Summer 2014  Promoting Education, Conservation, Research, Plant Collections, Public Service  Volume 42, Number 2
N E W S L E T T E R
At their spring meeting, the Board
of Trustees officially approved a
proposal to name the Garden’s LEED
Platinum building the James & Delight
Allen Education Center in recognition
of a very generous commitment by two
benevolent Garden members. Dr. and Mrs.
Allen have documented their intention to
leave the majority of their estate to the
Botanical Garden Foundation to establish
a permanent endowment that will provide
ongoing income for Garden operations.
The 30,000-square-foot James & De-light
Allen Education Center is recognized
as an environmentally conscious space,
having received the highest award from
the American Green Building Council. De-signed
by North Carolina architect Frank
Harmon, the building provides spacious,
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sun-filled, energy efficient offic-es
and classrooms as well as an
auditorium, exhibit hall, gallery
and gift shop. These buildings
incorporate a wide range of
green and sustainable technolo-gies,
garnering the highest level
of LEED certification.
The commitment from the
Allens concludes the formal
campaign for the building.
Since the opening of the
Allen Education Center four
and a half years ago, the green
building has provided space
for staff, volunteers and visi-tors
and initiated tremendous growth in
gardens, programs, exhibits and educational
offerings. Jim and Delight were honored
Education Center Named in Honor of James and Delight Allen
James and Delight Allen will establish an endowment that will
provide ongoing income for Garden operations.
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at a reception on April 11th following the
spring board meeting of the Botanical
Garden Foundation. That evening the
Allens were presented with The Order of
the Long Leaf Pine award from the State
of North Carolina, signed by Governor
Pat McCrory and presented by UNC Ex-ecutive
Vice Chancellor and Provost James
Dean, with salutations by Botanical Garden
Foundation President Tom Earnhardt and
Garden Director Peter White.
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have space to summarize two years of work, involving Charlotte’s
persistence, Triangle Land Conservancy, and the North Carolina
Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Today, this beautiful tract is
part of the Haw River Natural Area, a stretch of conserved land
protecting water quality and old forests. The transfer of this property
generated the funds to build the Eleanor Smith Pegg Exhibit Hall
at the James & Delight Allen Education Center.
Another needle. For two years, Jim Ward and I met with mem-bers
of the neighborhood association of residents closest to the
Garden…and through listening, talking, explaining, and meeting
their needs for safer intersections, sidewalks, and a bike path, Laurel
Hill Road, a paved public street, was closed and replaced with the
gardens that unite the new and old gardens. When we got to the
town council meeting to propose the abandonment of a public right
of way (a rare move), the neighbors spoke in our favor.
To me, many other big events held similar risks but resulted in
great successes: the Garden assuming responsibility for Battle Park,
Forest Theatre, and the UNC Herbarium. Even going back to the
beginning of the current era for the Garden was the decision to
begin a fund raising program with a full time position—truth be
known, we did not have the money, we just decided to take a risk
that it would pay for itself, and it did so much more quickly than we
ever thought.
And going back to the Education Center: I was personally
amazed how quickly the building filled with people, life, art, furni-ture
(for which we had no budget) and how the Center and its new
grounds immediately proved themselves. It came out well, but I
remember using a poker analogy with the Board when we were at
83 percent funding: “It is time, we are moving ‘all in.’” We have a
lot left to do, but it came out well!
Risks, camels, needles. Believe me, those don’t happen without
amazing and dedicated staff hours and without a
community of supporters. I end, not for the first
time, by quoting Dr. Ritchie Bell from the dedication
of our building, “Thank you, thank you, thank you,
thank you.”
D i r e c t o r ’ s M e s s a g e
The James & Delight Allen Education Center
In all the years I have been director…my gosh, 28 years!...I have
learned that part of the job is to take risks. Risks based on analysis.
Risks with your eyes open. Risks after getting input and advice. Risks
with many hours of staff work and support. But risks all the same.
For some of those risks, I knew it was right to try, but honestly,
I saw so many obstacles and sometimes felt success was unlikely, or
likely to be only a cup “half full.” And when success then occurred,
I found myself saying, “My goodness, the camel went through the
eye of the needle!” I’ve since learned that the “eye of the needle” in
this phrase is the narrow gate to a city, rather than a sewing needle.
But to me it has always been the statement about the seemingly
impossible that comes true.
With the naming of the Education Center in honor of James
and Delight Allen in grateful recognition of their commitment to
the Garden and the biggest act of philanthropy in our history, our
outstanding loan on the Education Center (due this very year) has
been forgiven. Jim and Delight came up with this bold strategy and
Charlotte Jones-Roe and I drafted a statement to the Chancellor to
present the idea. I was anticipating a hard sell, hemming and hawing,
a referral to committees, and ultimately rejection. But we walked into
the office of then Chancellor Holden Thorp, and before I even sat
down, he had said, “I say let’s declare victory and move on.” The
world had changed for us.
When I stood in the Pegg Exhibit Hall at an event to thank Jim
and Delight, I was reminded that the Exhibit Hall, too, was the camel
going through the eye of the needle. Eleanor Pegg gave her gift to
fund the Education Center as a beautiful tract of land along the Haw
River that had development value. No sooner was this known, than
environmentalists came calling, and I was asked to state our intent
at a meeting at the Garden. It was a pleasure to meet with them, for
I already knew our pledge: this land would be conserved. I don’t
Peter White, Stephen Keith, Charlotte Jones-
Roe, and Tom Earnhardt congratulate Jim and
Delight Allen on their receiving the Order of
the Longl Leaf Pine.
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been an educator and has had a successful real estate career in
California where she lived for 40 years. An accomplished cellist
who attended the University of Arizona on a music scholarship,
she earned degrees in music education and history in 1956. She has
played cello in the Tucson Symphony, the Santa Maria Symphony,
and in several string quartets. The Allens support performing arts
and several humane societies, and they are members of two dif-ferent
Rotary chapters.
The Allens have adopted the North Carolina Botanical Garden
and its staff. “The Botanical Garden staff is very dedicated and
provides a great service to our state and community,” they said.
“We want to be sure they have the resources they need to continue
their good work.”
We are grateful to Jim and Delight for their transformative
commitment, and we look forward to seeing them around the
Garden often.
Over the years, the Allens have visited often and have be-come
acquainted with many Garden staff. They live near Battle
Park and enjoy walking their dogs on the trails and, when they are
not working on their own garden, helping Stephen Keith and the
Battle Park volunteers pull invasive plants. They became better
acquainted with the Garden through the Sculpture in the Garden
Exhibits. There will be a special recognition of the Allens at the
Carolina Moonlight Gala on June 7th. Meanwhile, the Allens may
be glimpsed enjoying the Garden and checking out the latest ad-ditions
to the Native Plant Sale.
“Jimmy and I are pleased to have our names associated with
the Garden, and it is very satisfying to be able to help in this way,”
Delight said. “The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a special
place and an important part of the University.”
Jim Allen remembers deciding to stay in Chapel Hill and
pursue his career here during a contemplative moment in Coker
Arboretum 46 years ago. He has been enjoying the gardens and
natural areas since 1968, when he joined the faculty of UNC’s
Carolina Population Center, a community of scholars and profes-sionals
collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that
advance understanding of population issues. Having grown up in
Beaufort, N.C., he spent most of his career at what is now the Gill-ings
School of Global Public Health and the Carolina Population
Center. He holds degrees from the University of Arizona-Tucson
and Boston University as well as UNC. He has been active in real
estate development and is president of LongTermCareEducation.
com, which offers online courses in assisted living and nursing
home administration.
A native of the lovely college town of Beloit, Wisconsin,
Delight Doner Allen (who is named for her grandmother) has
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This $12 million structure was funded entirely by private
contributions. An initial bequest by Garden volunteer Kather-ine
Bradley Mouzon launched the project 16 years ago. We are
especially appreciative of gifts by Eleanor Smith Pegg, Arthur
and Mignon DeBerry, Tim and Janie Burnett, Ritchie Bell and
Anne Lindsey, J. and Jerry Colvard, The Reeves Foundation,
Sarah Fore Gaines, William Lanier Hunt, Peg Parker, Sandy and
Bet McClamroch, Harriet and D.G. Martin, Sally Couch Vilas
and Harry Gooder, Florence and Jim Peacock, the Chapel Hill
Garden Club and Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour, Emily and
Charles Lambeth, The Brown F. Finch Foundation, Elizabeth
Gant Bennett, William and Mary Coker Joslin, Sandy Thomp-son,
Mary Lockwood Curry, Evelyn McNeill Sims, Alan Ma-cIntyre,
Betty and Bob Rugh, Eleanor George, Blount Williams
/ Alfred Williams and Company, Dixie and Russ Hapgood,
Gretchen Cozart, Muriel Easterling, Tom Kenan, Bill and Betty
Garwood, Jim and Deborah Hock, Clarence and Jane Whitefield,
Claire and Hudnall Christopher, Page Richardson Jonathan and
Mary Howes, Ione and John Lee, Laurie and David Coker Joslin,
Nancy and Ed Preston, Paul and Mary MacDougal, Nan and
Edgar Lawton, Nancy and Ed Preston, Paul and Mary MacDou-gal,
Paula LaPoint, Ellen Johnson, David and Lallie Godschalk,
Nancy “Teeny” Stronach, Marcella and Paul Grendler, Ulana
and Carson Stuart, Peter and Carolyn White, David and Terri
Swanson, Marguerite Hutchins, Jane and John Wait, Sam and
Arden McCleskey, The Julian Price Family Foundation, Charles
and Lamar Taft, the New Hope Audubon Society, Doug and
Nelda Lay, the Students of the University of North Carolina
through their Renewable Energy Sustainable Projects Fund,
Garden staff and volunteers, and six hundred other contribu-tors
who made the building possible.
UNC Chancellors James Moeser and Holden Thorp pro-vided
tremendous support to the project. Former Governor
Beverly Eaves Perdue “honored the ground” at the beginning of
construction and dedicated the building on October 12, 2009.
We are grateful to everyone who helped make the Education
Center a reality.
Thank you!
Funded entirely by private donations
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Leave a Legacy . . .
If you would like to speak with
someone about making a special gift
to the Garden, call Charlotte Jones-
Roe at 919-962-9458 or UNC’s gift
planning experts at 800-994-8803.
It’s heading into summer and we are hold-ing
our breath in hope that we do not
have the heavy rains that we had last year
here in Chapel Hill. We love rain, make no
mistake. Each week that we receive an inch
or so from above is that much less work
we face in dragging hoses and setting up
sprinklers. It’s also less water pulled from
the precious well that sits next to and under
Coker Arboretum. We’re always grateful for
rain! We just like it to be spaced out in more
useful packets.
Those of you who frequent the Ar-boretum
will recall that we lost three trees
of substance last year: Magnolia acuminata
(cucumber magnolia), Tilia americana var
caroliniana (American Basswood) and Quer-cus
bicolor (swamp white oak). The magnolia
was located next to our pair of Ginkgo trees
and the oak was in the southeast corner of
the garden near the arbor. While we were
able to remove most of the fallen limbs and
the entirety of the magnolia and basswood
trunks from the Arboretum, we were left
with a long section of the oak. Spanning
about 20 feet in length and nearly four feet
thick, this piece of trunk was deemed too
heavy to move without the help of some
very serious machinery and at least one road
closure on campus.
We finally made lemonade out of
that cumbersome pile of lemons. More
accurately, we made a bench. Thanks to
long-time volunteer Frank McKeever and
a loan of a heavy duty chainsaw from our
friends at Bartlett Tree Experts, the task was
accomplished one Tuesday morning in late
April.
Frank has been volunteering with us
at the Arboretum since 2005, bringing a
wealth of knowledge and skill with him
from a career as an arborist with Bartlett.
Frank brought his usual excellent humor
and willingness to take on the challenge
along with a cartload of tools and safety
equipment. He was able to make
a series of cuts in the trunk (creat-ing
an enormous pile of sawdust),
exposing the inner wood and
providing a sitting spot for will-ing
visitors. We cannot thank him
enough for accomplishing this
daunting task.
Please take a moment to
check out his handiwork next
time you find yourself strolling
through Coker Arboretum.
N o t e s f r o m C o k e r A r b o r e t u m
Using lemons to make lemonade
by Geoffrey Neal and Margo MacIntyre
Frank McKeever carves the fallen oak
into a bench at Coker Arboretum
Botanical Garden Foundation
I am increasingly convinced that no
organization does more to understand
and protect the tapestry of life found
in this magnificent state than the North
Carolina Botanical Garden. Jim and
Delight Allen’s commitment is significant
because it will allow the Garden to
move forward in so many critical
areas of conservation, education, and
research. I want to express appreciation
to everyone who has supported the
Garden over the years and contributed
time and treasure to make our green
building possible. I congratulate Jim and
Delight on receiving The Order of the
Long Leaf Pine award in recognition
of their foresight and understanding
of the importance of science and our
environment for the health and well-being
of generations to come.
Tom Earnhardt, President
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want to remove ivy is: “How DO I remove
it?” Well, I say, there are many eradication
methods found on the Internet, including
our NCBG Controlling Invasive Plants
brochure (ncbg.unc.edu/uploads/files/
ControllingBooklet.pdf) and the inspiring
No Ivy League site in Portland, Oregon.
The second question I get is: “What do
I replace it with?” Well, I say, it’s important
to plant a diversity of things rather than
have a monoculture (of
even a native plant). And
since most folks appreci-ate
ivy’s ability to grow in
summertime’s dry shade,
I recommend planting
an array of spring wild-flowers
that evolved to
take advantage of avail-able
light prior to tree
leaf-out. In this way, the
homeowner gets the big
show of flowers in the
spring and then relies
on either the vegetative
parts of the plant during
the summer or enjoys
the look of a natural
area. (Please visit the
Garden in spring to see
how we use native plants in the landscape
as well as lots of pictures on our Facebook
page!)
I’ll wrap-up this rant by saying that
humans hold the reins of urban landscape
composition and can steer toward eco-logical
poverty or toward abundance. Our
urban landscape legacy is already tilting
toward a tangle of invasive plants that do
not support what remains of the natural
heritage that has managed to persist. But
we can reverse this ecological decline and
revive the urban landscape for us, our chil-dren,
and the children of wild nature.
C o n s i d e r T h i s
Ivy rant
by Johnny Randall, NCBG Director of Conservation Programs
I’m going to rant about only two of many
invasive species– English and Irish ivy
(Hedera helix and H. hibernica). This ivy
duo plagues the urban landscape and has
jumped the fence into natural areas.
I personally find ivy downright ugly,
which is largely based on my grandmother’s
maxim that “pretty is as pretty does.” But
I’ll leave this determination up to you after
reading this article, unless you are already
of similar mind.
Let me say right up
front that there are lots
of ivy cultivars, many
of which are too wimpy
to cause much trouble.
But note that several
states have declared ivy
and its cultivars noxious
weeds based on their
bad behavior.
Although not in-vasive-
enemy-number-one,
ivy is particularly
insidious in the urban
arena because it almost
imperceptibly creeps
across the landscape,
smothering plants in
its wake. Moreover, it
climbs and fourishes on trees or other verti-cal
objects, where it transmutates from the
juvenile creeping phase to the adult flower-ing
and fruiting phase. Birds then gobble
up these fleshy morsels and carry the seeds
far and wide.
When ivy climbs, it also transforms
deciduous trees into evergreens, whose
architecture did not evolve to hold leaves
during winter along with the occasional
loads of ice and snow. Trees draped with
ivy are far more likely to lose limbs as hap-pened
in this past winter’s ice storm.
We are blessed to have several signifi-cant
biological features, sacred sites if you
will, on Botanical Garden lands. Three of
these are our Ice-Age relic rhododendron
bluffs along Morgan Creek, all of which
occur across the creek from vast stands of
ivy. If Garden staff did not continuously
remove ivy seedlings and vines from our
rhododendron sites, these vestiges of times
past would be lost.
It’s also important to consider our
urban landscape legacy and the world of
our children’s children’s children. Urbaniza-tion
has so fragmented the natural world
that we must now work to rehabilitate our
home landscapes to help support what
biological diversity is left. For example, ivy,
like virtually all non-native plants, cannot
serve as caterpillar food, which translates
to songbird food. Please refer to the book,
Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy, who
clearly defines the problem and provides
real solutions. Wait – This book is a must
read for all urbanites.
The first question I get from those who
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A Developing Garden notes from Charlotte Jones-Roe, Director of Development
scary time when we humans first became
capable of using the earth’s resources at
non-renewable rates,” “…Survival rests on
whether we can successfully help the plants
of our world maintain a sustainable rate of photosynthesis and
ecosystem respiration.” He noted that on April 6, 2014, carbon
dioxide levels measured at Mauna Loa were at levels not reached
since the Pliocene era, when temperatures and sea level were
higher. He observed that the North Carolina Botanical Garden
follows in a long tradition of university-related botanical gardens
and must be part of the solution for our survival.
The Allens have accomplished at least three major things
with their transformative commitment: They not only rescued
the Garden from a very uncertain future and the burden of
debt, but by directing the proceeds of their estate to build the
General Endowment for the Garden, they will provide the
future Garden with a permanent source of support. Their plans
make it possible for the Garden to focus on significant projects
that might have been postponed indefinitely. These include–
but are not limited to–planning for the much-needed facility to
house the priceless collection and research of the UNC Herbar-ium,
improving our landscape and displays of North Carolina’s
native plants, and the construction of the Children’s Wonder
Garden and other exhibits to educate and inspire visitors of all
ages.
Seeds of environmental stewardship and love of nature
are best sown on the fertile ground of childhood.
These memories may lie dormant for decades until
the young person reaches a point in life when some
internal signal makes them want to nurture plants,
marvel at wildlife and care for the Earth and the
intricate systems on which we are dependent for our
health and survival. Gardening and enjoyment of
nature may also be a final pleasure, available to people
in their very last days. Long after we are able to hike
to a mountaintop in a remote natural area, we can still
enjoy the exquisite detail of a fern or wildflower in
the valley – or in our own home garden, or in a flower
pot.
Now that we are able to dream and plan again,
it is fitting that one of the first projects to which the
Jim and Delight Allen’s adoption of the North Carolina
Botanical Garden has significance beyond the naming of a
building. Their commitment has replaced a cloud of debt and
uncertainty with a bright future where important goals can be
more than daydreams.
The Allens are well aware that many, many people have
contributed to the building that now bears their name. Volunteer
Katherine Bradley Mouzon launched the project with a be-quest
she and her late husband Olin had planned years before.
Dozens of individuals, families and groups made gifts of a
lifetime to sponsor rooms and facilities. More than six hundred
people contributed to build the Education Center. All contribu-tors
are important and appreciated, and all will be recognized on
the donor wall as well as in the greatly expanded programs and
activities the building makes possible.
Our former Chancellor, Holden Thorp, always a supporter
of the Botanical Garden and the idea of involving all students
in nature, played a huge role in the completion of the project.
He strongly encouraged the Allens to name the James & Delight
Allen Education Center. While the Allen’s early involvement
with the Garden was through pleasant walks with their dogs on
forest trails, and the selection of plants and outdoor sculpture
to add to the enjoyment of their own garden, they clearly now
have a deep understanding of the Garden’s greater mission. To
borrow from Dr. Allen’s remarks on April 11th after he referred
to Tom Earnhardt’s writings about “the Anthropocene era--this
Jim and Delight Allen with Holden Thorp
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Garden will turn attention is the Children’s Wonder Garden.
Proceeds from the Chapel Hill Garden Club’s recent Spring
Garden Tour totalled more than $28,000 and will provide funds
for planning of this special place to delight and engage young
children.
And as more news comes about state budget cuts, it is
important to acknowledge the many gifts we have received since
our last Newsletter for use “where the need is greatest.” Anoth-er
distribution from the charitable
annuity trust of Julia E. Irwin
will go a long way in helping us
avoid layoffs. Other recent unre-stricted
gifts include those from
Nell and C.L. Morton, Ona
and Peter Pickens, Claire and
Hudnall Christopher, Joel Mat-tox
and Karen Perizzolo, Cot-ton
and May Bryan, Peter and
Carolyn White, Van Womack
Daniel III, Pat and Jack Evans,
Louise and Grier Martin, David
and Lesley McAdams, Erica
Jensen Sanchez, Colony Woods
Garden Club, Jayne Gregory,
Jim and Arlenne Schmidt, Alice
and Fred Stanback, and Stick
and Teresa Williams. As you will see from the gift list, we
have received memberships and gifts too numerous to list here.
Every gift is helpful and appreciated.
Experienced gardeners know that sustained care is neces-sary
for gardens and projects of significance. It is a pleasure
to mention some outstanding gifts to build permanent endow-ments
that will provide funds from now on. Among those
contributing to the Mason Farm Biological Reserve Endow-ment
were Jack and Jennifer Boger, Kay Briggs, Marga-ret
and Stephen Chandler, and Chris Hitt. Charles and
Nancy Norwood, Tom and Susan Ross, Randy and Cathy
Lambe, Jim and Jean Fort, and Harriet and D.G. Martin
were among those who recently added to the Coker Arboretum
Endowment, a fund that is already making a difference in our
ability to care for our beautiful campus garden. The permanent
endowment for Battle Park grew thanks to additions from John
and Marguerite Stanback, Alice and John May, Charlotte
“Timmy” Battle, Ronald Knight, and many others. Tom
Wentworth and Linda Rudd made an addition to the UNC
Herbarium General Endowment, and Syngenta Crop Protec-tion
made a very significant contribution to the Conservation
Fund that will help expand and sustain the Garden’s conserva-tion
work for years to come.
As we build permanent support for the future, we also
appreciate the many gifts which allow the Garden to care for
particular collections and take on exciting projects that might
not otherwise be possible. Garden volunteer Paula LaPoint
and her friends in the Central North Carolina Mineral Club
have sent another generous gift for scholarships to the Nature
Explorers Summer Camp, while Duffy and Fred Askin desig-nated
their gift in memory of Leon Bryant to make sure children
from disadvantaged schools will be able to take a field trip to
the Garden. Arthur DeBerry made a gift for improvements
to the Garden Entry Landscape, and Marguerite Hutchins
has responded to his challenge with a generous gift and pledge.
Barbara Roth and Betty King worked together to fund the
purchase of native plants along the sound wall and beautify the
entry as well. Tom Kenan made a generous contribution so the
staff will be able to maintain the Coker Arboretum water feature
as a source of delight for people and songbirds alike.
Members of the Botanical Garden Foundation Board
honored Anne Lindsey for her service on the board with gifts
to Friends of the UNC Herbarium, an expendable fund that
helps pay the bills and care for this valuable research collection
of plants from North Carolina and beyond. With the premature
retirement of members of the North Carolina Natural Heri-tage
program staff, colleagues honored their dedicated service
with gifts for a nature trail at the Botanical Garden Foundation’s
Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve.
The upcoming Carolina Moonlight Gala has attracted spon-sors
to underwrite expenses and allow the proceeds to be used
for support of the Garden. You will not want to miss this lovely
evening in the Garden, or the online auction. The Bartram Ex-hibit
next fall will be possible because of generous sponsorship
gifts to fund events as well as the exquisite art and illustrations
inspired by our botanical heritage. Sculpture in the Garden next
fall will feature an exciting exhibit by nationally recognized artist
Patrick Dougherty, thanks to advance contributions from spon-sors
who want to attract a wider audience to the Garden. Becky
and Munroe Cobey and Marcella and Paul Grendler have
made gifts and pledges for shade sails and outdoor furniture to
make it possible for horticultural therapy clients and other visi-tors
to benefit from the gardens by offering a place to sit with
protection from the summer sun. Becky and Munroe have also
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Four-year-old Delight offers a
flower to her grandfather
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H e r b a r i u m R e p o r t
Make Room for Harvey!
by Carol Ann McCormick, Asst. Curator, UNC Herbarium There is a new mascot in town, so move over, Ramses, and
make room for Harvey!
Meet Chondracanthus harveyanus, a member of the distinguished
family Gigartinaceae and citizen of the Kingdom of Plantae. “Har-vey”
spent his early years in the Pacific Ocean one mile south of
Punta Cabras in Baja California, Mexico. He moved permanently
to Chapel Hill in November 1969, and resides in Coker Hall on the
campus of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“I consider myself to be the Tar
Heel of Low Intertidal,” says Harvey.
“My holdfast which I use to cling to
sand and rocks is discoid in shape, so
essentially, I’m the round blob on the
Tar Heel footprint. I like to point out
to Ramses that anatomically, I so much
more rock the Tar Heel theme than
he does. Ramses is like, ‘Dude, your
ligulate blades are red,’ but I shoot
back, ‘Hey, wool-brain, the only thing
Carolina Blue on you is horns and they
are like painted.’ Ramses is so jealous
of my holdfast.”
Harvey is the official mascot for
the 60,000+ specimens of red marine
algae in the UNC Herbarium Collec-tion.
Dr. Max Hommersand (“affec-tionately
known as ‘Mad Max’ to us
algae,” Harvey confides) has travelled
to Namibia, Tasmania, the Aleutian
Islands, the Philippines, Sweden,
and even coastal North Carolina to
collect and document the diversity of macroalgae which are the
foundation of many marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems.
Macroalgae provide food, substrate and protection for many other
aquatic organisms and are important indicators of environmental
change. Many macroalgae, including kelp and nori, are used for
human food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
In 2013, the UNC Herbarium joined 48 other herbaria to
form the Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium. The National Sci-ence
Foundation is funding the Macroalgal Digitization Project
to image, database and georeference specimens in herbaria from
New England to Florida, from Alaska to Guam.
“It’s like the Facebook of the algae world,” enthuses Harvey.
“My web presence has skyrocketed with macroalgae.org! Even
my cousin, Adenocystis utricularis, who lives in Antarctica, is on it.
Anybody can use it – you can search on species or collector or
location or date, and you can search just one collection or all 49
herbaria simultaneously. I’m really looking forward to the year
2016 when the Consortium will have 1,138,500 algae catalogued.
I’m looking to be the spokesalga for the
whole Consortium. Ruminate on that,
Ramses!”
As with all work at the Garden,
volunteers and students are paramount
in the Macroalgal Digitization Project in
the UNC Herbarium. Emma Kunkel, a
student at Chapel Hill High School, and
volunteers Sarah Farmer and Muriel
Easterling affixed accession numbers
and barcodes to specimens.
“I love all the Tar Heel under-grads
who work in the Herbarium,”
says Harvey. “Joseph Jurkiewicz, Luis
Reyes, Tra Nguyen, Alexy Hernandez,
Billy Marinello and Serene Majid are my
homies – they’re databasing, imaging,
doing constant updates to macroalgae.
org and making the world a better place
for algae The Carolina Way.” Herbar-ium
staffer Shanna Oberreiter started
posting images of algae specimens in
February 2014, and by the end of April
several thousand specimens had been
imaged, databased and geolocated. The
UNC Herbarium is a regional hub in the Consortium, so in addition
to our own collection, we will be imaging algae specimens from
UNC-Wilmington, Florida Museum of Natural History, University
of South Carolina, University of Alabama, Texas A & M University
and Louisiana State University.
To learn more about the UNC Herbarium’s algae collection, to
volunteer with the Macroalgae Digitization Project, or to arrange a
visit with Harvey, contact Carol Ann McCormick, Asstistant Cura-tor,
at 919-962-6931, or go online to ncbg.unc.edu/unc-herbarium.
When reached for comment about Harvey’s mascot status,
Ramses replied “Blaaaahhhhh,” and resumed grazing.
Harvey, the official mascot for red marine algae in the UNC
Herbarium Collection, is challenging Ramses for Tar Heel
mascot status.
Summer 2014 NCBG Newsletter 9
C e r t i f i c a t e C o u r s e s , F a l l 2 0 1 4 S e m e s t e r
Native Plant Studies
Botany 
Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist
Saturdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23; 9:15am – 1:15pm
$150 ($135 NCBG members)
Bartram’s Travels: A Book Review 
Peter S. White, NCBG Director
Thursday, September 4; 7–9 pm
$10 ($15 NCBG members)
This is also a “Bartram” program.
Pollination
Anne Lindsey, Botanist
Saturdays, September 6, 13, 20, 27;
9:30am - 12:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
This is also an “Ecology + Sustainability” program –
please see description on page 11.
Native Seed Propagation 
Heather Summer, NCBG Seed Technician
Saturday, September 13; 9:30am-12:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
This is also a “Bartram” program
Native Edible & Medicinal Trees of the
NC Piedmont 
Kim Calhoun, Herbalist
Tuesdays, Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14; 1-4pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
This is also a “Bartram” program
Soil Ecology 
Nicolette Cagle, Ecologist
Saturdays, November 1, 8, 22, December 6;
9:30am – 12:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Dendrology 
Steph Jeffries, Forest Ecologist
Wednesday, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19 (inclement
weather date: Nov. 26); 9:30am – 12:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Introduction to Mushrooms 
Rytas Vilgalys, Dept. of Biology Duke Univ.
Saturday, November 1; 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
$70 ($65 NCBG members)
Plant Taxonomy
Milo Pyne, Plant Ecologist
Friday, Oct. 24, Nov. 7, 14, 21,; 1 – 4pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Full descriptions of these Certificate Courses are on our website— ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/ =No prerequisites—open to all!
Botanical Art & Illustration
Drawing for People who Think They
Can’t Draw 
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Saturday, August 2; 1 – 4:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
This is also an “Art + Nature” page 12.
A Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Birds
Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
August 3, 17; 1:15-4:45
$65 ($55 NCBG members)
This is also an “Art + Nature” page 12.
Edibles on Paper:
Heirloom Tomatoes in Watercolor
Kathy Schermer-Gramm
Sunday, August 9; 1:00 – 4:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
This is also an “Art + Nature” program – page 12.
Beginning Drawing 
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Wednesdays, August 13, 20, 27, September 3;
10:30am – 1pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
This is also an “Art + Nature” page 12.
Introduction to Botanical Art and
Illustration 
Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist
Saturday, August, 23; 1 – 4:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
Plein Air
Brenda Behr, Professional Artist
Mondays, September 8, 15, 22, 29; 9:30am –
12:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Beginning Watercolor
Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist
Tuesdays, September 9, 16, 23, 30; 1 – 4:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil 
Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist
Sunday, October 5; 1:30 – 4:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
Field Sketching 
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Mondays, October 6, 13, 20, 27; 1 – 4:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Intermediate Drawing
Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist
October 7, 14, 21, 28; 1 – 4:30 pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Intermediate Colored Pencil
Linda Koffenberger, Professional Artist
Wednesdays, October 15, 22, 29, November 5;
1 – 4:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Retro Bartram: Creating a Watercolor
“Master from the Past”
Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist
Saturday, October 18; 9:30am–4pm
$65 ($55 NCBG members)
Composition 
Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
Sundays, November 2, 9, 16, 23; 1:15 – 4:45 pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Intermediate Watercolor Techniques:
Wet and Wild
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Mondays, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24; 10:30am – 1pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Advanced Watercolor for Illustrators
Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Professional Artist
Tuesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25; 1 – 4:30pm
$125 ($115 NCBG members)
Edibles on Paper: Squash and
Pumpkins in Watercolor
Kathy Schermer-Gramm
Saturday, November 15; 1:00 – 4:30pm
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
Education Programs
Find out more about these classes and see what’s coming up this fall on our website!
ncbg.unc.edu/education-and-events
Fall 2014
North Carolina Botanical Garden
H i k e s & T o u r s
Pollination-Themed Tour of the
Garden
Saturday July 26; 10:00 am, rain or shine
NCBG is offering a free pollination-themed tour
of the Garden. Come learn about the plight of
our native pollinators and the role that native
plant gardening plays in pollinator conservation.
This 60-minute tour of our Display Gardens will
highlight various plants that attract bees, butter-flies,
hummingbirds, and other native pollinators.
Participants will also receive tips and resources
to turn their home landscape into a pollinator
garden. Free, but registration is required.
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H o m e G a r d e n i n g W o r k s h o p s
Pesky Animals in Our Gardens
Haven Wiley, Professor of Biology and Ecology
Emeritus, UNC-CH
Saturday, June 14; 2:00 – 4:00pm
Join Haven, who specializes in animal behavior
and ecology, for a discussion on troublesome an-imals
we find in and around our gardens. Bring
your problems, solutions, and ideas for dealing
with animals such as squirrels, deer, groundhogs,
cotton rats, voles, moles, and coyotes. $15 ($10
NCBG members)
Botany of Gardening
Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist
Saturday, June 14; 9:30 – 11:30am
What makes a seed wake up and germinate?
How are flowers pollinated and how are fruits
formed? This workshop delves into the science
of gardening as we journey through a growing
season. Discussion and hands-on activities will
cover seeds, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and the
science behind gardening practices. This work-shop
is perfect for gardeners who want to have
a better understanding of basic botany and aim
to have a more productive gardening experience.
$20 ($15 NCBG members)
Organic Gardening for Everyone!
Anna Jensen, Community Organizer Toxic Free NC
Lynne Walter, MSW, Assoc. Director, Toxic Free NC
Wednesday, June 18; 3:00-4:30pm
Carolina Campus Community Garden (CCCG)
Everybody deserves fresh, pesticide-free food.
We can help you build a better habitat for good
bugs that will keep your garden’s pests in check,
and we’ll have fun doing it! You provide the
community garden site, and we’ll provide a
hands-on workshop that builds on the shared
knowledge of everyone in the group and Toxic
Free NC’s expertise on organic methods for
preventing and controlling NC’s most common
garden pests. Free, but pre-registration required. For
directions to CCCG, see the website uncgarden.web.unc.
edu/contact-us/
Botany
Olivia Lenahan, Horticultural Scientist
Saturdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23; 9:15 am–1:15 pm
This introductory course is designed for a broad
audience. It is a fundamental core course for stu-dents
enrolled in either of the NCBG certificate
programs. Basic principles of botany including
taxonomy, anatomy, morphology and physiol-ogy
are covered. Class time is divided between
lectures and examining/dissecting samples.
There are also opportunities for making observa-tions
in the gardens. No prerequisites. $150 ($135
NCBG members)
C h i l d r e n ' s P r o g r a m s
Sweet Peas (ages 3–4 with an adult)
Tuesdays or Saturdays; 10-11 am
Educator: Maria Hitt
Share a morning of discovery with your growing
“sweet pea” and nurture their natural curiosity
for the world around them. Each class will focus
on a different nature theme, and may include
stories, songs, mini-hikes, crafts, and puppets. No
strollers or non-registered siblings, please.
Sept 9 or 13 – Wiggly Worms
$10 ($8 NCBG members) per child/adult pair
Bluets: Preschoolers Exploring Nature
(ages 4–5)
Wednesdays (6 sessions); 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Educator: Elisha Taylor
Learning comes naturally for 4 & 5-year-olds
during this popular, fun-filled series that fosters
a sense of wonder for the natural world through
hands-on activities, nature hikes, puppet shows,
stories, crafts, and group play. Snack provided.
Homeschoolers welcome! $105 ($95 NCBG
members)
Nature Tales: Storytime in the Garden
(ages 3-5 with adult)
Thursdays; 10:00 - 10:45 am
Educator: Elisha Taylor
Join us Thursday mornings to listen to nature-themed
books and enjoy hands-on explorations
in the Garden.
June 5 – Green Thumbs
June 19 – Animal Signs
July 3 – Flower Power
July 17 – Terrific Trees
July 31 – Flutter by Butterfly!
Aug 14 – Fairy Tales
Fee per child: $3.50 ($3 NCBG members)
Sustainable Lawns
Alan Johnson, Professional Landscaper
Saturday, August 16; 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Types of lawns depend on use, design goals
and resources you are willing to invest. You can
strive for lawns to be a dense grass of one type,
mixed stands of many types of plants or alterna-tives
like mosses or low groundcovers. Lawns
can be suitable for very active or more passive
use. Alan will look at many lawn options while
focusing on the sustainable issues that affect
each. $20 ($15 NCBG members)
Picnic at the Garden!
Kelly Taylor and Janice Escott,
Culinary Educators,
Say Yes to the Chef Company
Saturday, June 14; 11:30am – 1:30pm
Join Chef ’s Kelly Taylor and Janice Escott for
a cooking class filled with tips, tricks and easy
make-ahead nutritional dishes, perfect for a pic-nic.
After we prepare our meal, we will enjoy our
picnic at the Garden. $37 ($30 NCBG members)
Includes picnic lunch.
The Nature Cure: Health Benefits of
Urban Green Space
David Schwartz,
Environmental Psychology Researcher
Thursday, June 19; 12 – 1pm
This is also a “Lunch + Learn” program – please see
description on page 13.
H e a l t h & N a t u r e
Growing and Making Local Teas
Christine Parks, Camellia Forest Nursery
Sunday, July 20; 1:30 – 3:30pm
Learn how all types of tea (white, green, oolong
and black) are made from the leaves of Camellia
sinensis. The class will include an introduction to
tea, hands on demonstrations, and a tea tasting,
including tea grown here in Chapel Hill. Fee
includes your own tea leaves to take home! $35
($30 NCBG members)
Applying Garden Metaphors in Health
and Wellness: A Participatory Work-shop
Jane Saiers, Horticultural Therapist,
Organic Farmer
Saturday, September 6; 1:00 – 4:00pm
In this 3-hour workshop, we will explore the use
of plant and garden metaphors for enhancing
our participants’ well-being. Join us in the Gar-den!
$15 ($10 NCBG members).
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F a m i l y P r o g r a m s
Giant Silk Moths! – Family Workshop
Bob Palmatier, Environmental Educator
(ages 6 & up w/ adult)
Saturday, July 26; 1-2:30 pm
We know that honeybees are important pol-linators,
but what about the rest of the insects?
In celebration of our native pollinators and
National Moth Week, join local naturalist Bob
Palmatier to explore the secret lives of Giant Silk
Moths and their enormous, colorful caterpillars,
along with other amazing creepy crawlies found
buzzing around on warm summer nights. Fee,
per child: $10 ($9 NCBG members)
E c o l o g y & S u s t a i n a b i l i t y
Backyard Streams and Runoff –
Management, Enhancement and
Restoration
Steve Bevington, Environmental Scientist
Saturday, June 28; 2:00 – 4:00pm
The workshop introduces participants to
concepts of stream and riparian area manage-ment
on the scale of creeks, drainage ditches
and storm-water channels. The challenges and
rewards of working with pediment streams
as natural landscape features will be explored
with examples drawn from local case studies.
Hands-on work with topographic maps and a
quick walking tour of Morgan Creek here at the
Garden will assist with understanding of practi-cal
concepts. Participants will gain information
useful in understanding the form and condition
of neighborhood streams. Participants will also
learn how they might enhance their gardens with
natural water features. $15 ($10 NCBG Member)
Where the Land is the Star
Tom Earnhardt, Naturalist and Writer,
President, Botanical Garden Foundation
Sunday, August 10; 2:30pm
This is also a “Bartram” program – please see descrip-tion
on page 12.
Well-Traveled: On the Influence of
William Bartram and His “Travels”
Jim Costa, Executive Director, Highlands Bio-logical
Station
Sunday, August 24; 2:30pm
This is also a “Bartram” program – please see descrip-tion
on page 12.
Bartram’s Travels: A Book Review
Peter S. White, NCBG Director
Thursday, September 4; 7–9 pm
This is also a “Bartram” program.
Pollination
Anne Lindsey, Botanist
Saturdays, September 6, 13, 20, 27;
9:30am – 12:30pm
This course is intended for a broad audience
and explores the dynamic relationship between
flowering plants and their pollinators. It includes
floral reproductive biology, including flowering
plant life cycle, breeding system biology, and
pollinator attraction mechanisms. Students learn
to recognize important insect pollinators and
apply this knowledge from both lecture and field
exercises to an individual project. The course
includes pollination ecology, conservation, and
the importance of pollination to our ecosystems
and agriculture/food supply. The class format
includes lecture, laboratory exercises, and field
studies. Prerequisites: Botany, Local Flora. $125
($115 NCBG Members)
Native Seed Propagation
Heather Summer, NCBG Seed Technician
Saturday, September 13; 9:30am-12:30pm
Intended for all levels, students will learn seed
propagation techniques for native perenni-als
and woody plants. Topics include seed
collection methods, post-collection handling,
cleaning equipment and techniques, seed storage,
seed sowing techniques, sowing media, cul-tural
requirements of seedlings, and dormancy
requirements. No prerequisite. $40 ($35 NCBG
Introduction to Insects members)
Steve Hall, Landscape Ecologist
Saturday, July 26; 9:30am – 12:30pm
Topics will include the distinctive features,
evolution, diversity, and importance of insects.
There will be a 45-minute lecture, followed by
30 minutes of lab work showing the features
of common orders (using microscopes), and
a 90-minute field trip to Mason Farm to dem-onstrate
collection/observation techniques
and to look for examples of local species. $40
($35 NCBG Members)
Free Pollination-Themed Tour of the
Garden
Saturday, July 26; 10:00am, rain or shine
This is also a “Hike + Tour” program – please see
description on page 9.
Planting Native Pollination Gardens
Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent,
Chatham County Center, North Carolina
Cooperative Extension
Saturday, July 26; 2:00 – 3:30pm
Learn about the plants that provide season-long
beauty and habitat for pollinators, and
how to design the garden for maximum
pollinator benefit. Take a virtual tour of the
extension’s popular pollinator demonstration
garden in Pittsboro, NC. $15 ($10 NCBG
members)
Giant Silk Moths!
Family Workshop
(ages 6 & up w/ adult)
Saturday, July 26; 1-2:30 pm
This is also a “Family” program – please see descrip-tion
to the right.
Animal Pollinators and their Amaz-ing
Adaptations for Floral Feeding
Anne Lindsey, Botanist
Sunday, July 27; 2:00 – 4:00pm
Participants take a look at pollination from
the pollinator’s viewpoint — who they are,
why they visit flowers, what their adaptations
are for floral feeding, what unique behaviors
serve the pollinators and the plants, who are
the most important pollinators and how do
we know, and what does the plight of the
pollinator mean for our own human ecology.
For those interested, we will take a close look
at the insects working flowers in the Garden –
can we tell what they are feeding on or if they
are efficiently pollinating? $15 ($10 NCBG
members)
A Pollination Weekend!
Celebrate our Native Plants, Native Pollinators
Registration is Online!
http://ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/
Click on Calendar & Registration
to enter our secure registration site.
Advance registration is required for all
programs unless otherwise indicated.
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A r t a n d N a t u r e
Doing it at the Dixie Dew
Ruth Moose, Author
Sunday, June 15, 2:30pm
Author Event and Book Signing. Join us for a delightful presentation by
author Ruth Moose, the 2013 winner of the Malice Domestic Competition
for first traditional mystery novel. Her book, Doing it at the Dixie Dew, is
a murder/mystery story with a botanical twist of the goings-on in an old
Southern mansion turned into a bed-and-breakfast called The Dixie Dew.
She was on the Creative Writing faculty at UNC Chapel Hill for fifteen
years and lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Books will be for sale. “I
loved it! So much fun to read--Ruth Moose has fashioned a fast-paced
romp through small town society... mayhem and maybe even murder lurk
behind those frilly lace curtains at the Dixie Dew B&B. This entertaining
novel is just as rich and delicious as innkeeper Beth McKenzie’s lemon
crème cake.” —Lee Smith, The New York Times bestselling author of
The Last Girls. Following the event, Wendy Wenck, NCBG Herb Garden
Curator, will lead a tour of the Mercer Reeves Hubbard Herb Garden and
Poison Plant collection. Free, but pre-registration required.
Butoh, Dance Life of Plants
Jennifer Hicks, Professional Dancer
Saturday, June 21, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Celebrate the Summer Solstice! In this workshop students connect with
the secret life of plants through improvisational movement, deep listening
and mediation. Using the Japanese dance form of poetic imagery called
Butoh, students create dance that is an expression of nature. This is a fun
outdoor workshop, designed for a broad audience - non-dancers, poets,
scientists, actors and dancers alike. No previous experience required. $40 ($35
NCBG members/student/senior)
The Village Band
Outdoor Summer Concert
Sunday, June 22, 4:00pm
Celebrate the Summer Solstice! Our 2014 Summer Solstice concert
will include classic American marches such as “March Grandioso,” “The
Klaxon,” and “On the Mall” as well as symphonic band pieces such as
“Hootenanny,” “October,” “Chorale and Shaker Dance,” “Man of La
Mancha,” and “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.” The Village Band of
Chapel Hill/Carrboro was organized in 1974 as a non-profit community
concert band for the purpose of promoting classic town band music in
Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and surrounding communities. It currently is com-prised
of about 60 members from their teens to their 90s, including high
school and university students, professionals, and retirees. Free.
Watercolor – The Tools We Use
Elizabeth Ellison, Professional Artist
Saturday, June 28, 9:30am – 4:30pm &
Sunday, June 29; 1:15 – 4:45pm
This 2-day course is for people who have always wanted to paint in water-color.
The basic course introduces color theory, planning and designing of
a successful work of art. Students learn through teacher demonstrations
and student practice of a variety of techniques. Bring your lunch on Satur-day.
$115 ($105 NCBG members)
Drawing for People who Think They Can’t Draw
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Saturday, August 2, 1:00-4:30pm
This workshop shows students that drawing is a skill anyone can learn. Stu-dent
progress from a blank sheet of paper to a beautiful finished drawing.
Come try, and discover that yes, you can draw! This is a non-credit course.
No prerequisites. $40 ($35 NCBG members)
A Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Birds
Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
Sunday, August 3, 17, 1:15 – 4:45pm
After a short introduction to basic bird anatomy, students learn a simple
method of drawing a bird. $65 ($55 NCBG members)
Edibles on Paper:
Heirloom Tomatoes in Watercolor
Kathy Schermer-Gramm
Sunday, August 9, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Spend a summer afternoon getting acquainted with heirloom tomatoes.
They are colorful, flavorful, flamboyant, and odd looking, just right for
transparent watercolors. Instruction includes drawing for accuracy, painting
wet into wet with saturated color, followed by dry brush to bring out the
details. No prerequisites, although some watercolor knowledge is helpful.
$40 ($35 NCBG members)
Beginning Drawing
Emma Skurnick, Professional Artist
Wednesdays, August 13, 20, 27, September 3, 10:30am – 1:00pm
This is the entry course for the Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration
and is designed for a broad audience. Students learn the fundamentals of
illustration through contour drawing, negative space, perspective, and tone.
No prerequisites. $125 ($115 NCBG members)
Advance registration is required for all programs
unless otherwise indicated!
ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Program + Event Schedule
Celebrating the artistic, botanical and literary legacy of American naturalists John and William Bartram
Special Exhibition August 30 – November 2, 2014 -- Find out more on pg. 19!
Where the Land is the Star
Tom Earnhardt, Naturalist and Writer, President, Botanical Garden
Foundation
Sunday, August 10; 2:30pm
One of the hot spots of the natural world was, and still is, North Caro-lina.
Botanists, naturalists, and explorers gravitated here in the 18th and
19th centuries. Although the most celebrated plantsmen of their genera-tions
could be found exploring North Carolina, the real star was the land.
Join Tom Earnhardt as he celebrates the Tar Heel landscape and the
people drawn to it. $15 ($10 NCBG Members)
Well-Traveled:
On the Influence of William Bartram and His “Travels”
Jim Costa, Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station
Sunday, August 24; 2:30pm
In 1773, celebrated naturalist William Bartram embarked on a four-year
exploration throughout the Southeast. His observations of native
people, flora and fauna, geology, and other natural phenomena opened
a window on a landscape and people then still remote and exotic, and
electrified a broad range of Enlightenment and Romantic thinkers. This
talk explores Bartram’s influence, from poets such as Wordsworth and
Coleridge, to naturalists like Darwin and Asa Gray. Free, but advanced
registration required.
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L u n c h & L e a r n S e r i e s
The Nature Cure:
Health Benefits of Urban Green Space
Thursday, June 19, 12 – 1pm
David Schwartz, Environmental Psychology Researcher
Urban green space is often viewed as simply an aesthetic or recreational
amenity. In recent years, however, researchers working in a variety of fields
have argued that urban green space should be recognized and valued as an
effective remedy for various ills of modern civilization, such as obesity and
attention-deficit disorder. In this talk, Schwartz reviews some research bear-ing
on these questions, considers some obstacles that hinder city-dwellers
from reaping the benefits of the green space available to them, and mentions
some interesting new ways that different communities are weaving green
space into their urban fabric. Free, but advanced registration required.
Sketching Nature:
Biological Illustration in History
Thursday, September 11, 12–1pm
Jennifer Landin, NCSU Professor and Artist
Biology professor and nature artist Landin discusses how paintings of birds,
insects, and botanicals have advanced our scientific understanding, dem-onstrates
the wide-ranging and influential effects of nature representation,
and ponders the function of biological illustration today. Free, but advanced
registration required.
Bring your lunch and join us for a
free lecture!
. . . advance registration required
(ncbg.unc.edu/calendar/)
made a gift sponsoring a promotional video for the Garden’s
Horticultural Therapy Program.
As we go to press for the first time since the retirement of
Laura Cotterman, I want to thank Jennifer Peterson for agreeing
to edit and produce this landmark issue of the Newsletter. For
more about Laura’s contributions and plans, please see a special
article on page 17.
With thanks for the many ways in which your gifts and en-couragement
make possible the work of the Garden,
Charlotte Jones-Roe
919-962-9458 jonesroe@unc.edu
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It’s as easy as 1...2...3...
1. Your broker may electronically transfer stock to:
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Wells Fargo Account 8999-4225,
Account Title- UNC Chapel Hill: DTC # 0141
2. You or your broker should call UNC development (Tina
Zimmerman, 919-962-8189) and leave your name; address and
phone number; type of stock; and number of shares; AND
you should say that you want your gift to go to the North
Carolina Botanical Garden. If the gift is restricted for a par-ticular
use, say what the Garden designation is and how much is
to go for which purpose.
Note: Your receipt for tax purposes will reflect the average
market value on the date of your donation.
3. Please call and leave a message or email Charlotte Jones-Roe
(919-962-9458) or jonesroe@unc.edu, with the same details.
That will help us watch for your gift and make sure it goes in
the right account. (It also makes us very happy to be the first to
know!) 
Thank you very much for thinking of the Garden!
The North Carolina Botanical Garden
publishes this news­letter
four times a year.
Editor & Layout Jennifer Peterson
Photography Laura Cotterman, family of Delight Doner, Allison
Essen, Margo MacIntyre, Jennifer Peterson,
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Thank you to all who support the ­Garden,
especially to the many whose membership dues and gifts were received in the period from
January 28, 2014 to May 4, 2014.
GENERAL SUPPORT
Susan Abernethy
David and Judith Adamson
Aerotek Aviation
Mike Aitken
Gail and Willian Alberti
Laurie and Syd Alexander
George Altschuller and
Miao-Fang Lin
Diane Amato
Anthony and P. Amitrano
Natalie Ammerell
Carl and Mary Anderson
Jim and Susan Anderson
Anonymous
Cynthia and Henry Anthony
Lucy Austin
Laurence Avery
Amelia Bachleda
Ann Fairfax Baker
Betsey Bancroft-Wu and
Yue Wu
Vivian Bancroft-Wu
Allen and Judy Barton
Joe and Karen Bearden
Emma Morris Beckham
Frederick Otten Behrends
Joan W. Belden
Aerin Benavides
Jan Beresford
Susan Blackford
Bob Blum
Audrey Booth
Blair Both
Carroll Bowers
Blair Bowers
Jayne Boyer
Deanne and Kirk Bradley
Herbert and Karen Braham
Ellen Brandmeyer
Grace Brashear
Billy Brewer
Florence and John
Brinkhous
Jane F. Brinkley
Jane H. Brown
Jeanne and Monte Brown
Jane Bruce
Greg Bruhn
Kathleen Bucher
Jean D. Buckwalter
A.J. and Barbara Bullard
Grady Burgin
Laurinda Burleson
Joan and Maurice Bursey
John Busch
Marilyn Butler
Rosemary Byrnes
Kendall Cadwell
Dee Campbell
Nathan Campbell
Susan R. Campbell
Tim Carey
Bonnie Carson
Hodding and Patt Carter
Wayne Cascio
Sharyn R. Caudell
Mike Cavender
Emil and Margaret Cekada
Alison E. Chalmers
Parker Chesson
Christina Chia
Allan Chrisman
Trine Christensen
Claire and Hudnall
Christopher
Renee Clayton
Louise M. Clifford
Charles Coble
Cathy Smith Coble
Diane O. Cole
Camille R. Collins
Shirley R. Collins
Patrick Conley
Helen and Bob Conrad
Linda Convissor
E.B. Cox
Beth Cranford
Timothy Crouse
Bill Cros
John and Linda Curtis
Custom Landscapes
Jo Ann Czar
Lisa Dailey
Kathleen Dalton
Van Womack Daniel III
Bill and Elizabeth Davis
Jo Ann Davis
Patricia Lockwood Davis
Jerry Davis
Meredith B. DeRham
Maria DeBruyn
Bert and Molly Dempsey
Azucena Derecho
Deborah K. deSocio
Sandra J. Deutsch
Polly Devany
Mary Dexter
L.L. Dey
John E. Dodge
Caroine and Dick Donnan
Adrian Down
Amanda Drake
Barbara and Thomas
Driscoll
Bonnie and Joseph Drust
James and Peggy Ann Duke
Tom Earnhardt and Dana
Jennings
Suzanne Edney
Mark Ellenbogen
Barbara Brown Ellis
Cam and Carol Enarson
James N. England
Allan and Susan Eure
Jack and Pat Evans
Maureen B. Fahy
Gordon Ferguson
Joanne Filley
Cristina and Gordon Flake
Eileen M. Flocca
Dianne Ford
Ann and Roy Fortmann
Vangie Foshee
James and Mimi Fountain
Diane Frazier
Nancy Gobison Frazier
Carol Freund
Laureen Froimson
John C. Frye
Elizabeth S. Fudge
Sheldon Galloway
Sheri Gant
Gardener to Go
Mary Wall Garren
Chris Gellings
Catharine M. Gilliam
Dawn L. Gilmore
Gary and Mary Glish
Harry Gooder and Sally Vilas
Roger B. Gorham
John Gorman
Karl D Gottschalk
Thomas Wentworth Graham
Judith and Lester Grant
Angela Greene
Jane Gregory
Arlene Grew
Elizabeth Bragg Grey
Johanna Grimes
Pat and Judy Guiteras
Katherine and Richard Gunter
Lynda Haake
Gillian and Casey Hadden
Carol and Norman Hadler
Maurice and Bobbi
Wilkerson Hahn
Henry Leslie
Bradley Hammill
Frank and Nancy
Hampshire
Deborah Hamrick
Jan Hansen
Tom Harville
Lark Hayes
Dottie Heninger
Ellen Herron
Leslie and Tom Hicks
Harold Hill
Ralph Hiller
Maria Hitt
Robert Hodgins
Damian and Shawn
Hoffman
Dana Holden
Barbara and Richard
Holloway
Michael Horney
Alice Horton
Barbara T. Hughes
Eugene and Joyce Huguelet
Bethy and Robert Jackle
George and Ronnie Jackson
Jerry W. Price
June H. Johnson
Nancy and Norman
Johnson
Robert Johnson
Terese Johnson
Donald O’Neal Jones
élisa Jones
Mike Jones
Susan Jones
Charlotte Jones-Roe and
Chuck Roe
Dave and Niccola Jordan
Julia E. Irwin Charitable Lead
Annuity Trust
Annette Jurgelski
William Kaiser
Gloria Welborn Kannoy
Kenneth S. Karb
Debbra L. Kaufman
William K. Kaufmann
Stephen Keith and Lisa
Glover
Kim Kelleher
Patrick Kelley
Susan Kellogg
Sandra Kerbow
Brian and Moyra Kileff
James and Joan King
Ann Kingsland
Lucretia Kinney
June and Winston Kirby
Charity Kirk
James M. Kirkman
Cheryl and Christopher Klein
Carolyn and Gary Koch
Beverly Koester
Keith Kooken
Emily Kosmala
Lucile M. Kossodo
Ernest and Eunice Kraybill
Jutta Kuenzler
Diana and Bob Lafferty
Andrea T. Laine
William R. Lamar
Randy and Cathy Lambe
Susan Lannon
Judy Larrimore
Martha S. Latta
Brenda B. Lazarus
Benjamin A. Leder
Elsie L. Lee
Ione and John Lee
Sheryl R. Lemnios
Mary Leonhardi
Charles and Martha Lewis
Rob Lewis and Gloria
Lightsey-Lewis
Tiejun Li
Michael Lienesch
Elsa Cooler Liner
Susan Linn
Sheilah K. Lombardo
Naomi M. Lundahl
Cindy Lutz
Douglas E. Maclean
Suzanne Macuk
Nancy P. Mangum
Dorothy W. Manning
Kathy and Ken Manns
Harriet and D.G. Martin
David Lance Martin
Louise Martin
Regina Martinaitis
Roberta T. Masse
Greg and Margaret
Masterson
Ann G. Matthysse
Joel D. Mattox and Karen
Perizzolo
Alexis S. Maxwell
Dianna and Jeff Mazza
David and Lesley McAdams
Mac McCaughan
Leslie McLellan
Julianne McClintock
Mary McClure
Ned and Sandy McClurg
Shirley F. McConahay
Margaret D. McCullough
Judith A. McCurdy
Bill McDonnell
Geraldine A. McDowell
Harold and Priscilla
McFarland
Margaret and Ross
McKinney
Shirley S. McLean
Martha McMurray-Russ
Lesli and Michael
McNamara
David and Gladys McNelis
Jim McQuaid
Joy and Paul Mermin
Ann Merzbacher
Kenneth A. Meyer
Sandra and Tom Meyer
Kendrick Miller
Sally C. Miller
Elliot and Sandy Mills
Charles Mitchell
Jo Sheehan Mitchell
Amanda Mixon
G i f t s
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David and Susie Moffat
Mary B. Monaco
Margaret L. Moran
Heather and Jeff Morgan
Morgan Stanley
John N. Morris
C.L. and Nell Morton
Brenda M. Motsinger
Helmut and Nancy Mueller
Brian and Ingrid Munley
Nora Murdock
Victor Nadler
Punita Nagpal
Linda A. Naylor
Geoffrey A. Neal
John Neal
Alan and Eloise Neebe
Henry W. Needham
Monica Nees
Craig and Karen Nelson
Robert C. Nichols
Anne Whitlock Nielsen
Sandy and Stanley Nolind
Elaine and Joseph Norwood
Kathryn A. Odom
Charlotte Offerdahl
Bonnie and Dale Olbrich
Oliver Hamilton Orr Jr.
Bobbi Owen
Ariel M. Pani
Byron and Dolores Parry
Bill Pate
Cary and David Paynter
Jennifer Peifer
Carol and John Randolph
Perry
Dick and Jean Phillips
Ona and Peter Pickens
Amy and Paul Piersma
Deborah Pilkington
Marilyn and Robert
Pinschmidt
Barbara and Mike Pipkin
Nicholas Plummer
Sarah M. Pollard
Marty and Meg Pomerantz
Darlene and James Pomeroy
Herbert and Jackie Posner
Joe Poston
Cheryl and Jeff Prather
Margaret and Ted Pratt
Eilene and Steven Price
Jerry W. Price
Dorothy E. Pugh
Patricia K. Pukkila
Jane M. Purrington
Dale Purves
Zheng Qin
Karen S. Raleigh
Dennis Rasmussen
Shannon Ravenel-Purves
Michael Ray
Jason Reed
Karla Reed
Nancy E. Reed
Andrea Reusing
Catherine D. Riggs
David and Margot
Ringenburg
Betty and John Rintoul
Lisa M. Ripperton
Margo and Richard Robbins
Elizabeth M. Robinson
Nancy Howes Robinson
Cosby and Robert Rogers
Helen J. Rogers
Debbie Roos
Donald and Donya Rose
Alton G. and Fran Ross
Andrew Ross
Tom and Susan Ross
Elizabeth D. Rovins
Michael E. Royals
Rachel Royce
Bruce Lee Runberg
Donald B. Russ
Eleanor S. Rutledge
Bruce Sampsell
Monica Riley Samsky
Eric Jensen Sanchez
Jo Anne Sanford
Bradley Saul
Evelyn Savitzky
George Perry Sawyer Jr.
Elizabeth Scherrer
Gert and Ruta Schuller
David and Margaret Schultz
William K. Schwab Jr.
Brenda Scott
Christine Searl-Bouton
M. Susan Sewell
Laura and Paul Shadburn
Saran J. Shapard
Patricia J. Shaw
Rebecca Shaw
Mary K. Sheldon
Barry and Toni Shelton
Andrew B. Short
Mary and Darle Shouse
Elizabeth O. Schuster
Wesley Shuttleworth
David and Jacqueline Sices
Donald and Lee Ann Simon
Paula J. Sims
John L. Skau
Mickey Jo Sorrell
Jane Arnold Spanel
Jane H. Srail
Neil and Vonda Stahl
Fred and Alice Stanback
Jeannette and Roy M. Stein
Linda Stender
Barbara Stenross
Alan and Maxine Stern
Daniel B. Stern and
Rosemary Byrnes
Amy Stidham
Horst and Judy Stierand
Barbara L. Stiles
Alan E. Stiven
Arthur N. Sturdivant
William R. Swindaman
Cass Swing
Zandra Talbert
Samuel M. Taylor
Sudie L. Taylor
Barbara Tepperman
Ann H. Terhune
Don and Sue Tiedeman
Douglas and Roberta Tilden
Thomas J. Tkacik
Mark P. Toles
Charlie and Jessica
Tomberlin
Ginger and Jason Tomberlin
Jane B. Tomberlin
Mike Tomberlin
Carole and George Troxler
Jane and Bill Tucker
Caroline and George Unick
Maria Gargaretta
Van De Velde
Roel C. van der Veen
David B. Vandermast
Mary Vigueras
Andrea D. Vizoso
Mary Votta
Anahid and Kim Vrana
Bernice S. Wade
Bobby D. Wagoner
Margaret and William Walker
Nancy D. Walker
Marian Wall
Nina G. Wallace
Jean G. Waterbury
Carol A. Watkins
Robert Watkins
John and Celeste Watts
Paulette Webb
Judith and Warren Wegner
Anna B. Weil
Judith West
Janie D. Whaley
Leona and Bill Whichard
Dennis and Janice Whigham
Peter and Carolyn White
Mary C. Whitton
Hope Wilder
Ann and Del Williams
Pauline H. Williams
Stick and Teresa Williams
Beth E. Winter
Charley E. Winterbauer
Alice Wittenbach
Susan R. Wolf
Elizabeth H. Wood
Jane Woodard
Dana and Joe Woody
Gordon Worley
Donald and Elizabeth Wright
Yue Wu
Kathleen B. Wyche
Alice Zawadzki
Susan C. Zelt
Battle Park Endowment
Charlotte Timberlake
“Timmy” Battle
Rosemary M. Byrnes
Stephen Keith and Lisa
Glover
Ron Knight
Alice and John May
John and Marguerite
Stanback
Daniel B. Stern and
Rosemary Byrnes
Battle Park Expendable
Randy and Cathy Lambe
Alice and John May
Gifford Scott
Botanical Garden Library
Dianne Ford and O’Neal
Jones
Carolina Campus
Community Garden
Philip and Linda Carl
Erica Lorch
Margaret D. Cullough
Katie Stoudemire
Coker Arboretum
Endowment
Hannah M. Burris
Jim and Jean Fort
Frazer and Travis Hinman
Randy and Cathy Lambe
Bertha and Daniel
Livingstone
Thomas C. Lutken
Harriet and D.G. Martin
Anya S. McDermott
Dane Meredith
Charles and Nancy
Norwood
Judith M. Patterson
Tom and Susan Ross
Eleanor S. Rutledge
Mickey Jo Sorrell
Janie Whaley
Carolina Moonlight Gala
Betsy and Walter Bennett
Sandra Brooks-Mathers and
Michael Mathers
Munroe and Becky Cobey
Betty Kenan
Josie Patton
John and Ashley Wilson
Children’s Wonder Garden
Jeanne and Monte Brown
Charlotte and Tommy Hughes
Cassie and Matthew Nielsen
Carol and John Randolph
Perry
Nancy M. Valencia
Patrick L. Vernon
Coker Arboretum
Expendable
Elizabeth Bragg Grey
Coker Arboretum
Water Feature
Thomas S. Kenan III
Conservation Fund
Jean K. Braxton
Laurinda Q. Burleson
Laureen Froimson
Maurice and Bobbi
Wilkerson Hahn
Charles and Suzanne
Plambeck
Syngenta Crop
Protection Inc.
Education Center
Frederick L. Eldridge
Cynthia D. Kiely
Patricia Selzer
John Staelin and Elizabeth
Locke
Educational Outreach
Fred and Duffy Askin
June and Mike Clendenin
Laureen Froimson
Forest Theatre
Saianand Balu
Forest Theatre
Restoration Fund
Stephen Keith and Lisa
Glover
General Operating
Fund Endowment
Rita N. Mercer
Rosemary J. Wilson
Healing and Hope
Through Science
Tina Adams
Herb Garden Endowment
Nancy B. Foster
Christine Kessner
Horticultural Therapy
Garden
Munroe and Becky Cobey
Marcella and Paul Grendler
Horticultural Therapy
Program
Barbara Carman and Larry
Hodges
Fred & Virginia Houk
Sustainability Internship
Kiri W. Gagley
Garden Entry Landscape
Arthur and Mignon DeBerry
Marguerite Hutchins
G i f t s c o n t ’ d .
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Betty J. King
Barbara Roth
Living Plant Fund
L.L. Dey
Monica Nees
Alan and Maxine Stern
Mason Farm Biological
Reserve Endowment
Jack and Jennifer Boger
Mary Blair Bowers
C. Kay Briggs and Chris Hitt
Margaret and Stephen
Chandler
Lisa Dailey
William Kaiser
Christopher J. Moses
Helmut and Nancy Mueller
Monica Nees
Kyle A. Roeder
Mason Farm Biological
Reserve
New Hope Audubon Society
Richard Vance Wolfenden
Natural Areas Endowment
Jorge Asecio
Brian Barsanti
Jennifer J. Borri
Mary Ann Lawler
Daniel Lucas
Nature Explorers
Summer Scholarships
Central NC Mineral Club
Rosemary Collection
Herb Society of America –
North Carolina Unit
Seed Collecting Fund
Anne Albright
W. Woodrow Burns, Jr.
Sculpture in the Garden
Kate Bottomley and
Jefferson Holt
Jane Coker Dunlap
Highland Vineyard Founda-tion
Tom and Margaret Scott
Fund
Cynthia Keck Scott
Friends of UNC Herbarium
Mark Abee
Sharyn Caudell
Heather and John Dell’Omo
Gardener To Go
Joy and Paul Mermin
Sally Couch Vilas and Harry
Gooder
UNC Herbarium
General Endowment
Tom Wentworth and Linda
Rudd
Wildflower Program
J. and Laura Smith
GARDEN CLUBS
Colony Woods Garden Club
Chapel Hill Garden Club
Durham Council of Garden
Clubs
Garden Club of North
Carolina Inc.
Hillsborough Garden Club
Red Springs Garden Club
GIFT MEMBERSHIPS
Amanda Mixon—for Craig
and Cassie Nielsen
Ragiv Goel—for Raven and
Deepak Voora
Charlotte Jones-Roe—for
Andrew and Jess L’Roe,
Benjamin E. Roe, and
Mary McCleskey Hinton
Jim McQuaid—for Bev
Koester
Stanley and Sandy Nolind—for
Rebecca Shaw
IN HONOR OF
Cathy Bollinger
Jerree Scheitlin,
for Conservation Fund
Pem Kahler
W. Hugh Craft, Jr., for Mason
Farm Biological Reserve
Endowment
Wayne E. Cash
Linda G. Cash
Delight and Jim Allen
Peter S. White
Sally Heiney, “Garden
Ambassador X’ordinaire”
Cathy S. Cole
Jonathan and Mary Howes
Nancy H. Robinson
Karen & Michael Lazarus
Brenda B. Lazarus
Anne Lindsey
for her service on the Botanical
Garden Foundation Board
Sandra Brooks-Mathers and
Michael Mathers
Jan and Jim Dean
Bob Eaves and Beverly
Eaves Perdue
Marcella and Paul Grendler
Debbie Hill
Jonathan and Mary Howes
Mary Coker Joslin
Nell Joslin
Harriet and D.G. Martin
Scottie and David Neill
Nancy and Ed Preston
Missy and Sam Rankin
Stephen and Sandra Rich
Linda and Alan Rimer
Tom and Margaret Scott
Carol Tresolini
Sally Couch Vilas and Harry
Gooder
Barbara and Bob Wendell
Steve Luck
Rebecca S. Coble
Carol Ann McCormick
Heather A Dell’Omo, for
Friends of UNC Herbarium
Harriet Martin
Grier and Louise Martin
Jim Massey
Paul Nathaniel Mermin and E.
J. Mermin
Nell Hatley Morton
Center for Creative Balance,
Jim and Libba Wells
NCBG Staff
Sally Couch Vilas and
Harry Gooder, for General
Support and Friends of UNC
Herbarium
North Carolina Natural
Heritage Program Staff
For Penny’s Bend Trail Project
Anonymous
Roberta J Blue
Misty Buchanan
Charles E. Clement
Tom Earnhardt
Marie E. English
Bob Gordon
Cecilia Holden
Charlotte Jones-Roe and
Chuck Roe
R. Michael Leonard
David W. Knight
Linda Pearsall
Bill Ross
Mickey Jo Sorrell
Bryn and Heather Tracy
Alan S. Weakley
Linda Pearsall
Charles E. Clement
Tom Earnhardt
Bob Gordon
Alexander Randolph Perry
Carol Perry
Bruce A. Sorrie
Allison Schwarz Weakley
Bernice Wade and
Barbara Stiles
Phyllis S. Thomas, for Battle
Park
Tom Wills
D. Peak, for Horticultural
Therapy
Hanna Yin and Russell
Coletti, on the occasion of
their marriage
Kiri Wiggins Bagley, for the
Fred and Virginia Houk
Sustainability Internship Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Granny Abner
Ruth Amick
C. Ritchie Bell
Nell Hatley Morton and C.L.
Morton
Janie Bryan
Nell Hatley Morton and C.L.
Morton
Leon O. Bryant
Duffy and Fred Askin, for
Education Outreach Scholarships
Isobel Bryant
Jessie E. McIntyre
Rob Gardner
Eleanor Spangler Rutledge
and James H. Lesher
Charles “Chuck” James
Nell Hatley Morton
Margaret “Meg” Graham
Kemper
William B. Gunn.
Ralph and Carolyn Karpinos
Jack R. Lamm
Susan and Allan Eure
JoAnn Levo
Roberta and Doug Tilden
Frances Riggsbee
John Gorman
Evelyn McNeill Sims
John and Jane Monroe
Stephen Steinmetz
Merle H. Mishel
Jane Nesbitt Wait
Chapel Hill Garden Club
MATCHING GIFTS
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation - matching the
gift of Dale Koch
ExxonMobil Foundation
Matching Gifts- matching
the gift of Jesse V. Noland,
for Coker Arboretum
Endowment
GlaxoSmithKline Matching
Gifts- matching the gift of
Linda Dawson
IBM Matching Grants
Program- matching the gift
of Susan Strine
Intel Foundation Matching
Grants- matching the gift
of Erica J. Sanchez
Merck & Company, Inc.
Matching Gifts- matching
the gift of Joseph R.
Westmoreland, for the
Children’s Wonder Garden
Sherwin-Williams Company
Matching Gifts - matching
the gift of James Schmidt
Winston-Salem Foundation
Matching Gifts- matching
the gift of Claire and
Hudnall Christopher
IN-KIND GIFTS
Margie Baldwin – books
Lauren Davis Deal – towels
and kitchenware
Sarah Dendy – book
Patricia Gensel – books
Charlotte Jones-Roe--
cleaning supplies and towels
Sunny Marlow –garden prints
Thomas O. Masters –
Mantis tiller
Ken Moore and Kathy
Buck-- library supplies and
equipment
Phil Rury – Dr. MacDonald’s
Farmers Almanacs, in memory
of C. Ritchie Bell
Louise Sahlstrom—books
Smith Turf and Irrigation
– irrigation equipment
for Carolina Campus
Community Garden
Victoria Park Florist – cut
flowers for horticultural
therapy
Alan S. Weakley – Flora of
Virginia
Dot Wilbur-Brooks – books
Claire Williams –book
G i f t s c o n t ’ d .
Wish List
Consider donating items
to the Garden! A full list
of needs is listed at ncbg.
unc.edu/giving-and-donations
A few items include...
Tractor & bush hog for
Mason Farm Biological
Reserve (new or used)
Garden tools & carts
Materials & labor to
complete Children’s
Wonder Garden
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Laura Cotterman Retires
When Laura Mansberg
Cotterman arrived in
2003 to edit the North
Carolina Botanical
Garden Newsletter and
expand the Garden’s
communications program,
we were reassured by
her background in
botany, conservation,
and editing as well as
her ease with people.
Laura soon brought our
communications into the twenty-first century by adding Garden
Notes and email updates, and even making forays into social
media. One of her finest accomplishments is the Garden’s
website, ncbg.unc.edu. The online presence Laura launched in
2005 is an attractive, informative resource we can hardly imagine
not having today.
Laura took over as editor of the Newsletter upon the retire-ment
of Sandra Brooks-Mathers, who had followed Dot Wilbur-
Brooks as designer and editor. Under Laura’s leadership and with
changes in technology, the Newsletter expanded in color and scope
to communicate about every aspect of the Garden to members
and beyond. Laura developed a Garden visual “brand” for pub-lications
and created colorful, compelling fundraising appeals to
recruit members and financial support for ongoing operations as
well as major projects like our LEED-Platinum Education Center.
Her designs for informative brochures and interpretive displays
will continue to help visitors find their way and understand the
mission of the Garden.
With the availability of sophisticated publication software
and digital media, and the needs of the rapidly expanding Garden,
the Publications and Communications Coordinator position grew
in scope and responsibility, with little accompanying increase in
staff or budget. Weekends, evenings, events, and deadlines, Laura’s
dedication and resourcefulness helped her meet every challenge set
before her. She worked with everyone on the staff and represented
the Garden well to UNC and the greater community.
Laura’s retirement plans include travel and more time to enjoy
family and gardening – as well as writing and freelance editing.
We hope that, after Laura returns from her travels and catches up
with her weeding, she will bring her skill and creativity back to the
Garden and take on a number of special projects. We miss Laura
very much but wish her and her family well.
Please join us in welcoming
Irina Olenicheva, a part-time
temp in the business office.
Originally from the former
USSR, Irina came to the United
States thirteen years ago when
her husband began his PhD
studies at UCLA in Slavic Lan-guages
and Literatures and
Translation Studies. He taught
at Princeton before joining the
UNC faculty as an Assistant
Professor of Russian. During
a family outing in search of a
respite from the August heat, Irina and her family discovered the
North Carolina Botanical Garden and immediately fell in love
with the beauty and charm of the Garden. Irina and her husband
Stanislav have a daughter at Carrboro High. Irina enjoys reading,
silk painting, and great conversations. Please stop by and welcome
Irina to North Caroline Botanical Garden!
The Development Department
is very pleased to welcome Vic-toria
Smith back to the Garden
as the Development Assistant.
She is a recent graduate of UNC
Chapel Hill with a degree in
mathematics and a double minor
in statistics and geography. You
may remember her from the
semester she worked with Sally
Heiney and Chris Liloia. Victoria
brings a quick mind, attention
to detail and a great sense of
humor. Originally from Saxapa-haw,
she is an accomplished
horsewoman and owner of an Irish bred Connemara pony named
Kieran. Victoria received a Frances Phillips Travel Scholarship and
recently returned from 19 weeks of travel in Western Europe, ex-ploring
sites important to the history and development of classical
mathematics. She is happy to be working at the North Carolina
Botanical Garden and fondly remembers as a child visiting The
Sisters’ Garden on Ghimghoul Road, where her father was the
neighborhood postman.
S t a f f N o t e s
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S t a f f N o t e s c o n t ’ d
Director Peter White spoke to the Chapel Hill Garden Club on
April 29 on “Imagining the Future” for the Garden. He spoke
to the Bartram Exhibit guides and committee on “The Quaker
Botanists” on May 1. Peter taught 65 undergraduates in Conser-vation
Biology at UNC, including 15 students in the first-ever
Honors Section of this class. Peter won the 2014 Center for
Plant Conservation (CPC) Star Award, which Johnny Randall
accepted for him at the annual meeting in Minneapolis. Peter
has served on the CPC board of directors for over 20 years, and
this honor means that the North Carolina Botanical Garden has
been recognized two years in a row with the Star Award!
The North Carolina Botanical Garden Award was presented
to Renee Fortner at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Associa-tion
of Southeastern Biologists. This award is presented to for
the best paper on the ecology, systematics, and conservation of
southeastern plants. Renee’s paper was titled “Limited seed set
and germination cues of the federally endangered perennial,
Thalictrum cooleyi.”
The Garden bid a sad fare-well
to Rebecca Dotterer
who served for the past
year and a half as our first
ever Garden Shop Man-ager.
Rebecca brought the
shop up to a high standard,
developing many new
policies and procedures,
implementing new soft-ware
and financial reports,
improving the visual display
of merchandise, and working with our dedicated staff of volun-teers
and work study students. The Shop is a treasured place at
the Garden thanks to her hard work—and all of her work also
resulted in increased income, a vital source of support in these
times of state budget cuts. The whole staff sends a heartfelt
thank you and best wishes to Rebecca, whose legacy means that
the next Manager’s work will be so much easier.
Thanks, Botanical Garden Foundation (BGF) Board member
Debbie Hill, for purchasing a “Dingo” for the Horticulture
Department. This compact utility loader is useful on the
narrowest paths. Pictured with the Dingo are horticultur-ists
Christine Liloia, Sally Heiney, and Amanda Mixon.
Thanks, Debbie!
FALL IS FOR PLANTING!
It’s time to mark your calendars
for our Annual Fall Plant Sale
Friday, Sept 26: members’ night, 5–7:30 pm
(first pick of the plants, live music, & light refreshments)
Saturday, Sept 27: everyone, 9 am–12 pm
Members receive a discount—tell all your friends!
featuring a wide array of native wildflowers,
ferns, shrubs, trees, grasses, and vines!
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Join us this fall for two not-to-be-missed experiences:
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps, an event-filled
exhibition celebrating early American naturalists John and
William Bartram, and the return of Sculpture in the Garden,
the Garden’s spectacular signature juried art-in-the-garden
event, now in its 26th year.
Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps
August 30-November 2, 2014
MEET THE TRAILBLAZERS
Early American explorers John Bartram and his son William
traversed the American colonies’ eastern wilderness from the
1730s to the 1790s, discovering and documenting for the first
time the remarkable flora, fauna and Native American culture.
This exhibit of 44 contemporary botanical Illustrations of their
plant discoveries will be further enriched with over 25 literary,
artistic and hands-on events. Take a walk in our Garden
and view native plants discovered by the Bartrams. Enjoy a
self-guided tour to study the Southeast’s botanical wonders.
Browse daily sales of Bartram-discovered plants and related
items in the Garden Shop. Atend docent tours, talks, work-shops,
family events, poetry, and come meet award-winning
authors Andrea Wulf and Charles Frazier.
Sculpture in the Garden
September 21-December 7, 2014
DISCOVER ART IN NATURE
One of the Triangle’s most anticipated art events,
Sculpture in the Garden showcases original works
of North Carolina sculptors in the Garden and the
exquisite relationship between art and nature.
Over 25 stunning pieces composed of concrete,
wood, marble, ceramic, and more will be judged
for Best in Show and People’s Choice Awards.
Relax and experience nature, art and the great
outdoors at Sculpture in the Garden on view
September 21 - December 7, 2014.
Preview Party, September 20, 4:30pm-7:00pm
Our 1st Artist in Residence: Patrick Dougherty
October 6 - 24
f ollowing in the
BARTRAMS’ FOOTSTEPS
August 30 – November 2, 2014
celebrating the artistic, botanical, and literary legacy
of American naturalists John and William Bartram
A major art exhibition of 44 original
contemporary illustrations of plants discovered
by celebrated American naturalists
John and William Bartram
& accompanying lectures,
workshops, and outdoor exhibits
registration/event schedule: ncbg.unc.edu/bartram/
www.sculptureinthegarden.com
26TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE in the GARDEN
NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN
20 NCBG Newsletter Summer 2014
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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showing in the DeBerry Gallery . . .
May 1– June 30, 2014
Overlapping Images of Nature
paintings by Trena McNabb
“We are responsible for our earth and should look beyond
the obvious beauty and see how our lives are interwoven and
overlapping with nature.”
–Trena McNabb
Art at the Garden
Works by the five 2014 Graduates of the Garden’s Certificate in
Botanical Art and Illustration program. Classmates Connie Cohn,
Katharine Reid, Patricia Selzer, Camilla Tulloch, and Roberta Van-dalen
exhibit examples of their work in assorted media. Please join
us for an Opening Reception, Sunday, July 20th at 3:30pm in the
DeBerry Gallery.
“Her paintings are a journey into ourselves. Flawless
compositions and thoughtful renderings thoroughly engage
the viewer. Joyful and intellectual. The inspired work of an
artist with much to say about the richness of our lives.”
– Maggie Wilson, Morning Star Gallery; Blowing Rock, NC
July 2 – August 21, 2014
Botanical Art and Illustraion 2014
Graduate Exhibit