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)
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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