Danny Glover Joan and David Guilkey Jacquelyn H. Hall and Bob Korstad Ann Lou Jamerson Patricia Kiffney Freddie Kiger Susan and Mack Little Alice and John May Bet and Sandy McClamroch Steven Richard Moore Elizabeth Lee Moore Louise and Harold Pollard Ed and Nancy Preston James Ronald Schreiber Laura and Paul Shadburn Nancy Loyd Vernon Battle Park and Interns Stephen Keith and Lisa Glover Thomas W. Hardy LaDonna and David Rader Carolina Campus Community Garden Anonymous Newman Catholic Student Center Parish Holland and Deborah West Carolina Moonlight Gala (see also Horticultural Therapy/Gala “Call for the Cause”) Kaye Davis Aikins Gordon M. Allen and Maryann Feldman Tami and Timothy Atkins Betsy and Walter Bennett Bob and Molly Broad Sandra F. Brooks-Mathers and Mike Mathers Cotton and May Bryan Melissa M. Cain and Michael P. Wilder Kevin Burns Clark Becky and Munroe Cobey Linda Carol Davis Ann and Bill Davis Shelley and John Day Janet and Jim Dean Arthur and Mignon DeBerry Barbara and Thomas Driscoll Tom Earnhardt and Dana Jennings Nancy Easterling and Chuck Anderson Glen H. Elder Jr. and Sandy A. Tuberville Matthew and Julie Ellis Allison L. Essen Fine Feathers Dianne and James Frazier Garden Gate Landscapes Martha L. Gentry Joan Heckler Gillings Jayne Lane Gregory Marcella and Paul Grendler Susan Henning and Vikram Rao Debbbie L. Hill Merle S. Hofmann Edward Shelton Holmes Jonathan and Mary Howes Betty Bellman Jean Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Tom Kenan Katherine and Vincent Kopp Thomas Krakauer Tina Labunski Eleanor Lamb Jeffrey and Sally Leinicke Anne H. Lindsey Harriet and D.G. Martin Sandy and Ned McClurg Anne and Bill McLendon Jim and Ruth McVea Melissa Meager Mercedes Benz of Winston- Salem and Greensboro Tom and Sandra Meyer Kathryn and John Miller Susan Morgan Gretchen and Michael Morrissey Morrissey Design LLC Brian and Heather Payne Performance Subaru Brian and Mary Beth Phillips Nancy and Ed Preston Missy and Sam Rankin Kent and Nancy Raymond Kenneth and Mary Redfoot Stephen and Sandra Rich Linda and Alan Rimer Deborah and Ed Roach Dave Robert Wyndham Gay Robertson Alfonse and Jennifer Runquist Frances E. Sample Allison E. Savicz and Tom Daly Evelyn R. Savitzky Claude and Sarah Snow David and Terri Swanson Swanson & Associates, P.A. The FA Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Sandy and Reaves Thompson Don and Sue Tiedeman Tony Hall & Associates Carol Tresolini and Tom Fiore Damon and Sara Waitt Kirsten Elsa Walter Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Barbara and Bob Wendell Frances and Gary Whaley Peter and Carolyn White John and Ashley Wilson Valerie B. Zamora Children’s Wonder Garden Antonio and Mary Braithwaite Molly Corbett Broad and Bob Broad Brenda B. Lazarus Marty Martin William Clark Moore Coker Arboretum Endowment Alicia Louise Berry Joseph Malcolm Browne III Lois and Clyde Browning W. Woodrow Burns Jr. Betty J. Coker Jan and Larry Goldrich Joy Ann Greenberg Ann Lou Jamerson Alice and John May Karen and Gary McDougal Josephine Ward Patton Daniel Belk Plyler Nancy and Ed Preston Jane and Mark Ritchie Susan and Tom Ross James Ronald Schreiber George and Zsuzsi Schroeder Paul and Susan Szaniszlo B. Peyton Watson Coker Arboretum Expendable Rosemary Murie Byrnes and Daniel B. Stern Rob Davis and Pauline H. Williams Judy Drost Sally A. Heiney and Kirk Ross James Hunter Lesher and Eleanor S. Rutledge Marcia E. Mahoney and John Martin Harriet and D.G. Martin Pat and Charles Thompson Sally Couch Vilas and Harry Gooder Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Julie and Steve Williams Coker Arboretum Water Feature Thomas S. Kenan III Conservation Fund Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Laurinda Q. Burleson Leonard and Esther Pardue Alice Banks Yeaman Development Capacity Fund Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Educational Outreach Michael and June Clendenin Joanne and John Lott Entry Landscape Fund Susan and Allan Eure Margaret and Robert Liloia Forest Theatre Restoration Fund Tanner and Mimi Hock Friends of UNC Herbarium Elizabeth and John Bozeman Nancy and Burton Fink Anne Whitlock Nielsen Jean Weakley Alan Stuart Weakley General Operating Fund Endowment Christine Gibson Nancy and Ed Preston Herb Garden Endowment Laurinda Q. Burleson Barbara B. Hiestand Horticulture Fund & Interns Jim and Delight Allen Angelia G. Beasley Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Jeffrey S. Clark and Marion E. Jackson Linda and Lawrence Curcio Milton and Nina Forsyth Robert B. Fudge Karen Harrison Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Mary Beth Fudge Keiter and Robert Keiter Kris and Loyd Little Beverly Anne Newton Peg Parker Jim and Arlene Schmidt Jessica and Charles Tomberlin JoAnn Yates Horticulture Therapy/Gala “Call for the Cause” Sherry Brennan Sandra Brooks-Mathers and Mike Mathers Becky and Munroe Cobey Bill and Elizabeth Davis Janet and Jim Dean Matthew Ellis Pat and John Evans Nancy Battle Foster Jayne Lane Gregory Susan Henning Ione and John Lee Harriet and D.G. Martin Sandy and Ned McClurg Gretchen and Michael Morrissey Paula Davis Noell Joyce Pence Dakota Powell and Matt Knight Anne Pusey Vikram Rao and Susan Henning Kent and Nancy Raymond Sandra and Stephen Rich Allison E. Savicz and Tom Daly Katie and William Stoudemire David and Terrie Swanson Carol Tresolini and Tom Fiore Damon and Sara Waitt Kirsten Elsa Walter Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Bob and Barbara Wendell Living Plant Fund Jeffrey S. Clark and Marion Jackson Mason Farm Biological Reserve Endowment Martha Steele Arnold Jennifer and Jack Boger John Bryson and Patricia Clark William V. Burlingame Margy and Ed Campion Stephen and Margaret Chandler W. Hugh Craft Jr. Lisa Day Beverly and Samuel Dyer Elizabeth Pullman Rachel Rempel and Bruce Sullenger Therese and Alan Schultz Mary P. Stephenson Sculpture in the Garden Linda Anne McCullough Seed Collecting Fund Jimmy and Liz Dodson Patricia Ann French UNC Herbarium Building Sharyn R. Caudell Gardener to Go Thomas H. Jones Anne Whitlock Nielsen Elizabeth Pullman The Burch-Safford Foundation Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 17 UNC Herbarium General Endowment Richard and Charlotte Kennedy Wildflower Program Brunswick County Master Gardeners Association Garden Club of North Carolina Inc John and Marcia Thomas Barry Richard Zeeberg Wonder Connection (formerly Healing and Hope Through Science) Anonymous Abbey View Farm LLC Laura Chomiuk and Jay Strader Elizabeth Dutton Rodger Flotta Sarah and Jordan Gatenby Jill Montaquila Optimist Foundation of Chapel Hill Missy and Sam Rankin Rob and Melissa Tolbert Richard and Mary Trout Jean Stewart Wilburn Garden Clubs Brunswick County Master Gardeners Association Chapel Hill Garden Club Colony Woods Garden Club Garden Club of North Carolina Green Thumb Garden Club Lake Forest Garden Club of Chapel Hill Raleigh Garden Club Gift memberships Greg Fitch and John Sweet— for Charlie and Grace Gaenzle, Patrick and Kerry Reed Lynn Knauff—for Katie Cretin and Sophia Rauda Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe--Benjamin Edward Roe, Mary Hinton, Jess and Andrew L’Roe Roberta and Douglas Tilden—for Joanne Abel Susan Turbak—for Arc of the Triangle In Honor Of Madalena Adelino On the occasion of her birth Jim and Mary Jo Fickle W. Woodrow Burns, Jr. and Catharine Gilliam On the occasion of their marriage Jonathan and Mary Howes Joe and Flo Chaffin Rodger Flotta Harry Gooder On the occasion of his 87th birthday Sally Vilas, for the Director’s Fund Evelyn Hines On the occasion of her 100th birthday Mary Dexter Debbie Johnson On her selection as Outstanding New Member Raleigh Garden Club Charlotte Jones-Roe John and Ione Coker Lee Mary Coker Joslin John and Ione Coker Lee Fred and Mary Kiger Freddie Kiger, for Battle Park Fund Harriet Wall Martin Grier and Louise Martin Jim Massey Alan S. Weakley Emily W. Wood Margo MacIntyre Jane and Mark Ritchie, for Coker Arboretum Endowment Ken Moore Green Thumb Garden Club Holly and John Williams North Carolina Botanical Garden Staff Jessica and Charles Tomberlin, for the Horticulture Fund and General Support Addie Schoenberg Umission, for School Programs Tom and Margaret Scott Abbie J. Royster Dot Wilbur-Brooks Ellen and Charles Johnson In memory Of Ritchie Bell William Elliott Kirkland Kate Coble Rebecca S. Coble Mary Ann Dinger David Chaika and Betty Lou Chaika-Hawkins Sally Dutton Anderson and Anne Dutton Wharton Elizabeth Dutton, for Wonder Connection Marion Farrar Fleishel Anne Fleishel Harris Elizabeth Fudge Susan and Dwight Bellinger Jeffrey Clark and Marion Jackson Robert Fudge Bill Fudge Mary Beth Keiter Kris and Loyd Little Beverly Anne Newton Terry Laverne Hawkins Linda Young Hawkins Leila Naylor Hensley Jean Weakley Jonathan Broome Howes Michael D. Aitken and Betsy B. Rudolph Frances Meadows Allen Delight and Jim Allen, for the Director’s Fund Christine and Robert Berndt Lynn W. Blanchard Marjorie Broun Audrey Joyce Booth Eunice M. Brock and Sam Magill Margaret and Edmund Campion, for Mason Farm Endowment Jaroslav and Linda Folda Mia and Keith Gardiner Dave and Lallie Godschalk, for the Director’s Fund Betsy and Joseph Hackney Judith Huntress Hallman Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe, for the Director’s Fund Thomas S. Kenan III Jennifer Elston Lafata Paul and Caroline Lindsay Mary Lou Liverance Jessie E. McIntyre Pauline Moreau Judy Murray Sherri Rho Ontjes Lisa and David Price Lynda and James Robinson Nancy Howes Robinson Don and Karen Reinfurt Margaret Anne Rook James Ronald Schreiber Tom and Margaret Scott David and Terri Swanson Banks Cooper Talley Jr. Jane and Jack Underhill Nina Gray Wallace Peter and Carolyn White Anna A. Wu Nancy Loyd Vernon, for Battle Park Fund Charles and Nancy Zimmerli Robert M. Howes Sallie S. Robinson Hazel Estes Hunt Michael and Marcia Thomas, for the Wildflower Program Sylvia Pence Gatzy Chapel Hill Garden Club Cathy Smith Cole Harriet C. Laskey Joel I. Laskey Sam McGee Sandy Thompson Judy Reimann Ransbury Carol and Francis DeYoung, for the Director’s Fund Jim and Lynda Reimann, for the Director’s Fund Mary Reimann, for the Director’s Fund Karla Reed Brenda B. Lazarus, for the Children’s Wonder Garden and General Support David Robert Julie and Steve Williams Lisa Soong Martha Ann Propst Dorothy Sorrill Roe Judy and Sandy Steckler, for the Conservation Fund Myra L. Stang Triangle Community Foundation Nancy “Teeny” Stronach Frances Meadows Allen Gray Proctor Clark Janet and James Corcoran Phyllis Slick Cowell Gretchen Cozart Sallie Neal Cozart Frances Harrison Cronenberg Jean and Haywood Edmundson IV Jean Cameron Grainger Thomas W. Graves Jr. Josephine V. Harrison Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Louise Jenkins Maybank Lossie T. Noell Elizabeth Kirkland Peters Lacy and Sydnor Cozart Presnell Benjamin Thorp Smith III and Edward A. Preston Louise Clark Strauss Caroline Trask Mary C. Woodard David N. Thompson Charles and Patricia Thompson Michael Alexander Weiner Rachel Victoria Mills Margaret Westmoreland Joseph Westmoreland, for the Children’s Wonder Garden Alice Zawadzki Frances Meadows Allen Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Matching Gifts Abbott Fund—matching the gift of Larry Howard GlaxoSmithKline—matching the gifts of Linda J. Dawson, Andrew T. Maynard and Antonia M. Valakas IBM Corporation—matching the gifts of Anthony A. Amitrano, Edward G. Britton, William O. Camp, Ralph H. Earle, Mary E. Sturgeon, Susan Strine and Grant B. Varner McKesson Foundation— matching the gift of Cheryl and Chris Klein Merck & Company— matching the gifts of Sylvianne Roberge for General Support and of Joseph R. Westmoreland for the Children’s Wonder Garden Sherwin-Williams Company—matching the gift and volunteer hours of Jim Schmidt for the Horticultural Fund in-kind gifts Marlene Kinney—botanical and horticultural books Thomas Krakauer— botanical prints Howard Stang and family— Lowe’s gift cards for for Carolina Campus Community Garden recuring Gifts Saianand Balu, for the Forest Theatre Fund Emma Morris Beckham Jo Ellen Brandmeyer Linda Convissor and Bruce Guild Greg Fitch and John Sweet Diane Frazier Libby Grey, for Coker Arboretum and General Support Harold Keith Hill Linda and Paul Naylor Bruce and Cynthia Runberg Monica Riley Samsky Cynthia Keck Scott, for the Tom and Margaret Scott Fund Richard and Anita Wolfenden, for Mason Farm Biological Reserve Alice Zawadzki G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d 18 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 S t a f f N o t e s Welcome, Patti! Patti Smith, the Garden’s new membership assistant, was born in Brooksville, Florida, but grew up in Durham where she moved with her family at the age of eight. Patti attended UNC-Chapel Hill, and received a bachelor’s degree in art history last year. In her spare time, Patti enjoys working in photography and writing, as well as studying history and historic preservation. Prior to taking her position here in June, Patti worked for 14 years at Preservation North Carolina. Patti says that the staff here at the Garden is wonderful, and she is excited to be a part of all that the Garden accomplishes. Welcome, Aislinn! Aislinn Spain, our new events manager, grew up in High Point, North Carolina. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then returned to the Triad to manage events for Grassroots Productions in Greensboro. She now lives in Durham with her husband and cat. In her spare time, Aislinn enjoys reading books, attending concerts, and traveling. She says she feels welcome at the Garden because the staff has gone out of the way to help and answer questions. Welcome, Julia! Julia Wall, a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, is our new horticultural assistant. She began working here in 2009 as a work study student while she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She left in 2013 after graduating from UNC, but returned to the Garden in May after working in video editing over the last two years. Some of Julia’s hobbies include photography, bike riding, and playing in the dirt, which is one of the things she enjoys most about taking her horticultural position at the NCBG. Julia says that the Garden is beautiful, and she loves being able to spend time outside and work with the wonderful staff here. Welcome, Julia! The Chapel of the Cross made an in-kind donation of office space and infrastructure support to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and Coker Arboretum staff. For the first time in decades, the Arboretum staff has a space in which to keep books, maps and plans. The space allows us to work at our desks in a climate-controlled environment rather than the basement of Davie Hall with the tools and lawn equipment. The room is large enough to spread maps out and do larger projects indoors, just steps away from the Arboretum. We are grateful for this generous donation! Former Botanical Garden Foundation secretary and UNC Her-barium curator and director Jim Massey was featured in the August 16th Raleigh News and Observer for his gift of his extensive folk art collection to the Small Museum of Folk Art in Pittsboro. Dr. Massey continues to provide wisdom and encouragement to the Garden staff and to cultivate plants and creativity in Haywood Gardens near Moncure, North Carolina. A special shout out to our summer interns. We couldn’t have done all we did this summer without you or the donors who made these internships possible! What’s New in the Garden Shop? Children’s T-shirts! ...and cutting boards, tea towels, jewelry, handmade buttons, and so much more! We are frequently adding new items in preparation for the holiday season. Stop by to see for yourself! Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 19 Charlotte Jones-Roe Director of Development 919-962-9458 jonesroe@unc.edu << cont’d from page 5 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. unclegacy.org Leave a Legacy... The Carolina Campus Community Garden, which teaches students gardening skills and provides fresh produce to UNC’s lowest paid employees, received very significant contributions from an anonymous donor and from the Newman Catholic Center to help with its efforts. The project has also received a gift with which to construct a greenhouse to extend the growing season. Botanists Robert Wyatt and Ann Stoneburner have decided to honor Robert’s professors, UNC botanists C. Ritchie Bell and Albert E. Radford, by establishing a named endowment to support NCBG travel and graduate students’ native plant research. The Burch – Safford Foundation made a $5,000 gift to help move the new UNC Herbarium toward construction. The Garden Club of North Carolina made a gift in sup-port of the Wildflower Program. John Robert Staelin made another gift for the Education Center, for which we are grateful. Garden members find many ways to help us accomplish our mission. The Battle Park Endowment, now with a basis of more than $227,000, received many gifts including contributions by Bet and Sandy McClamroch, David and Joan Guilkey, El-eanor Broadus, Kathryn Clancy, and John and Alice May. This summer’s Saving Our Pollinators exhibit was possible thanks to major sponsorship from Burt’s Bees’ The Greater Good Foundation. In addition, Cindy and Tom Cook, Bar-bara Driscoll, Anne Harris, Glenda Parker Jones, Charlotte Jones-Roe, The Krakauer Family Fund, Missy and Sam Rankin, and the Whaley Family Foundation made gifts to support the project. This important exhibit and accompany-ing programs brought together many partners and continues to fascinate visitors and educate program participants about the importance of native plants and pollinators. The Garden has lost several good friends since our last Newsletter. Our interim director Jonathan Howes died a short time after the summer Newsletter went to press. We are grateful for Jonathan’s guidance through the transition of leadership at the Garden and his many years of service on the Botanical Gar-den Foundation Board. We were fortunate to have the benefit of his administrative experience, and we miss his warmth, wit, and wisdom. Alice Zawadzki, a member of the Garden and fer-vent supporter of native wildflowers and many cultural and en-vironmental causes, will be remembered for her love of nature, her colorful hats and costumes, her irrepressible spirit and her ability to make everyone feel loved and included. We also lost a Garden friend of five decades, Nancy “Teeny” Stronach. Teeny was one of the members of the North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society (now the North Carolina Native Plant Society) who took hikes with Dr. Roland Totten and provided generous financial support and steadfast encouragement to the Garden staff over the years. Teeny served as a member of the Botanical Garden Foundation board and as a lifetime honorary board member. The Garden is better and our lives are richer for having had friends like these.. With thanks for the many ways you support the Garden, In the DeBerry Gallery through November 1 Native Flowers - Gifts of Pollinators Photographs by John Pringle November 3 - January 3 Bonsai. Organic Shapes, Natural Forms Pen and Ink on Paper by Kent H. Raymond, MD 20 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 North Carolina Botanical Garden The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus Box 3375 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3375 Phone 919-962-0522 Fax 919-962-3531 Web ncbg.unc.edu E-mail ncbg@unc.edu NONPROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID UNC – CHAPEL HILL Address Service Requested How to know if your Dues are Due? Check your membership renewal month & year, posted above your name and address. Use enclosed envelope to renew! Thanks! 35th Annual Holiday Party Sunday, December 13, 3-5 pm Eleanor Smith Pegg Exhibit Hall of the James & Delight Allen Education Center Join us for a festive winter holiday celebration at the Garden. Our holiday tree will be decorated with original handmade ornaments. Bring a plate of your favorite seasonal treats to share. We will provide mulled cider and punch as well as music and a special raffle for this special member event. Also, please bring a nonperishable food item to contribute to a collection for a local food pantry. P.S. The Judy and Burke Davis Gift Shop will be open for holiday purchases: books, note cards, table linens, garden gloves, t-shirts, and more. Volunteer Appreciation Lecture Thursday, November 19, 12-1 pm Reeves Auditorium Join us for our annual Volunteer Appreciation Lecture from Director Damon Waitt. Bring your lunch, and we will provide dessert & coffee. RSVP by November 17 to bwendell@email.unc.edu Coming to the Pegg Exhibit Hall in November... Winter Spectacle an exhibit about Native Plant Studies and Botanical Art & Illustration
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Full Text | Fall 2015 Promoting Education, Conservation, Research, Plant Collections, Public Service Volume 43, Number 3 N E W S L E T T E R N O R T H C A R O L I N A B O T A N I C A L G A R D E N T H E U N I V E R S I T Y o f N O R T H C A R O L I N A a t C H A P E L H I L L Sculpture in the Garden September 20—December 11 The majority of all flowering plants rely on pollinators, a group of animals that includes over 200,000 species. Our food and natural habi-tats rely on these animals, and each of us has an active role to play in shaping their future. The Saving Our Pollinators exhibition features workshops, exhibits, talks, and tours that highlight the acute plight of pollinators, including bees, birds, and butterflies. Discover the importance of our pollinators as the Garden il-lustrates their challenges and offers solutions to help secure a stable future for them. Find program listings at www.ncbg.unc.edu/pollinators. ...through October 3, 2015 Botanical Garden Foundation Annual Membership Meeting Friday, November 20, 11-12:30 Reeves Auditorium See page 5 for more information. Be sure to visit the Garden this fall as we host our 27th Sculpture in the Garden, an outdoor exhibition of works by North Carolina artists. Forty-one large-scale works feature an assortment of materials including steel, concrete, wood, marble and more. The native plant gardens at NCBG change with the season, offering new and interesting views of the sculptures throughout this invitational exhibition. Jennifer Edwards, curator at the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte, has been selected as the juror for this year’s show. Awards include Best in Show, Merit, and People’s Choice. Don’t miss it! More information at sculptureinthegarden.com Coming soon... We are excited to announce a few changes to how we communicate with you, our members and friends. First of all, this is the last edition of our Newsletter in the current form. Next March, and continuing twice per year, you will find a new magazine in your mailbox covering a variety of conservation gardening topics. This fall, we will also publish an annual report that will include a list of all of you who have financially made our work possible. And next month, we will start sending out a monthly e-newsletter filled with all the latest news at the Garden. Go to ncbg.unc.edu to make sure you are on our e-newsletter list. Fall Plant Sale October 2 & 3 ...details page 7 Sculpture shown: Princess Oxide by Dempsey Calhoun 2 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 two have been intertwined and inseparable since 1903 when the University’s first professor of botany, William Chambers Coker, established a teaching collection of trees and shrubs on campus. Today, that legacy has grown to include Garden participation in teaching plant science and environmental studies, faculty and student research that takes advantage of garden-managed natural areas, and public service opportunities for students from intern-ships to service learning. Carolina’s unwavering commitment to excellence as one of the world’s great research universities is reflected in the Garden’s outstanding international reputation as the most comprehensive center of knowledge on plants in North Carolina and the southeastern United States. Most importantly, the university affiliation gives the North Carolina Botanical Garden a level of scientific integrity and academic credibility that is the holy grail of botanic gardens. Sometimes you get the best of both worlds, and being a university-affiliated, conservation-themed botanic garden is the best of both worlds. In my last (and first) Director’s Message, I promised to elabo-rate on what it means to be a university-affiliated, conservation-themed botanical garden in the 21st century. Unless you are intimately familiar with the botanic garden landscape in North America, you may not be aware of the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s unique position in that community. Of the 529 public botanic gardens in the United States, only 17 percent identify themselves as being university-affiliated gardens or arboreta. By the same token, only 13 percent of public botanic gardens identify themselves as conservation-themed by virtue of their focus on native plant demonstration or through programs emphasizing plant conservation or sustainability. Since the probability of two independent events occurring simultaneously is the product of their individual probabilities (remember that from statis-tics class), one would expect to find 2.2 university-affili-ated, conservation-themed botanical gardens if one were to visit 100 U.S. public gardens. In other words, university-affiliated, conser-vation- themed gardens are about as rare as the fire-loving, Sandhills Lily (Lilium pyrophilum). Let’s take a closer look at the dual nature of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. First, what does it means to be a conservation-themed botanic garden? The concept of the conservation garden was developed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the early 1990s to repre-sent the many conservation-related activities that were at the heart of the Garden’s mission and programs. A sample of those activities include propagating native plants to ensure that populations are not damaged by wild collecting, banking seed for reintroduction and protection against extinction, habitat conservation to preserve naturally occurring biological diversity, and gardens that display and demonstrate native biodiversity and sustainable gardening practices. While many public gardens participate in some of these activities, few do as much to inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas while advancing a sustainable relationship between people and nature. That is our mission. It defines who we are and what we do. That all sounds pretty darn impressive, so why do we care about our university affiliation? For one, the North Carolina Botanical Garden owes its existence to the nation’s first public university. The history of the North Carolina Botanical Garden is the botanical legacy of the University of North Carolina. The by Damon Waitt, NCBG Director The Best of Both Worlds D i r e c t o r ’ s M e s s a g e A Special Tribute In my last letter, I gave special recognition to the former directors of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, including Jonathan B. Howes who served as interim director from January 1, 2015 to April 13, 2015. Little did I know when I set my start date on April 13, that Jonathan had previously agreed to serve as interim director until June 30, the fiscal year end. In other words, I could have hung out a few more months, wrapping things up in Texas while the Garden remained in Jonathan’s capable hands. Funny, that in our weekly phone calls leading up to April 13, Jonathan never men-tioned that bit of information. Later, when I called him on it, I got back the legendary Howes mischievous smile. After Jonathan passed away on May 31, 2015, it hit me how blessed I was to have had six weeks of his friendship and mentorship. Whenever I faced a difficult decision in my previous position at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, I would always ask myself WWJD? Back then, J stood for Mrs. Johnson. Now, J stands for Jonathan. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 3 C o n s i d e r T h i s Invasive plants are not for the birds! by Johnny Randall, NCBG Director of Conservation Programs The connection between birds and fleshy fruits is a beauti-ful example of coevolution. Birds receive a nutritional “reward” for eating the fruit, and the plant benefits via seed dispersal. The coevolutionary relationship continues, as the seeds within a fleshy fruit have a particularly hard seed coat that protects them through their journey in a bird’s gut. This “pre-treatment” is often required for germination, and the seeds are ultimately deposited in their own nurturing plop of fertilizer. Note that dry fruits and seeds are digested by birds and are not typically bird-dispersed except by adhesion to feet and feathers. Dry seeds and fruits, like those in the sunflower/composite family (Asteraceae) and bean/pea family (Faba-ceae), are produced in ample quantities that can sustain “sharing” with birds and other critters, with plenty left for dispersal by wind, water, etc. Birds are generalist feeders when it comes to fleshy fruit selec-tion and will eat what fits in their beak, which is another example of coevolution through natural selection. And because birds are as likely, or even more likely, to disperse an invasive plant than a native plant, the bird/plant mutualism has been spoiled. Of the approximately 6,000 native plant species in the south-eastern United States, about one-third have fleshy fruits and are bird-dispersed, whereas nearly one-half of the approximately 450 invasive plant species in this same region are bird-dispersed. Birds are therefore a primary vector for moving actual and potentially invasive plants from the cultivated landscape to natural areas. And once established in natural areas, the spread continues in leaps and bounds. This is why bird-dispersal is a primary risk assessment character for evaluating plant invasiveness potential. Most of the seriously invasive and potentially invasive plants in our area have fleshy fruits and are bird-dispersed, such as English ivy, autumn olive, Chinese privet, Oriental bittersweet, porcelain-berry, mahonia, multiflora rose, and Japanese honeysuckle. The scientific literature on invasive plants and bird-dispersal is moderate but growing, and almost all of the research warns of a serious and multi-layered phenomenon. First off, birds either do not discriminate between native and invasive plants or often prefer invasives over natives. One reason for this is that a large propor-tion of invasives are high in carbohydrates, whereas the natives are often higher in protein and lipids/fats. Birds are consequently choosing candy bars over cheeseburgers, which could affect bird nutrition, particularly during fall migration. My own research on this subject confirms that invasive plant fruits are often preferred over natives. I showed that there is, for example, a strong preference for the invasive camphortree (Cin-namomum camphora) and autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), over the native red bay (Persea palustris) and downy arrow-wood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum), respectively. This competition for reproduction via fleshy fruit dispersal is a particularly insidious negative invasive plant effect that is often overlooked. Researchers have also shown that many invasive plants have fruits that persist lon-ger on the plant than do native plant fruits into the fall and winter. The invasives are therefore available when our natives are not. One particularly worrisome study showed that male cardinals that ingest the red fruits of the very invasive and widespread Amur honeysuckle become strikingly colored. Bright color typically signals superior health, and females tend to choose these indi-viduals as mates. Ingestion of Amur honeysuckle causes less fit or even sickly males to be pumped up on these red pigments, compromising the benefits of selective mate choice. Let’s summarize the cascade of negative effects wrought by bird-dispersed invasive plants. Invasive plants with fleshy fruits are spread far and wide by birds, which is enhanced in the winter. Bird nutrition is compromised when a carbohydrate-rich invasive is chosen over a protein or lipid rich native. Native plants can be outcompeted for reproduction by invasives. Lastly, overall bird population health could decline because females cannot distinguish between sickly and vigorous males when choosing a mate. The lesson from this gloomy scenario is to plant native plants and remove the non-native plants that produce fleshy fruits! Note, too, that it is the foliage of native plants, not non-natives, that sup-port the caterpillars of our moths and butterflies. You can make a difference! Check out our Controlling Invasive Species booklet: ncbg.unc.edu/uploads/files/ ControllingBooklet.pdf For a list of plants to avoid: ncbg.unc.edu/plants-to-avoid/ Would you like to know more about removing invasive plants? 4 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 2015 Board of Directors Officers Tom Earnhardt, President Missy Rankin, Vice President Stephen Rich, Treasurer Greg Fitch, Secretary Directors Betsy Bennett Bob Broad Sandra Brooks-Mathers Cotton Bryan Wanda Bryant Melissa Cain Chip Callaway Becky Cobey Jan Dean Robert W. Eaves Jr. Lysandra Gibbs-Weber Debbie Hill Jay Leutze Harriet Martin Scottie Neill Nancy S. Preston Linda Rimer Bill Ross Tom K. Scott Barbara K. Wendell John Wilson Immediate Past President Anne Lindsey Honorary Directors Claire Christopher Gretchen Cozart Arthur S. DeBerry Muriel Easterling Mary Coker Joslin Nancy Stronach Sally Couch Vilas The week before Labor Day at Harkers Island is muscadine time. Since the 1970s I have picked and eaten these sweet, native grapes (Vitis rotundifolia) from old vines that cover the remnants of a tool shed in my backyard on the Island. For the last 20 years, my wife Dana and our children, Izaak and Rachel, have joined in the late summer muscadine gluttony. Some years the harvest has been more bountiful and the grapes larger, but there has never been a year—even during the late 90s when Hurricanes Fran and Floyd shook the Island—when the old vines have failed to produce. Over the years one thing was always clear, for every grape we ate, at least two hit the ground. Ten years ago our natural vineyard took on far greater signifi-cance. Drinking coffee one morning, I watched an Eastern Box Turtle cross the yard and head straight for the muscadine patch. Perhaps because I had never seen a box turtle on Harkers Island, I watched for two hours as my new friend ate his weight in Labor Day muscadines that had fallen to the ground. Now, my family and I still look forward to eating muscadines, but we also look forward to seeing our box turtle neighbors, whose ancestors have most certainly eaten Island grapes in September since long before the first human set foot on Harkers Island. Perhaps most of all, the muscadine grape/Eastern Box Turtle con-nection is a reminder that EVERY native plant in North Carolina is important in ways we may never have imagined. This year, the weekend before Labor Day, my wife and I smelled the ripe muscadines and ate our fill. Within two hours that same day we saw FOUR Eastern Box Turtles drawn to the same elixir of autumn. May the muscadines—native wildflowers, berries, nuts, or trees—in your life bring the same joy. Muscadine Time B o t a n i c a l G a r d e n F o u n d a t i o n N e w s by Tom Earnhardt, President, Botanical Garden Foundation 2016 Botanical Illustration Calendar Participants from our prestigious Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate program are excited to showcase artwork from past and present students in a 2016 calendar. The calendar will be sold at the Garden Gift Shop, and all proceeds will support the North C a r o l i n a B o t a n i c a l Garden. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 5 The Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc. is the 501(c)3 non-profit organization that holds land for conservation and raises money for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Botanical Garden Foundation Annual Membership Meeting November 20, 11 am-12:30 pm All Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF) members are invited to participate in the BGF Annual Meeting. The meeting will include the election of new board members. Bob Eaves, Nancy Preston, Linda Rimer, Tom Scott, and Lysandra Weber are retiring from the Board. Nell Joslin and Jason York retired earlier this year. Jan Dean and Bill Ross have agreed to serve for a second term. For additional information or questions, call the North Carolina Botanical Garden at 919-962-0522. Nominees to the Board of Directors: Nathan Byrd brings strong training and expertise in finance, a hands-on volunteer style and an affinity for the Garden’s mission to the board. Since 2013, he has been managing family and non-profit relationships at Hamilton Point, a Chapel Hill-based regis-tered investment advisor. A 2006 graduate of Wake Forest with an MBA from UNC, Nate is also a certified financial planner and certified financial advisor. Prior to business school, he worked at Wachovia Wealth Management. Michael L. (Mike) Dunn lives in Chatham County and he has designed and conducted hundreds of workshops on natural history on subjects ranging from wildlife to wildflowers. Mike retired in 2013 after working 32 years with the State of North Carolina as a naturalist/educator with the NC Division of Parks and Recreation and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. He earned his under-graduate degree at VPI and SU, and his masters degree from the University of Virginia. Carey Durham, an Asheboro native, is a CPA and CFO/Director of Corporate Services at Hospice of Randolph County, Inc. He earned his BSBA degree from UNC-Chapel Hill where he counts botany as one of his favorite electives. Before joining the world of healthcare in 2008, he was involved in executive financial man-agement in the industrial fields of furniture, home furnishings, footwear, plastics, and food processing. Anne Harris is an environmental attorney and was the vice presi-dent of environmental services for Black & Veatch Engineering’s Energy Division for over 25 years. Her responsibilities included managing the company’s environmental compliance planning, environmental permitting, and environmental review services. Prior to her employment by Black & Veatch, she worked for the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and as an educational consultant for the Garden. She earned her undergraduate degree from Florida State, masters degrees from Emory University and UNC-CH, and a law degree from the University of Kansas. Lyle “Duke” Henthorne retired in 2001 from his position as director of global computing, with 45 years of experience in global computer management, business process and systems development. He has worked with youth as a coach for various sports, PTA presi-dent, and volunteer youth counselor. He also has experience with film, creating TV commercials, feature-length movies, and more. Florence Peacock continues to connect gown and town, serving as a director of Table, a nonprofit organization providing food for low-income grade school students in the community. A trained vocalist, she taught singing for years. She is a tireless patron of the performing and visual arts, including serving on the boards of Carolina Performing Arts and the N.C. Opera, among others. Frank B. Penta lives in Chapel Hill and has a life-long interest in gardening. With an impressive history as an educational leader in medicine and public health, Frank is still active in his field and is a renowned woodturning artist. He grew up in the Boston area, was an Eagle Scout, and graduated from Northeastern University. Throughout his life, Frank has been an active community volunteer, Scout Master, Rainbow Soccer coach, Chapel Hill Recreation volun-teer, Library volunteer, and woodturning demonstrator at retirement centers, boy and girl scout groups, the NCBG and other venues. Sandy Thompson is rejoining the Board after a year off. He has remained a strong supporter of the Garden, helping with sponsor-ships for the Gala and sponsoring an intern for the Garden. A UNC graduate, Sandy has served as client executive for accounts with multi-state and international operations at Wells Fargo Insurance Services since 1986. His previous position was with Aetna C&S as a large accounts casualty underwriter. 6 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Where are “new species” discovered? Perhaps in the depths of a remote jungle, or the depths of a remote ocean – certainly “depths” and “remoteness” have got to be involved. But, the story of this new species of nutsedge begins about two decades ago with Richard LeBlond doing his day job as a biologist for the State of North Carolina’s Natural Heritage Program. He was in the “remote depths” of Onslow County, about a half hour’s drive from his doorstep in Richlands, North Caro-lina. The area LeBlond was surveying along the Onslow/Pender County line had already produced new species. Cool-ey’s Meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi) was found in the same vicinity and named in 1959 by Harry E. Ahles (then cura-tor of the UNC Herbarium), in honor of George R. Cooley, a philanthropist who helped fund the 1968 Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, by Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Cooley’s Meadowrue can be seen growing in the Carnivorous Plant Collection at the NC Botanical Garden. On this day, LeBlond col-lected an odd sedge near where Ahles had found the meadowrue, and it also proved to be a new species, named Carex lutea (Golden Sedge) in 1994. Both species are so rare that they are formally listed as endangered. Other imperiled species cluster in this area near Maple Hill, North Carolina, apparently because of an unusual and very localized habitat: limestone imparts a cal-careous influence to usually highly acidic longleaf pine savannas. So when LeBlond found a plant that didn’t “fit,” he put on his thinking cap. Botanists often have an “aha! moment” about new species, but laborious research is often needed to convince oneself and one’s peers. In this case, it took years of work examining and studying a thousand herbarium specimens (at our herbarium and borrowed from others) to identify this new species, later named Scleria bellii. To this end, the article (“Scleria bellii, a distinctive and uncom-mon nutsedge from the southern U.S., Cuba, and Mexico,” by Rich-ard J. LeBlond, Samantha M. Tessel, and Derick B. Poindexter) was H e r b a r i u m R e p o r t Paying back, paying forward published on July 24th, 2015 in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (http://brit.org/webfm_send/1422). The oldest herbarium specimen so far identified as Scleria bellii was collected in 1894 in Florida, so this “new” species languished unrecognized in herbaria for more than a century! LeBlond, the lead researcher, is now an herbarium as-sociate at the UNC Herbarium; Sam Tessel is completing her ecology Ph.D. work under the direction of former Garden director Pe-ter White and served in the past as the Mary McKee Felton Herbarium Intern; and Derick Poindexter is completing his biology Ph.D. under my direction and serves as the current Charles T. Mohr Herbarium Intern. The article states that the name “hon-ors C. Ritchie Bell (1921-2013), scientist, teacher, co-author of the landmark 1968 Manual, …and a founder and first director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden.” UNC Herbarium researchers (and others) have now honored Radford, Ahles, and Bell multiple times: Sarracenia ×ahlesii C.R. Bell & Case, Ptilimnium ahlesii Weakley & Nesom, Sarrace-nia ×bellii Mellichamp, Hypericum radfordiorum Weakley ex J. Allison, Carex radfordii Gaddy, Parthenium radfordii Mears, and Lysimachia ×radfordii Ahles. We pay back our debt of gratitude to our predecessors, teachers, supporters, and donors in part with recognition of this kind. Perhaps, though, we honor them best by pay-ing our debt forward, building on the UNC legacy of cataloging, teaching, and conserving our special southeastern United States flora. -- a new species of nutsedge named for former NCBG director C. Ritchie Bell by Alan S. Weakley, Director, UNC Herbarium Achenes (fruits) of Scleria species, S. bellii upper left. Note differences in surface orientation and tubercle number/size on the hypogynium. Scale bar = 1 mm. Figure 3 from the article; reproduced by permission of the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Published by the North Carolina Botanical Garden Editor & Layout Jennifer Peterson Photography Laura Cotterman, Tom Earnhardt, Allison Essen, Gretchen Morrissey, Jennifer Peterson, Mary Sonis, Johnny Randall, Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 7 A G a r d e n e r ’ s J o u r n a l Fall is the perfect time to plant native perennials, shrubs, trees, ferns and vines in your garden and natural areas. Planting in the fall gives roots time to establish themselves prior to the following growing season, which is why the Garden holds its annual plant sale in the fall. The event begins with Members’ Night on Friday, October 2, 5–7:30 pm, when members get first pick while enjoying refresh-ments and live music. The sale opens to non-members Saturday morning, October 3, 9 am to noon. Garden members receive a 10 percent discount on plants both days. Native pollinator plants will be a focus of this year’s plant sale. Bees, butterflies and many other creatures are responsible for pollinating the vast majority of our southeastern native plants, not to mention most of our food crops. In turn, many of these plants act as hosts and/or offer nectar for these pollinators. The North Carolina Botanical Garden is committed to preserving this plant-pollinator relationship by increasing public awareness of this important connection and by promoting native plants and sustainable gardening practices. In fact, this year, the Garden’s programming has been focused on the plight of our pollinators, and the Saving Our Pollinators exhibit is designed to culminate with our annual fall plant sale. A large majority of the plants that will be for sale have been Fall Plant Sale October 2 & 3 by Matt Gocke, NCBG Nursery Manager propagated and grown in the Garden’s nursery with sustainable practices in mind. Thanks to those local nurseries and individuals who donated plants for this sale. Used gardening books donated by members and friends of the garden will also be for sale. Additionally, a variety of botanical items, including seeds and a wide selection of new books, will be available at our Garden Shop. Come out for this year’s Fall Plant Sale and lend a hand to our region’s wonderful native pollinators. What better way to help pollinators than to plant some of their favorite plants! Southeastern flora? There’s an app for that! The FloraQuest app makes the1,000+ page Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States available on your mobile device. Now information about the identification, taxonomy, habitats, and distribution of over 7,000 vascular plants that call a 14-state region of the southeastern United States home can be used with the swipe of a finger! Find it on iTunes! • Wear your most magical costume • Live animals • Nature activities • Fairy houses • Live bluegrass music by Steph Stewart & The Boyfriends • Food trucks • Picnics welcome $20/family Register at ncbg.unc.edu/calendar Saturday, September 26, 5:30-8pm 8 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Earth Partnership for Schools In July, NCBG partnered with the City of Durham Stormwater Services to once again offer the Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) workshop. Fourteen educators from seven different schools partici-pated in the week-long program. During the institute, teachers learned to create native plant gardens on school grounds and had the opportunity to visit some wonderful natural areas managed by NCBG, such as Mason Farm Biological Reserve and Penny’s Bend. EPS has been a huge success since it was first offered at NCBG in 2009, training over 105 educators from 343 schools and environmental education centers. The 2016 Earth Partnership for Schools workshop will be July 18-22. Applications will be available beginning February 1, and can be found on the NCBG website: ncbg.unc.edu/pages/22/ For more information, please contact Grant Parkins, natural science educator: parkins@unc.edu, 919-962-2887. Sponsors Gold Becky and Munroe Cobey Joan Gillings WCHL Chapelboro Silver DG & Harriet Martin WUNC 91.5 FM Bronze Jan & Jim Dean Mercedes-Benz of Winston- Salem & Mercedes-Benz of Greensboro Foundation Friends Betsy & Walter Bennett Bob & Molly Broad Mignon & Arthur DeBerry Fine Feathers Garden Gate Landscape Marcella and Paul Grendler Deborah Hill Thomas S. Kenan III Performance Subaru Stephen & Sandra Rich Wyndham Robertson Sandy & Reaves Thompson Sandy Turbeville & Glen Elder, Jr. Barbara & Bob Wendell John and Ashley Wilson Green Garden Supporter Bartlett Tree Experts Melissa Cain & Michael Wilder Sandra Brooks-Mather & Mike Mathers Melissa Cain & Michael Wilder Tony Hall & Associates Mary and Jonathan Howes Anne Lindsey Morrissey Design LLC Nancy and Ed Preston Missy & Sam Rankin Linda & Alan Rimer Swanson and Associates, P.A. Landscape Architecture Peter White Right: Guests enjoy Patrick Dougherty’s Homegrown while dining and dancing. Bottom left: Sara and Damon Waitt Bottom Right: Jan and Jim Dean Save the Date! The 2016 Carolina Moonlight Gala will be May 21! The 2015 Carolina Moonlight Gala offered a beautiful evening filled with delicious food and drink, silent and live auctions, music, and dancing. The event raised around $50,000, including $17,500 for our Horticultural Therapy Program through the Call for the Cause. We are especially grateful to our spon-sors and the Botanical Garden Foundation for making this event a success. Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 9 Education Programs Registration is online! ncbg.unc.edu/calendar Fall 2015 - Winter 2016 North Carolina Botanical Garden Edibles on Paper: Pumpkins in Watercolor Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Sunday, Oct 4; 1:15–4:45pm Spend this fall getting acquainted with pump-kins! Instruction includes drawing for accuracy, painting wet into wet with saturated color, followed by dry brush to bring out the details. Some watercolor knowledge is helpful. Paint and paper supplied. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Field Sketching Kathy-Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Fridays, Oct 9, 16, 23, 30; 1–4:30pm Take your sketchbook outdoors and recon-nect with plants in their natural environment. Students are encouraged to shed old habits and try new techniques as they travel to a variety of gardens and habitats. Through a combination of guided exercises and free experimentation, discover new ways to see plants, new problem-solving skills, and a refreshing way of thinking about layout and color. Several media are used. $150 ($135 Members) Painting with Leaves on Fabric Susan Fecho, Professional Artist Saturday, Oct 10; 2–4:30pm Learn to make designs on fabric by painting and printing with leaves, grasses, and natural materi-als. Heliographic fabric paints will be used for various techniques such as sun printing, stencil-ing, and mono printing. Supply fee included. $42 ($38 Members) Drawing with Metalpoint Susan Fecho, Professional Artist Saturday, Oct 17; 9:30am–12pm Experience how to draw with metalpoint on paper, a centuries-old technique that predates graphite pencils. The class covers how to prepare a surface and how to use metal in a stylus to create delicately crosshatched drawings that will continue to “develop” as they tarnish. Supply fee included. $42 ($38 Members) Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist Sunday, Nov 1; 1:15–4:45pm This workshop is intended for anyone interested in spending a fun afternoon drawing fall leaves and learning about deciduous trees native to North Carolina. Students receive easy-to-follow instructions to draw in color. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Composition Patricia Savage, Professional Artist Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6; 1:15–4:45pm Through this broad study in the elements that formulate a good composition, students will learn how to make visual choices and determine how parts of a plant are arranged on the page to balance botanical accuracy and artistic sensitivity. $150 ($135 Members) Natural Colors Workshop Rebeccah Cope, Certified NC Envir. Educator Sunday, Nov 8; 1:30–4:30pm Celebrate fall, when colorful natural pigments become visible in the once green trees and gar-den plants. Explore the origins of natural colors, including animals, vegetables and minerals, and discover some of their historical uses and com-mon meanings. Use natural pigments and other raw materials to make homemade paint and create a cave-style painting to take home! Supply fee included. $45 ($40 Members) Watercolor and Mixed-Media Holiday Cards: An Art Prescription Workshop Bev Dyer, Professional Artist, Nurse Sunday, Nov 15; 2–4pm We play with watercolor, collage, and stamp-ing on watercolor paper. Everyone leaves with five ready-to-deliver note cards and envelopes. All you need to bring is your imagination and a willingness to play. Supply fee included. $28 ($25 Members) Fanciful Birds Holiday Tree Ornament Workshop Nina Forsyth and Elaine Norwood, NCBG Volunteers Saturday, Nov 21; 2–4pm Join us for this fun workshop, creating fanciful birds from paper and natural trimmings to adorn our holiday tree. Free. Pre-registration required. Beginning Drawing Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Tuesdays, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 (incl. weather: Jan 27); 1–4:30pm Students learn the fundamentals of illustration through contour drawing, negative space, per-spective, and tone. $150 ($135 Members) N a t u r e A r t & I l l u s t r a t i o n A d u l t P r o g r a m s Introduction to Botanical Art and Illustration Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist Saturday, Jan 16 (incl. weather: Jan 23); 1–4:45pm Explore the history of botanical illustration, see examples of various types of botanical illustrations and botanical art, and learn about the instructors and coursework for the Certifi-cate in Botanical Art and Illustration. $38 ($34 Members) Winter Twigs in Tinted Ink Wash Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Saturday, Jan 23 (incl. weather: Jan 30); 1–4:30pm Winter twigs with buds, various textures and details are ideal for learning the technique of ink wash. Instruction includes drawing for botani-cal accuracy, applying ink wash, and combin-ing graphite pencil, tinting ink, and watercolor top glazes. All levels. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Edibles in Watercolor: Pomegranates Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist Saturday, Feb 13; 1–4:30pm An afternoon watercolor workshop for painting pomegranates, the festive fruit of winter. In-struction includes color matching as well as the techniques of painting wet into wet, dry brush, and top glazing. Some watercolor experience helpful. Supply fee included. $55 ($50 Members) Winter Holiday Tuba and Woodwind Ensembles Concert The Village Band Dec 5; 2–4pm The Village Band performs a selection of pre-Christian and Christian winter carols. The Village Band was organized as a non-profit community concert band to promote classic town band music in the region, and includes about 60 members, from their teens to their 90s. Free. Pre-registration required. Leopold Bench Building Workshop Jim Fickle, NCBG Volunteer Saturday, Jan 16; (incl. weather: Jan 30); 2–4pm Celebrate Aldo Leopold’s birthday with us and build a Leopold Bench to take home! This bench is simple yet classic for any gar-den and landscape. Rough sawn cedar wood will be cut to size for assembly. If you can, please bring a power drill/screwdriver. Other tools will be provided. $65 ($58 Members) 10 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 N a t u r e S t u d i e s Caterpillarology – The Study of Pollinator Precursors Mike Dunn, Naturalist Sunday, Sept 20; 2:30–4:30pm In addition to plants that provide nectar, but-terflies and moths also need host plants for their caterpillars to complete their life cycle. See live specimens, learn about the fascinating larval stage of these pollinators and which plants can attract them to your home. $15 ($10 Members) Piedmont Wildlife through the Seasons Mary Sonis, Naturalist, Photographer, Writer Sunday, Oct 4; 2:30–4pm Photographer Mary Sonis chronicles a year of wildlife walks in North Carolina with photos of wildlife that live in the Piedmont. This nature and wildlife photography program reveals the rich diversity of wildlife in our state. $18 ($16 Members) Lichens Eimy Rivas Plata, Lichenologist Saturday, Oct 24; 9:30am–4:30pm Lichens (lichenized fungi) are symbiotic organ-isms that consist of fungal, algal and/or bacterial partners. Among the first life forms to live on land, lichens have occupied nearly every habitat on Earth and grow on many of the surfaces of our environment. This class introduces students to the fascinating world of lichen biology, the dazzling diversity of the local lichen flora, and their importance as indicators of environmental health. Includes lecture, demonstrations, and a field trip. Bring your lunch. $65 ($58 Members) Cool and Ghoulish Plants! Milo Pyne, Plant Ecologist Thursday, Oct 29 (FULL MOON); 7–8pm Celebrate the turning of the year with an ex-ploration of the dark side of botany. Learn the lore and history of deadly and dangerous plants that live around us, with names like henbane, dogbane, wolf ’s-bane, white snakeroot, monks-hood, larkspur, hellebore, and death-camas . . . a truly entertaining exploration of the botanical world! $12 ($10 Members) Soil Ecology Nicolette Cagle, Ecologist Tuesdays, Nov 3, 10, 17, 24; 9:30am–12:30pm Join us for this introduction to the complex world of soils, including information on how they are formed, characterized, and populated by a wide array of organisms. An overview of soil types is presented, followed by the study of typical Piedmont soils and their properties. The various roles that soils play in both human so-ciety and ecological systems are discussed. $130 ($117 Members) Book Review: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Nicolette Cagle, Ecologist Friday, Dec 4; 12–2pm Bring your lunch and join us for a discussion of Annie Dillard’s nonfiction book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. This story details the author’s explorations of nature and life in the area of Tinker Creek in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, recording her thoughts on solitude, writing, and religion, as well as scientific observations on the flora and fauna she encounters. $15 ($13 Members). Rare Plant Ecology and Conservation Johnny Randall, NCBG Dir of Conserv. Prgms; Mike Kunz, NCBG Conservation Ecologist Wednesdays, Jan 6, 13, 20, and 27 (incl. weather: Feb 3); 1–4pm This course covers the concepts and practices of rare plant conservation and recovery, with a focus on rare plants of North Carolina with additional examples from the southeastern US. From the tops of the Smoky Mountains to the coastal dunes, North Carolina is home to many rare plant species, each with its own story. Through lectures, discussions, and the study of selected flora, this course examines the causes of plant rarity, conservation strategies, and the ethics of certain conservation practices. $130 ($117 Members) Winter Flora Ken Moore, NCBG Assist Director Emeritus Sundays, Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 (incl. weather: Feb 7); 1:30–4:30pm This course is designed 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 their winter condition in natural settings. Enjoy discovering that many trees and shrubs are easily recognized when not covered with leaves! $135 ($122 Members) Fee includes copy of Winter Tree Finder by May and Tom Watts. Plant Ecology Jeffrey Pippen, Ecologist Jan 9, 16, 23, 30 (incl. weather: Feb 6); 1–4pm Plant Ecology is designed for those interested in the interactions of plants within their environ-ments. Ecological relationships at the organism, population, community, and ecosystem levels are examined, using examples from the rich and di-verse North Carolina flora. Students learn about nutrient and energy cycling within ecosystems, as well as current threats and trends for the conser-vation of ecosystems. $130 ($117 Members) Botany Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist Saturdays, Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 (incl. weather: Mar 5); 9:15am–2:15pm Basic principles of botany including taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, and physiology are cov-ered. Class time is divided between lectures and examining/dissecting samples. There are also opportunities for making observations in the gardens. Bring your lunch. $195 ($175 Members) C e r t i f i c a t e P r o grams Are you interested in gaining greater knowledge and appreciation of the native plants of the southeastern United States? Would you like to learn how to accurately draw and paint plants or improve your skills? The Garden offers adult learners, from amateurs to professionals, two unique opportunities to learn about plants through in-depth courses taught by dedicated, expert instructors: Native Plant Studies and Botanical Art and Illustration. Both programs culminate in certification. To learn more and see a full listing of fall semester courses (through Dec 2015): ncbg.unc.edu/certificate-programs Advance registration is required for all programs unless otherwise indicated! ncbg.unc.edu/calendar A d u l t P r o g r a m s Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 11 L U N C H B O X T a l k s Bring your lunch and join us for a free lecture! Pre-registration required. Sculpture in the Garden: A Marble Carver’s Process Susan Moffatt, Professional Artist Wednesday, Oct 28; 12–1pm Artist Susan Moffatt discusses the process of turning a raw block of marble into a sculpture. She takes you through finding an inspiration, modeling the idea, selecting the right stone, roughing out the form and then the final finish-ing, mounting and siting of the work. Free. Pre-registration required. The Biochemistry of Fall Stefan Bloodworth, Curator, Blomquist Garden of Native Plants Sarah P. Duke Gardens Monday, Nov 2; 12–1pm Join us for this talk focusing on the end of an-other growing season, and the quiet, slow-mov-ing cascade of chemical reactions and weather changes which signal to the plants in our forests, fields and gardens that a long winter’s nap is indeed ahead. Free. Pre-registration required. Darwin Day Allen Hurlbert, UNC-CH Biology Dept. Friday, Feb 12; 12–1pm Join us to explore how the wondrous force of Natural Selection has shaped the patterns of diversity among vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant communities. Mark your calendar for this talk on Darwin Day, the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin in 1809. Pre-registration required. A d u l t P r o g r a m s Weeds 101 Sally Heiney, NCBG Horticulturist Saturday, Apr 9; 10am–12pm Every gardener and homeowner can tell you what they consider to be a weed. Too often, one person’s weed is another creature’s critical food source 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, 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 employ here at NCBG, with an emphasis on environmentally responsible gar-dening. Participants are welcome to bring in specimens for identification. $24 ($22 Members) Landscape for Life JoAnn Overton, Landscape Designer, Trained Landscape for Life Instructor, and Guest Speakers Saturdays, Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24; 9:30am–12pm Harness nature’s power to create a healthy, beau-tiful home landscape. Landscape For Life shows you how to work with nature in your garden, no matter where you live. Conventional gardens often work against nature. They can damage the environment’s ability to clean air and water, reduce flooding, combat climate change, and provide all the other natural benefits that support life on earth, including us. The good news is that even one home garden can begin to repair the web of life. It’s possible to create a great–looking garden that’s healthier for you, your family, your pets, and the environment-and that saves you time and money. Topics include successful soil, water, plant and materials practices with empha-sis on native plants. $150 ($140 Members) Native Plants for the Shade Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist Saturday, Oct 17; 2–4pm Join us under the canopy as we meet some of our shade-loving native plants. This workshop begins in the classroom as we discuss some of our beautiful natives that enjoy the shade, followed by a walk-about in the Garden. An informational plant list will be provided. $24 ($22 Members) The DO’s and some Don’ts of Pruning Charles Tomberlin, Landscape Area Manager, New River Landscaping Inc. Saturday, Jan 23 (incl. weather: Jan 30); 1–4pm Participants will be instructed on the differ-ent 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 benefi-cial horticultural practice for the overall health of plants, as well as stimulating new growth and flowering. $36 ($32 Members) Get Ready for Spring: A Vegetable Gardening Workshop at the Carolina Campus Community Garden Greta Lee, Certified Permaculture Instructor; Claire Lorch, CCCG Manager Sunday, Feb 21 (incl. weather: Feb 28); 1:30–3pm Get ready for spring! 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 freez-ing; and how to get a large harvest from a small space. Following the workshop, plan on staying to volunteer with the Carolina Campus Commu-nity Garden volunteer corp! $18 ($18 Members; Free to UNC Students) H i k e s & T o u r s H o m e G a r d e n i n g Display Gardens Tour Meet: Pegg Exhibit Hall Every Saturday, Mar-Oct; 10–11am Participants experience the beauty of plants native to North Carolina as they learn about wildflowers and how to use them in the home landscape, explore a longleaf pine forest in our Sandhills Habitat Garden, a wet savannah in our Coastal Plain Habitat Garden, a mountain bog in our Mountain Habitat Garden, and visit our amazing native carnivorous plants collection. Free. Early Autumn at Mason Farm Ed Harrison, Naturalist Saturday, Oct 10; 1–3:30pm Enjoy the fall beauty of Mason Farm Biologi-cal Reserve during an in-depth tour of the “old farm trail.” Travel through 260 years of cultural and natural history, discover early fall wildflow-ers, and discuss the effects of the Garden’s intense management for both field and forest on the Reserve. $16 ($14 Members) Pre-registration required. Peak of Autumn at Penny’s Bend Ed Harrison, Naturalist Saturday, Oct 31; 1–4pm Take a walk through the colorful fall landscape of this remnant glade and Piedmont prairie managed by NCBG. Surrounded on three sides by the Eno River, Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve encompasses mature forests and remnant prai-ries with numerous regionally rare plants. Please Note: This hike is about two miles in length and much of it is on uneven terrain. Wear sturdy hiking footwear and carry a walking stick if you use one, as well as water. $20 ($18 Members) Holly Walk Ken Moore, NCBG Assist Director Emeritus Sunday, Dec 6; 2–4pm December is a great time to enjoy the trees of the UNC campus. Ken Moore will trace the footsteps of well-known horticulturist William L. Hunt who enjoyed leading an annual UNC winter campus tree walk. Among the impressive mature specimens of broad-leaf evergreens and conifers are an amazing collection of evergreen holly species and cultivars. In addition to relating some of Mr. Hunt’s “tree stories,” Ken will use a selection of vintage photographs to show how the campus landscape has changed during the past 100 years. $13 ($12 Members) 12 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 Little Sprouts (ages 3-5 with accompanying adult) Share a morning of nature discovery with your lit-tle one! Explore the plants, animals, and seasonal changes in the Garden with hands-on activities, crafts, and stories. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult I Spy Fall Saturday, Oct 24; 10–11:15am Animal Tails Saturday, Nov 21; 10–11:15am When It Gets C-c-cold Saturday, Dec 12; 10–11:15am Winter Birds Saturday, Jan 23; 10–11:15am Salamander, Wake Up! Saturday, Feb 27; 10–11:15am Nature Illustration for Kids: Bees, Blossoms, and Butterflies (ages 8-12) Bob Palmatier, Artist and Naturalist Saturdays, Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17 (4 sessions); 1–4pm Learn to identify and illustrate our local butterflies and bees collecting nectar and pollen from late summer wildflowers. Students will hone skills in watercolor, pen and ink, and colored pencil, using materials and techniques of professional nature illustrators to compose works of art that celebrate our pollinators! Each child will receive an art kit and conclude with two matted illustrations. $140 ($125 Members), includes student art kit Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature (ages 4-5) Wednesdays, Sept 30—Nov 4 (6 sessions); 1:30–3:30pm Learning comes naturally during this fun-filled series that fosters a sense of wonder for the natural world and a love for science learning. Preschoolers will explore the marvels of chang-ing colors, flying seeds, and migrating animals through hands-on activities, hikes, stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided. Note: This is a drop-off program. $105 ($95 Members) Monarch Magic! (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Oct 3; 1:30–3:30 pm It’s that magical time of year! Monarch butter-flies are making their incredible journey south to Mexico. Discover the amazing life cycle of this colorful insect with live specimens, learn how to tag butterflies for citizen science project Monarch Watch, and find out how you can help bring back the monarchs! Each child will receive a special plant to take home. Note: Adult chaper-one required. $15 ($13.50 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Family Gardening Workshop: Pumpkin Harvest (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Oct 17; 10–11:15am Explore what’s growing in the fall garden and harvest mini pumpkins! Each child will decorate a pumpkin to take home, hear stories about the pumpkin life cycle, and sample garden treats. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Mem-bers); no fee for accompanying adult Family Gardening Workshop: Ready for Winter (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Nov 14; 10-11:15am Winter is coming and it’s time to put the vegeta-ble garden to bed! Help us harvest and taste the last of the fall vegetables, plant cover crops, and learn how to grow a cold season garden. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Natural Ornaments (ages 4-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Dec 5; 2:30–4pm 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. Note: Adult chap-erone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature (ages 4-5) Wednesdays, Jan 27–Feb 17 (4 sessions); 1:30—3:30pm Learning comes naturally for 4 and 5 year-olds during this fun-filled series that fosters a sense of wonder for the natural world and love for science learning. Preschoolers will learn about winter weather, how plants and animals survive the cold, and more through hands-on activi-ties, nature walks, puppet shows, stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided. Note: This is a drop-off program. $72 ($64 Members) Winter Backyard Birds (ages 6-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Feb 13; 10–11:30am It’s National Bird Feeding Month! From yellow-bellied sapsuckers to Carolina chickadees, learn to identify common winter birds by sight and sound. We’ll visit our bird-feeding station for up-close encounters and make recycled feeders to take home. Find out how you can attract birds to your backyard and participate as a citizen scientist in Project FeederWatch. NOTE: Adult chaperone required. Nuts and seeds present. Dress for the outdoors. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accompanying adult Y o u t h & F a m i l y P r o g r a m s Family Gardening Series: Tee-PEAS! (ages 5-10 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Feb 20; 10–11:15am It’s time to plant peas ‘round the teepee! Even though the air is still chilly, now is the time to get seeds in the ground for a sweet spring time harvest. Discover this delicious climbing vine, help plant peas in the garden and to take home, and learn how to build a teepee for your pea plant to grow on! Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accom-panying adult Vernal Pool Wonders (ages 5-12 with accompanying adult) Saturday, Mar 5; 1:30–3:30pm Chorus frogs, dragonfly larvae, and spotted salamanders … oh my! Nature is waking up in the garden’s vernal pools. These spring nurser-ies are swimming with life in early spring. Peek into the ponds with dip nets, meet live critters, and learn about the wonders and mysteries of life in a vernal pool. Note: Adult chaperone required. $10 ($8 Members); no fee for accom-panying adult Registration opens February 1 • Spend a week exploring North Carolina’s native gardens, forests, and wetlands! • Hands-on activities, nature hikes, games, puppet shows, and crafts! • Week-long day camps for ages 4-12 feature small group sizes and loads of fun! • All sessions taught by experienced environmental educators Camp brochure available online mid-January. Nature Explorers Summer Camp 2016 Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 13 A Developing Garden notes from Charlotte Jones-Roe, Director of Development scapes, John and Ashley Wilson, Sandy Turbeville and Glen Elder, Jr., Fine Feathers, Stephen and Sandra Rich, Sandy and Reaves Thompson, Wynd-ham Robertson, Betsy and Walter Ben-nett, Debbie Hill, Performance Subaru, Claude and Sarah Snow, Julie Ellis, Sue Morgan as well as many, many others. The Carolina Moonlight Gala inspired many gifts for our Horticultural Therapy Program through the Call for the Cause. Among those contributing toward the $17,400 raised were Har-riet and D.G. Martin, Jayne Gregory, Becky and Monroe Cobey, Matthew and Julie Ellis, Kent and Nancy Ramond, Joyce Pence, Vikram Rao and Susan Henning, Jan and Jim Dean, Carol Tresonini and Tom Fiore, Damon and Sara Waitt, Michael and Sandra Brooks-Mathers, Bill and Anne Davis, Barbara and Bob Wendell, John and Pat Evans, Stephen and Sandra Rich, and Ione and John Lee. They were joined by gifts for the program by Kirsten Walter, Tom Daly and Allison Savicz, Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth, Anne Pusey, David and Terri Swanson, Paula Davis Noell, Dakota Powell and Matt Knight, Ned and Sandy McClurg, Sherry Brennan, Michael and Gretchen Morrissey, Nancy Foster, and Katie Stoudemire. Many thanks from all of us here for supporting the healing services of this program. The Coker Arboretum, beloved by UNC alumni and all who enjoy its beautiful flowers, broad lawn, and shaded pathways, has received a long list of gifts, some available for immediate expen-diture such as those from Tom Kenan, Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Marcella and Paul Grendler, Alan MacIntyre, Mark and Jane May Ritchie, Pauline Williams and Rob Davis, Jean and James Coker Fort, and Jim and Delight Allen. As you may recall from our last Newsletter, Dave Robert, owner of the Dead Mule Bar in Chapel Hill, organized a party to raise money needed for an intern at Coker Arboretum this summer. Thanks to the event and many contributors, the Coker Arbore-tum had an intern this year plus partial funding for next year’s intern. Other gifts came in to build the Coker Arboretum En-dowment, which now has a basis of nearly $700,000 and gener-ates funds each year to help pay staff who care for our beautiful campus garden. Among our recent contributors were Mark and Jane May Ritchie, Jeannie and Clyde Browning, Susan and Tom Ross, Karen and Gary McDougal, and John and Alice May. Another gift from Tom Kenan will not only help staff maintain the lovely Coker Arboretum water feature but help with other needs in the Arboretum. Thanks to you, our contributors, 2014-2015 was an out-standing year in fundraising and membership. Our membership is now more than 3,200 strong! We hope to see all of our mem-bers at the many exciting fall events planned here at the Garden. Come out and enjoy the Members’ Plant Sale party on October 2nd, attend the Sculpture in the Garden preview on September 19th, the members’ holiday party on December 13, and look forward to the exciting changes ahead for the North Carolina Botanical Garden. One of our newest funds, The Director’s Fund, has been growing since it was established by Damon Waitt last spring. Great gardens require planning, patience and resources. The Director’s Fund will be helpful in updating the Garden’s Mas-ter Plan and laying the foundation for the bright future of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Jim and Delight Allen recently made a generous gift to the Director’s Fund, along with Anne Harris, Jonathan and Mary Howes, Tom Kenan, Sally Vilas and Harry Gooder, Lallie and Dave Godschalk, Char-lotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe, Eunice Brock, Merryle Johnson, Carol and Francis DeYoung, and Mary, Lynda, and Jim Reimann. Our members and donors through the years have built the Garden with gifts designated for General Support or “where the need is greatest.” Among our supporters who made contribu-tions for general support recently were Larry and Lu Howard, Claire and Hudnall Christopher, the Chapel Hill Garden Club and Bob and Nancy DeLong. Beverly Murdock, Katharine Reid, Margaret and Bill Walker, Kent Fawcett, Nancy Spencer, Susan and Lowell Strine, Stephen Shafroth, Thomas and Lorraine Masters, Barbara Hiestand, Bill and Christine Piscitello, Native Sun Landscape Design LLC, Susan and Stephan Frye, Mike Turner, Charlie and Nancy Zimmerli, Joe and Dana Woody, Colony Woods Garden Club, John and Priscilla Dodge, Adam and Lysandra Gibbs Weber, the North Carolina Native Plant Society, Dorothy Beall, as well as many others. Ed and Nancy Preston made a gift for the Garden’s General Operating Fund Endowment, a permanent fund that continues to help provide unrestricted income every year. Sponsorships and gifts for the Carolina Moonlight Gala helped make the annual event a great success. A list of sponsors and contributors is included elsewhere, but I wanted to be sure to mention Joan Gillings, Becky and Monroe Cobey, Harriet and D.G. Martin, Jan and Jim Dean, Alfonse and Jenni-fer Runquist and Mercedes Benz of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Thanks also to Arthur and Mignon DeBerry, Marcella and Paul Grendler, Bob and Molly Broad, Tom Kenan, Barbara and Bob Wendell, Garden Gate Land- cont’d on page 19 >> DIRECTOR’S FUND Jim and Delight Allen Eunice M. Brock Carol and Francis DeYoung, Mary Reimann, Lynda and Jim Reimann Dave and Lallie Godschalk Anne Fleishel Harris Merryle Johnson Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Thomas S. Kenan III GENERAL SUPPORT Joanne Abel Brigitte B. Abrams and Francis Lethem Anne Churchwell Adams Judith and David Adamson Michael D. Aitken and Betsy B. Rudolph Gail and William Alberti Priscilla Alden Catherine Alguire Elizabeth and Robert Alston Heather Kay Altman and James Shortridge Anthony and P. M. Amitrano Jame Amoroso Jim and Susan Anderson Susan L. Andreatta Richard G. Andrew and Diane E. Buchanan Anonymous Kerry M. Anthony Mary Arnold Martha Steele Arnold Madelyn Miscally Ashley Linda Ashman Laurence and Rachel Avery Sally and James Baird Ruth Ann Baker Charles and Ross Baker Ann Fairfax Baker and Michael F. Lienesch Ralph P. Balzac and Eva G. Harrington Julia Wallace Bambauer Vivian Bancroft-Wu Jon Carr Barbour William Barbour Debra Baringtang Barbara and Gary Barnes Sally J. Barnum Thomas and Katherine Barrett Dale Batchelor Carson and Martha Baur Dorothy I. Beall Jeffery S. Beam and Stanley G. Finch Angelia G. Beasley Elizabeth and Danny Bell Priscilla and Jack Belsinger Deborah E. Bender and John F. Curry Sheila and Larry Benninger Stephen P. Berg and Laurie Cousart Shulamit and Stephen Bernard Christine and Robert Berndt Alicia Louise Berry Summer Bicknell Dolores A. Bilangi Caelia and Andrew Bingham Josephine R. Bisbee and Martin Schwitzer Sankey Lee Blanton III and Susan E. Swanson M. Robert Blum Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Julie Bond-Meers James B. Borden Mark and Linda Borkowski Kate Bottomley and Jefferson Holt Christopher Matthew Boyce Betty Bruton Bradley Ellen Bradley and Brian Ivey Al and Irene Briggaman Bob and Molly Broad Eleanor H. Broadus Brenda B. Brodie David Brooks Pat and Will Brooks Sandra Brooks-Mathers and Michael Mathers Kendal Brown R. Ellen Brown Nils and Irena Brubaker Steven David Brunson Betsy and James Bryan Mary L. Bryant Kathleen Donovan Bucher Sophie and Graham Burkheimer William V. Burlingame Phyllis H. Burns W. Woodrow Burns Jr. Marilyn Butler and Robert C. Nichols Asa and John Butts John W. Cameron Elizabeth Campbell and James Godwin Susan R. Campbell Nancy Campbell Daniel and Kathleen Campbell Robert S. Cantwell and Lydia N. Wegman Mary Clara Capel Phil and Linda Carl Christine Neuok Carlson Andrea Lynn Carpenter Roberta Carpenter Bessie M. Carrington Jennifer Eyestone Carson Marian and Wayne Cascio Christine Anne Cato Sharyn R. Caudell Victoria S. Chall Elma Eugenia Chapman Nancy and Neal Cheek Wei-Ting Chi Guan-Wen Chou Claire and Hudnall Christopher Jr. Kathryn Virginia Clancy Brenda and Ross Clark Betty Dunn Clark Becky and Munroe Cobey Rebecca S. Coble Margaret Decker Cohn Patrick Coin Betty J. Coker Helen and Bob Conrad Brian Copenhaver Henry and Irene Cotter Laurie Cousart Eppie Bennett Cox Gretchen Cozart Patricia Challenger Crawford Katherine Anne Cretin Cyndy Cromwell Betty Anita Cross Jennifer and William Cure John F. Curry Ann Cutter Kerry-Ann da Costa David H. Poer Co. Sandra J. Davis and Amy V. Lambert Bill and Ann Davis Judith Vose Davis Lisa Day John and Mardell De Carlo Donna Deal Eric and Patsy Decker Bob and Nancy DeLong JacQuelyn Marie DeLong Ann and Bob DeMaine Bert and Molly Dempsey Azucena Alburo Derecho and Bradley G. Hammill Ray and Virginia Dickie Marilyn and Robert Diefenderfer Sophia Dill John and Priscilla Dodge Caroline and Dick Donnan Kathleen Donohue Pete Dorrance and Dolly Hunter Mary Alice Dorton Marna Doucette Gregory Doyle Joanne M. Drake Almond and Lori Drake Bonnie and Joseph Drust Carole W. Dunaway Catherine J. Duncan and Gordon H. Merklein Laura Logan Edmundson Elias Eichner and the Triangle Family Shule Wendy Elliott Barbara Brown Ellis Carol and Cam Enarson Peter and Kate Enchelmayer Susan Tompkins Ennett and Wayne E. Pein Susan and Allan Eure Carver and Edmund Farrar J. D. Fassett Donald B. Feldman and Marie E. Stockstill Elizabeth L. Fenwick Ellie and Jim Ferguson Laurice Ferris and James G. Ferguson Ben Fewel and Catherine Maxwell Mary Jo and Jim Fickle Tracy San Filipo Nancy and Burton Fink Finnabar Farm Martin and Karin Fitzpatrick Eileen and Joseph Flocca William L. Flournoy Milton and Nina Forsyth Laura and David Frankstone Vonda Lee Frantz Rosine D. Frederick Floyd A. Fried and JoAnn Weissman-Fried Susan and Stephen Frye Manley Fuller Grace and Charles Gaenzle Gardener by Nature, LLC Mia and Keith Gardiner Alice C. Garfield Chuck S.Garrison and Susan E. Hunter Diana B. Gawron Shirley and Ladnor Geissinger Peter F. Gelber and Elisabeth A. Reid Christine Helene Gellings Mary and James George Ann and Leonard Gettes Susan Reece Giles Tona and Peter Gilmer Allen F. Glazner and Mary Olney Danny Glover John and Rita Goebel Ann and Alex Gordon Nancy and Roger Gorham Robert and Yolande Gottfried Lisa L. Gould Catherine and Lee Gray Sarah Lee Greene and Paul M. Jones Jayne and Matthew Greg Joan and David Guilkey Pat and Judy Guiteras Katherine Smith Gunter Lynda Haake Carol and Nortin Hadler Henry Leslie Perry Hall Jr. Eric and Denise Hallfors Fran Hamer Bradley Gordon Hammill Mary Eileen Hammond Sara Katherine Hamrick Barbara Hardison Karen Harrison Vera B. Hart Judy Harvey Thomas C. Harville Jr. John and Fledra Hatch Millie Henning Virginia E. Hester Barbara B. Hiestand Shayna Ann Hill Loren Douglas Hintz Linda Whitney Hobson Tanner and Mimi Hock Jean Rice Hodder Karen N. Hogan Vivian and Lorette Hollinshed Susan and Alan Hollister Susan Hollobaugh Haru and Max Hommersand Jewel Hoogstoel Lu and Lawrence Howard Robert Cook Howes Julia Huff-Jerome Charlotte and Tommy Hughes Joyce and Eugene Huguelet Susan Elizabeth Hunter Dolly Anne Hunter Gerda Gertrud Hurow Mary Kay Icken Brian G. Ivey Ann Lou Jamerson Genevieve A. Jansen Mary Graham Jenne Jim Gallucci Sculptor Ltd. Harold and Kristina Johnson Robert Johnson Ellen and Charles Johnson Anne Hilliard Johnson Richard Kenneth Johnson Susan Cheng Johnson Mary Pauline Johnson Thomas H. Jones Susan and Adam Jones Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Lauren Dare Kage Sally and Richard Kahler Elizabeth Kaluta Eszter Sarolta Karvazy Stephen Keith and Lisa Glover Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Ann Kendall and Caroline Sikorsky Diane Kent Charles Kidder Patricia Kiffney June and Winston Kirby William Elliott Kirkland Paul and Phebe Kirkman Thank you to all who support the Garden, especially to the many whose membership dues and gifts were received in the period from April 29 to August 27, 2015. G i f t s Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 15 G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d Jim and Sharon Kirkman Lynn Koss Knauff Mary Koppenheffer Jennifer Elston Lafata Leroy and Lynn Lail Matt Lail Andrea T. Laine Dee Anne Lamb Susan Lamb and Kent Fawcett Jane E. Lane Jeffrey and Lynn Lang Joan Langenderfer Christina L. Larson Nancy and Henry Latimer Martha Stahl Latta T. Stanley Lawton John Lawton and Elizabeth A. Millwood Brenda B. Lazarus Julia Gronkiewicz Lebowitz Benjamin Adam Leder Elsie L. Lee Paul Willard Leslie Francis Lethem Michael F. Lienesch Margaret and Robert Liloia Susan and Mack Little Ellen York Lobdell Judy and George Lockhart Anne Nelson Loeb Sheilah K. Lombardo Stephanie J. London Annie and Douglas Long Joanne and John Lott Eleanor and David Lowry Andrew and Jess L’Roe Veronique MacHelidon Suzanne Macuk Judith E. Maloney Laura Manigrasso Dorothy W. Manning Mariechen W. Smith Trust Thomas Marriott and Alice Banks Yeaman Glenn Martin and Leann Nelson Grier and Louise Martin David Lance Martin Marty Martin Mary M. Martorella Mary and Elliott Wood Foundation Thomas and Lorraine Masters Dave Mathews and Melissa McGraw Brenda and Gene Matthews Joel D. Mattox and Karen Perizzolo Alice and John May Meredith J. Mayer Brenda Motsinger and Michael Ray Joan Stuart McAllister Robert and Karen McCall Bet and Sandy McClamroch Carol Ann McCormick and Mark Peifer John and Lisa McCubbin Karen and Gary McDougal Geraldine A. McDowell Melissa McGaw Loy Barbre McGill Margaret Regis McGuinn David Andrew McKay Robert and Daphne McLeod Kim C. McNeary Julie G. McVay Rita N. Mercer Estelle Metzger Margaret Susan Mielke Kendrick Miller Rachel Victoria Mills Leslie Mindel Jane and Donald Misch Jessica Mjelde Sylvia Ann Moffitt Karen Mohlke and Robert E. Wray Mary B. Monaco Diana Monroe and Robert Zandt William Clark Moore Elizabeth Lee Moore Molly and C. G. Moore Ruth M. Moose Sherry Morgan Dexter L. Morris and Patricia S. Tennis Patrick Mortell and Barb Thomas Brenda M. Motsinger and Michael Ray Gregory Adam Mu Kent and Miriam Mullikin Brian and Ingrid Munley Beverly and Robert Murdock Mary Jo Muzzey Annie Nashold Native Sun Landscape Design LLC Geoffrey A. Neal and Angela P. Greene Leann Nelson Leslie and Mark Nelson Jennifer M. Nelson Nancy Lee Newell Susan W. Newrock Biruta Adminis Nielsen Anne Whitlock Nielsen Peg Nolan North Carolina Native Plant Society Jamie and Scott Nunnelly Flora O’Brien Joan O’Brien and Michael E. Recane Richard and Mary O’Dor Carla Elizabeth Oldham Jim and Carol Oleson Mary Olney Elise Olsen Emily and Richard Olson Angela and Michael O’Rand Marcia W. Ostendorff Robert and Susan Palmatier Leonard and Esther Pardue Peg Parker Virginia Lea Parker Allan and Carol Parrent Margaret and Hugh Partridge Linda Passman Hilda and John Patterson Bettina Patterson Josie Ward Patton Mary Ellen Grigg Pearce Barbara and Lee Pedersen Carol and John Petersen Kristen Diana Phend Chris and Bill Piscitello Patricia Dale Pittard Janice and Gordon Plumblee Mary Lou Poe and Dennis Revicki David Henry Poer Jr. Jackie and Herbert Posner Virginia Waldrop Powell Peggy and Ted Pratt Lacy and Sydnor Presnell Nancy and Ed Preston Faye and Jerry Price David and Lisa Price Martha Ann Propst Patricia J. Pukkila and Gordon Worley Elizabeth Pullman Jane McLennan Purrington Stephen N. Quessy Diane Rainey Karen Sanders Raleigh Sophia Rauda Nancy and Kent Raymond Kerry and Patrick Reed Katharine Lee Reid Clifford Brian Reinhardt Rachel Rempel and Bruce Sullenger Laurie Renz Carol Reuss Dennis A. Revicki and Mary L. Poe Tom and Diana Ricketts Rif Riddick Carl and Lisa Rist Nancy Howes Robinson Sallie S. Robinson Brenda Hyde Rogers Cosby and Robert Rogers Marilyn Hunt Rollins Charles and Palymra Romeo Margaret Anne Rook Val Rosado Carol Sue Rosenberg Susan and Tom Ross Michael E. Royals Abbie J. Royster Mary San Filipo John and Ann Sanders Mitzi Moore Savage Catherine E. Savinelli Patricia Saylor Nidia T. Scharlock J. T. Scheick Linda Michaels Schmalbeck Jim and Arlene Schmidt Robert and Carolyn Schrock Betty Schumacher Martin Schweitzer Catherine Ethel Schwoerer Richard and Alyson Scoltock Margaret and Tom Scott Brenda Scott Sara and Thomas Sears Brent and Dana Senior Stephen Shafroth Michael Frederick Sharp Ann Sherman Frances L. Shetley Andrew B. Short and Andrea D. Vizoso James Shortridge Headley Shouse Dick and Linda Shrader Jade Shutes Tsai-en W. Sieren Sisters IHM Mitchell Skelton Jennette C. Skinner Michael and Anne Smethurst Lawrence Smiley Peter Barlow Smith Mariechen W. Smith Cathy Sohier Nancy and Sebastian Sommer Jeffrey and Mary Sonis Nancy S. Spencer Kirby Spicer Timothy Spira and Lisa K. Wagner Kimberly Sprague Margaret and Richard Sprott Fred and Alice Stanback Deborah Staves Jeannette and Roy Stein Robert and Nancy Steinberg Linda Stender Alan and Maxine Stern Ruth Carole Stevens Don and Patricia Stewart Marie Elizabeth Stockstill Susan and K. Lowell Strine Jon M. Stucky Arthur Norman Sturdivant Mary Ellen Sturgeon Ramy V. Sugg Edna Glenn Suggs Kathleen Sullivan Susan E. Swanson Paul and Susan Szaniszlo Margaret H. Teta Haren and Barbara Thakor The Association of Carol Woods Residents, Inc. The Betty Dunn Clark Trust Charlotte and Wayne Thomann John Langston Thomas Barb Thomas Pat and Charles Thompson Don and Sue Tiedeman Douglas and Roberta Tilden Kenneth Tindall and Susan Turbak Nancy and Aubrey Tolley Jessica and Charlie Tomberlin Allen G. Tomlinson Kate and Allen Torrey Julia Kinney Trimmer George A. Truskey and Anna Wu John Michael Turner Lydia T. Upchurch Margaret and Dean Urban Mauro George Valentine Jeanne Van Gemert Betsey Van Horn Gils Van Staveren Thomas and Laura Vanderbeck Gates and Nancy Vrooman Bobby and Marcella Wagoner Stephen and Charlotte Wainwright Mary L. Waitt Larry Wakeford George and Lynda Waldrep William and Margaret Walker Daryl Farrington Walker Kirsten Elsa Walter Nick Ward Steven Alan Warner Rebecca Drane Warren Julie D. Warshaw David and Marion Waters John and Celeste Watts Jean Weakley Alan Stuart Weakley Sara and John Weaver Paulette Webb Adam and Lysandra Weber Cynthia Weeks Anna Ballenger Weil Doris Wells Debbie and Holland West Brooke Ellen Wheeler Tera Melissa White Diane Elizbeth Wickland Bobby G. Wilder Holly and John Williams Ann and Frank Wilson Janet H. Wilson Rosemary J. Wilson Harry and Hallie Wilson Mary Lindeman Wilson Stephen D. Wilson Alice Wittenbach Susan Rose Wolf and Douglas E. Maclean Susan and Robert Wolff Emily Walker Wood Jane Woodard Dana and Joe Woody John and Joan Wrede Dorothy L. Wright Ruthie and Bob Wright Pamela Wyatt JoAnn Yates Heather and David Yeowell Charles and Nancy Zimmerli 16 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d Designated Gifts Allen Education Center Elizabeth Locke and John R. Staelin Art and Educational Exhibits Jeffery S. Beam and Stanley G. Finch Battle Park Endowment Charlotte Timberlake Battle Lisa Brachman and Robert A.Roubey Eleanor H. Broadus Sue Catherine Campbell Jinny Clancy Marta and James Evans Finnabar Farm Allen F. Glazner and Mary Olney Danny Glover Joan and David Guilkey Jacquelyn H. Hall and Bob Korstad Ann Lou Jamerson Patricia Kiffney Freddie Kiger Susan and Mack Little Alice and John May Bet and Sandy McClamroch Steven Richard Moore Elizabeth Lee Moore Louise and Harold Pollard Ed and Nancy Preston James Ronald Schreiber Laura and Paul Shadburn Nancy Loyd Vernon Battle Park and Interns Stephen Keith and Lisa Glover Thomas W. Hardy LaDonna and David Rader Carolina Campus Community Garden Anonymous Newman Catholic Student Center Parish Holland and Deborah West Carolina Moonlight Gala (see also Horticultural Therapy/Gala “Call for the Cause”) Kaye Davis Aikins Gordon M. Allen and Maryann Feldman Tami and Timothy Atkins Betsy and Walter Bennett Bob and Molly Broad Sandra F. Brooks-Mathers and Mike Mathers Cotton and May Bryan Melissa M. Cain and Michael P. Wilder Kevin Burns Clark Becky and Munroe Cobey Linda Carol Davis Ann and Bill Davis Shelley and John Day Janet and Jim Dean Arthur and Mignon DeBerry Barbara and Thomas Driscoll Tom Earnhardt and Dana Jennings Nancy Easterling and Chuck Anderson Glen H. Elder Jr. and Sandy A. Tuberville Matthew and Julie Ellis Allison L. Essen Fine Feathers Dianne and James Frazier Garden Gate Landscapes Martha L. Gentry Joan Heckler Gillings Jayne Lane Gregory Marcella and Paul Grendler Susan Henning and Vikram Rao Debbbie L. Hill Merle S. Hofmann Edward Shelton Holmes Jonathan and Mary Howes Betty Bellman Jean Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Tom Kenan Katherine and Vincent Kopp Thomas Krakauer Tina Labunski Eleanor Lamb Jeffrey and Sally Leinicke Anne H. Lindsey Harriet and D.G. Martin Sandy and Ned McClurg Anne and Bill McLendon Jim and Ruth McVea Melissa Meager Mercedes Benz of Winston- Salem and Greensboro Tom and Sandra Meyer Kathryn and John Miller Susan Morgan Gretchen and Michael Morrissey Morrissey Design LLC Brian and Heather Payne Performance Subaru Brian and Mary Beth Phillips Nancy and Ed Preston Missy and Sam Rankin Kent and Nancy Raymond Kenneth and Mary Redfoot Stephen and Sandra Rich Linda and Alan Rimer Deborah and Ed Roach Dave Robert Wyndham Gay Robertson Alfonse and Jennifer Runquist Frances E. Sample Allison E. Savicz and Tom Daly Evelyn R. Savitzky Claude and Sarah Snow David and Terri Swanson Swanson & Associates, P.A. The FA Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Sandy and Reaves Thompson Don and Sue Tiedeman Tony Hall & Associates Carol Tresolini and Tom Fiore Damon and Sara Waitt Kirsten Elsa Walter Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Barbara and Bob Wendell Frances and Gary Whaley Peter and Carolyn White John and Ashley Wilson Valerie B. Zamora Children’s Wonder Garden Antonio and Mary Braithwaite Molly Corbett Broad and Bob Broad Brenda B. Lazarus Marty Martin William Clark Moore Coker Arboretum Endowment Alicia Louise Berry Joseph Malcolm Browne III Lois and Clyde Browning W. Woodrow Burns Jr. Betty J. Coker Jan and Larry Goldrich Joy Ann Greenberg Ann Lou Jamerson Alice and John May Karen and Gary McDougal Josephine Ward Patton Daniel Belk Plyler Nancy and Ed Preston Jane and Mark Ritchie Susan and Tom Ross James Ronald Schreiber George and Zsuzsi Schroeder Paul and Susan Szaniszlo B. Peyton Watson Coker Arboretum Expendable Rosemary Murie Byrnes and Daniel B. Stern Rob Davis and Pauline H. Williams Judy Drost Sally A. Heiney and Kirk Ross James Hunter Lesher and Eleanor S. Rutledge Marcia E. Mahoney and John Martin Harriet and D.G. Martin Pat and Charles Thompson Sally Couch Vilas and Harry Gooder Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Julie and Steve Williams Coker Arboretum Water Feature Thomas S. Kenan III Conservation Fund Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Laurinda Q. Burleson Leonard and Esther Pardue Alice Banks Yeaman Development Capacity Fund Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Educational Outreach Michael and June Clendenin Joanne and John Lott Entry Landscape Fund Susan and Allan Eure Margaret and Robert Liloia Forest Theatre Restoration Fund Tanner and Mimi Hock Friends of UNC Herbarium Elizabeth and John Bozeman Nancy and Burton Fink Anne Whitlock Nielsen Jean Weakley Alan Stuart Weakley General Operating Fund Endowment Christine Gibson Nancy and Ed Preston Herb Garden Endowment Laurinda Q. Burleson Barbara B. Hiestand Horticulture Fund & Interns Jim and Delight Allen Angelia G. Beasley Catherine Bollinger and Thomas Scheitlin Jeffrey S. Clark and Marion E. Jackson Linda and Lawrence Curcio Milton and Nina Forsyth Robert B. Fudge Karen Harrison Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Mary Beth Fudge Keiter and Robert Keiter Kris and Loyd Little Beverly Anne Newton Peg Parker Jim and Arlene Schmidt Jessica and Charles Tomberlin JoAnn Yates Horticulture Therapy/Gala “Call for the Cause” Sherry Brennan Sandra Brooks-Mathers and Mike Mathers Becky and Munroe Cobey Bill and Elizabeth Davis Janet and Jim Dean Matthew Ellis Pat and John Evans Nancy Battle Foster Jayne Lane Gregory Susan Henning Ione and John Lee Harriet and D.G. Martin Sandy and Ned McClurg Gretchen and Michael Morrissey Paula Davis Noell Joyce Pence Dakota Powell and Matt Knight Anne Pusey Vikram Rao and Susan Henning Kent and Nancy Raymond Sandra and Stephen Rich Allison E. Savicz and Tom Daly Katie and William Stoudemire David and Terrie Swanson Carol Tresolini and Tom Fiore Damon and Sara Waitt Kirsten Elsa Walter Jim Ward and Lynne Wentworth Bob and Barbara Wendell Living Plant Fund Jeffrey S. Clark and Marion Jackson Mason Farm Biological Reserve Endowment Martha Steele Arnold Jennifer and Jack Boger John Bryson and Patricia Clark William V. Burlingame Margy and Ed Campion Stephen and Margaret Chandler W. Hugh Craft Jr. Lisa Day Beverly and Samuel Dyer Elizabeth Pullman Rachel Rempel and Bruce Sullenger Therese and Alan Schultz Mary P. Stephenson Sculpture in the Garden Linda Anne McCullough Seed Collecting Fund Jimmy and Liz Dodson Patricia Ann French UNC Herbarium Building Sharyn R. Caudell Gardener to Go Thomas H. Jones Anne Whitlock Nielsen Elizabeth Pullman The Burch-Safford Foundation Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 17 UNC Herbarium General Endowment Richard and Charlotte Kennedy Wildflower Program Brunswick County Master Gardeners Association Garden Club of North Carolina Inc John and Marcia Thomas Barry Richard Zeeberg Wonder Connection (formerly Healing and Hope Through Science) Anonymous Abbey View Farm LLC Laura Chomiuk and Jay Strader Elizabeth Dutton Rodger Flotta Sarah and Jordan Gatenby Jill Montaquila Optimist Foundation of Chapel Hill Missy and Sam Rankin Rob and Melissa Tolbert Richard and Mary Trout Jean Stewart Wilburn Garden Clubs Brunswick County Master Gardeners Association Chapel Hill Garden Club Colony Woods Garden Club Garden Club of North Carolina Green Thumb Garden Club Lake Forest Garden Club of Chapel Hill Raleigh Garden Club Gift memberships Greg Fitch and John Sweet— for Charlie and Grace Gaenzle, Patrick and Kerry Reed Lynn Knauff—for Katie Cretin and Sophia Rauda Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe--Benjamin Edward Roe, Mary Hinton, Jess and Andrew L’Roe Roberta and Douglas Tilden—for Joanne Abel Susan Turbak—for Arc of the Triangle In Honor Of Madalena Adelino On the occasion of her birth Jim and Mary Jo Fickle W. Woodrow Burns, Jr. and Catharine Gilliam On the occasion of their marriage Jonathan and Mary Howes Joe and Flo Chaffin Rodger Flotta Harry Gooder On the occasion of his 87th birthday Sally Vilas, for the Director’s Fund Evelyn Hines On the occasion of her 100th birthday Mary Dexter Debbie Johnson On her selection as Outstanding New Member Raleigh Garden Club Charlotte Jones-Roe John and Ione Coker Lee Mary Coker Joslin John and Ione Coker Lee Fred and Mary Kiger Freddie Kiger, for Battle Park Fund Harriet Wall Martin Grier and Louise Martin Jim Massey Alan S. Weakley Emily W. Wood Margo MacIntyre Jane and Mark Ritchie, for Coker Arboretum Endowment Ken Moore Green Thumb Garden Club Holly and John Williams North Carolina Botanical Garden Staff Jessica and Charles Tomberlin, for the Horticulture Fund and General Support Addie Schoenberg Umission, for School Programs Tom and Margaret Scott Abbie J. Royster Dot Wilbur-Brooks Ellen and Charles Johnson In memory Of Ritchie Bell William Elliott Kirkland Kate Coble Rebecca S. Coble Mary Ann Dinger David Chaika and Betty Lou Chaika-Hawkins Sally Dutton Anderson and Anne Dutton Wharton Elizabeth Dutton, for Wonder Connection Marion Farrar Fleishel Anne Fleishel Harris Elizabeth Fudge Susan and Dwight Bellinger Jeffrey Clark and Marion Jackson Robert Fudge Bill Fudge Mary Beth Keiter Kris and Loyd Little Beverly Anne Newton Terry Laverne Hawkins Linda Young Hawkins Leila Naylor Hensley Jean Weakley Jonathan Broome Howes Michael D. Aitken and Betsy B. Rudolph Frances Meadows Allen Delight and Jim Allen, for the Director’s Fund Christine and Robert Berndt Lynn W. Blanchard Marjorie Broun Audrey Joyce Booth Eunice M. Brock and Sam Magill Margaret and Edmund Campion, for Mason Farm Endowment Jaroslav and Linda Folda Mia and Keith Gardiner Dave and Lallie Godschalk, for the Director’s Fund Betsy and Joseph Hackney Judith Huntress Hallman Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe, for the Director’s Fund Thomas S. Kenan III Jennifer Elston Lafata Paul and Caroline Lindsay Mary Lou Liverance Jessie E. McIntyre Pauline Moreau Judy Murray Sherri Rho Ontjes Lisa and David Price Lynda and James Robinson Nancy Howes Robinson Don and Karen Reinfurt Margaret Anne Rook James Ronald Schreiber Tom and Margaret Scott David and Terri Swanson Banks Cooper Talley Jr. Jane and Jack Underhill Nina Gray Wallace Peter and Carolyn White Anna A. Wu Nancy Loyd Vernon, for Battle Park Fund Charles and Nancy Zimmerli Robert M. Howes Sallie S. Robinson Hazel Estes Hunt Michael and Marcia Thomas, for the Wildflower Program Sylvia Pence Gatzy Chapel Hill Garden Club Cathy Smith Cole Harriet C. Laskey Joel I. Laskey Sam McGee Sandy Thompson Judy Reimann Ransbury Carol and Francis DeYoung, for the Director’s Fund Jim and Lynda Reimann, for the Director’s Fund Mary Reimann, for the Director’s Fund Karla Reed Brenda B. Lazarus, for the Children’s Wonder Garden and General Support David Robert Julie and Steve Williams Lisa Soong Martha Ann Propst Dorothy Sorrill Roe Judy and Sandy Steckler, for the Conservation Fund Myra L. Stang Triangle Community Foundation Nancy “Teeny” Stronach Frances Meadows Allen Gray Proctor Clark Janet and James Corcoran Phyllis Slick Cowell Gretchen Cozart Sallie Neal Cozart Frances Harrison Cronenberg Jean and Haywood Edmundson IV Jean Cameron Grainger Thomas W. Graves Jr. Josephine V. Harrison Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Louise Jenkins Maybank Lossie T. Noell Elizabeth Kirkland Peters Lacy and Sydnor Cozart Presnell Benjamin Thorp Smith III and Edward A. Preston Louise Clark Strauss Caroline Trask Mary C. Woodard David N. Thompson Charles and Patricia Thompson Michael Alexander Weiner Rachel Victoria Mills Margaret Westmoreland Joseph Westmoreland, for the Children’s Wonder Garden Alice Zawadzki Frances Meadows Allen Charlotte Jones-Roe and Chuck Roe Matching Gifts Abbott Fund—matching the gift of Larry Howard GlaxoSmithKline—matching the gifts of Linda J. Dawson, Andrew T. Maynard and Antonia M. Valakas IBM Corporation—matching the gifts of Anthony A. Amitrano, Edward G. Britton, William O. Camp, Ralph H. Earle, Mary E. Sturgeon, Susan Strine and Grant B. Varner McKesson Foundation— matching the gift of Cheryl and Chris Klein Merck & Company— matching the gifts of Sylvianne Roberge for General Support and of Joseph R. Westmoreland for the Children’s Wonder Garden Sherwin-Williams Company—matching the gift and volunteer hours of Jim Schmidt for the Horticultural Fund in-kind gifts Marlene Kinney—botanical and horticultural books Thomas Krakauer— botanical prints Howard Stang and family— Lowe’s gift cards for for Carolina Campus Community Garden recuring Gifts Saianand Balu, for the Forest Theatre Fund Emma Morris Beckham Jo Ellen Brandmeyer Linda Convissor and Bruce Guild Greg Fitch and John Sweet Diane Frazier Libby Grey, for Coker Arboretum and General Support Harold Keith Hill Linda and Paul Naylor Bruce and Cynthia Runberg Monica Riley Samsky Cynthia Keck Scott, for the Tom and Margaret Scott Fund Richard and Anita Wolfenden, for Mason Farm Biological Reserve Alice Zawadzki G i f t s , c o n t i n u e d 18 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 S t a f f N o t e s Welcome, Patti! Patti Smith, the Garden’s new membership assistant, was born in Brooksville, Florida, but grew up in Durham where she moved with her family at the age of eight. Patti attended UNC-Chapel Hill, and received a bachelor’s degree in art history last year. In her spare time, Patti enjoys working in photography and writing, as well as studying history and historic preservation. Prior to taking her position here in June, Patti worked for 14 years at Preservation North Carolina. Patti says that the staff here at the Garden is wonderful, and she is excited to be a part of all that the Garden accomplishes. Welcome, Aislinn! Aislinn Spain, our new events manager, grew up in High Point, North Carolina. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then returned to the Triad to manage events for Grassroots Productions in Greensboro. She now lives in Durham with her husband and cat. In her spare time, Aislinn enjoys reading books, attending concerts, and traveling. She says she feels welcome at the Garden because the staff has gone out of the way to help and answer questions. Welcome, Julia! Julia Wall, a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, is our new horticultural assistant. She began working here in 2009 as a work study student while she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She left in 2013 after graduating from UNC, but returned to the Garden in May after working in video editing over the last two years. Some of Julia’s hobbies include photography, bike riding, and playing in the dirt, which is one of the things she enjoys most about taking her horticultural position at the NCBG. Julia says that the Garden is beautiful, and she loves being able to spend time outside and work with the wonderful staff here. Welcome, Julia! The Chapel of the Cross made an in-kind donation of office space and infrastructure support to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and Coker Arboretum staff. For the first time in decades, the Arboretum staff has a space in which to keep books, maps and plans. The space allows us to work at our desks in a climate-controlled environment rather than the basement of Davie Hall with the tools and lawn equipment. The room is large enough to spread maps out and do larger projects indoors, just steps away from the Arboretum. We are grateful for this generous donation! Former Botanical Garden Foundation secretary and UNC Her-barium curator and director Jim Massey was featured in the August 16th Raleigh News and Observer for his gift of his extensive folk art collection to the Small Museum of Folk Art in Pittsboro. Dr. Massey continues to provide wisdom and encouragement to the Garden staff and to cultivate plants and creativity in Haywood Gardens near Moncure, North Carolina. A special shout out to our summer interns. We couldn’t have done all we did this summer without you or the donors who made these internships possible! What’s New in the Garden Shop? Children’s T-shirts! ...and cutting boards, tea towels, jewelry, handmade buttons, and so much more! We are frequently adding new items in preparation for the holiday season. Stop by to see for yourself! Fall 2015 NCBG Newsletter 19 Charlotte Jones-Roe Director of Development 919-962-9458 jonesroe@unc.edu << cont’d from page 5 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. unclegacy.org Leave a Legacy... The Carolina Campus Community Garden, which teaches students gardening skills and provides fresh produce to UNC’s lowest paid employees, received very significant contributions from an anonymous donor and from the Newman Catholic Center to help with its efforts. The project has also received a gift with which to construct a greenhouse to extend the growing season. Botanists Robert Wyatt and Ann Stoneburner have decided to honor Robert’s professors, UNC botanists C. Ritchie Bell and Albert E. Radford, by establishing a named endowment to support NCBG travel and graduate students’ native plant research. The Burch – Safford Foundation made a $5,000 gift to help move the new UNC Herbarium toward construction. The Garden Club of North Carolina made a gift in sup-port of the Wildflower Program. John Robert Staelin made another gift for the Education Center, for which we are grateful. Garden members find many ways to help us accomplish our mission. The Battle Park Endowment, now with a basis of more than $227,000, received many gifts including contributions by Bet and Sandy McClamroch, David and Joan Guilkey, El-eanor Broadus, Kathryn Clancy, and John and Alice May. This summer’s Saving Our Pollinators exhibit was possible thanks to major sponsorship from Burt’s Bees’ The Greater Good Foundation. In addition, Cindy and Tom Cook, Bar-bara Driscoll, Anne Harris, Glenda Parker Jones, Charlotte Jones-Roe, The Krakauer Family Fund, Missy and Sam Rankin, and the Whaley Family Foundation made gifts to support the project. This important exhibit and accompany-ing programs brought together many partners and continues to fascinate visitors and educate program participants about the importance of native plants and pollinators. The Garden has lost several good friends since our last Newsletter. Our interim director Jonathan Howes died a short time after the summer Newsletter went to press. We are grateful for Jonathan’s guidance through the transition of leadership at the Garden and his many years of service on the Botanical Gar-den Foundation Board. We were fortunate to have the benefit of his administrative experience, and we miss his warmth, wit, and wisdom. Alice Zawadzki, a member of the Garden and fer-vent supporter of native wildflowers and many cultural and en-vironmental causes, will be remembered for her love of nature, her colorful hats and costumes, her irrepressible spirit and her ability to make everyone feel loved and included. We also lost a Garden friend of five decades, Nancy “Teeny” Stronach. Teeny was one of the members of the North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society (now the North Carolina Native Plant Society) who took hikes with Dr. Roland Totten and provided generous financial support and steadfast encouragement to the Garden staff over the years. Teeny served as a member of the Botanical Garden Foundation board and as a lifetime honorary board member. The Garden is better and our lives are richer for having had friends like these.. With thanks for the many ways you support the Garden, In the DeBerry Gallery through November 1 Native Flowers - Gifts of Pollinators Photographs by John Pringle November 3 - January 3 Bonsai. Organic Shapes, Natural Forms Pen and Ink on Paper by Kent H. Raymond, MD 20 NCBG Newsletter Fall 2015 North Carolina Botanical Garden The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus Box 3375 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3375 Phone 919-962-0522 Fax 919-962-3531 Web ncbg.unc.edu E-mail ncbg@unc.edu NONPROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID UNC – CHAPEL HILL Address Service Requested How to know if your Dues are Due? Check your membership renewal month & year, posted above your name and address. Use enclosed envelope to renew! Thanks! 35th Annual Holiday Party Sunday, December 13, 3-5 pm Eleanor Smith Pegg Exhibit Hall of the James & Delight Allen Education Center Join us for a festive winter holiday celebration at the Garden. Our holiday tree will be decorated with original handmade ornaments. Bring a plate of your favorite seasonal treats to share. We will provide mulled cider and punch as well as music and a special raffle for this special member event. Also, please bring a nonperishable food item to contribute to a collection for a local food pantry. P.S. The Judy and Burke Davis Gift Shop will be open for holiday purchases: books, note cards, table linens, garden gloves, t-shirts, and more. Volunteer Appreciation Lecture Thursday, November 19, 12-1 pm Reeves Auditorium Join us for our annual Volunteer Appreciation Lecture from Director Damon Waitt. Bring your lunch, and we will provide dessert & coffee. RSVP by November 17 to bwendell@email.unc.edu Coming to the Pegg Exhibit Hall in November... Winter Spectacle an exhibit about Native Plant Studies and Botanical Art & Illustration |
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