Mar. 24, 2017 Using the Campus as a Teaching Laboratory
Mission & Identity The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a teaching, research, and public service unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our mission is to inspire understanding, appreciation and conservation of plants and to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature.
Mission & Identity We are a university-affiliated botanical garden with an outstanding international reputation as a garden that integrates a conservation ethic into all of its programs. We are the region s most comprehensive center of knowledge on plants in North Carolina and the southeastern United States. We provide a broad audience with inspirational experiences, opportunities for health and wellness through outdoor activities, and educational programs within a scientifically-based institution.
The Conservation Garden Conservation through propagation Seed banking and reintroduction Natural area protection and restoration Invasive species education and control Gardening in nature s context to support native biodiversity Model sustainable gardening practices Conservation research on the Southeastern flora Connecting people to nature
What We Do Create compellingly beautiful garden displays that transform the way people think about plants. Protect the imperiled native plants of the Southeastern United States to secure them from extinction. Cure plant blindness and nature deficit disorder. Reverse the homogenization of the American landscape. Increase botanical capacity locally, regionally and nationally.
Programs CONSERVATION
Conservation Land Conservation and Management Rare Plant Research, Re-introduction and Recovery Seed Banking of rare and common species Outreach and other extension activities
Facilities & Land
NCBG/University Properties Display Gardens 15 acres Piedmont Nature Trails 50 acres Coker Arboretum 5 acres Hunt Arboretum 124 acres Gray Bluff Garden 8 acres Mason Farm Biological Reserve 367 acres Parker Preserve 118 acres Coker Pinetum 26 acres Battle Park 93 acres TOTAL 806 acres
Programs EDUCATION
Education Youth and Family Little Sprouts Bluets Young Ecoscapers Junior Naturalists Family Workshops Summer Camps School Groups School Group Visits (K-5 th ) School Outreach (4 th -8 th ) Teacher Training (K-12)
Education Adult Informal Education Workshops Nature Hikes Classes, Lectures and Tours Certificate Programs Botanical Art and Illustration Native Plant Studies Landscape for Life Professional Development Conferences Seminars and Symposia
Education Community Outreach Campus Community Garden Horticultural Therapy Wonder Connection Edible Campus
Outreach Carolina Campus Community Garden
CCCG Collaboration Public Policy Clinic Spring 2010 Food Politics (COMM 082) Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 Communications and Non-Profits (COMM 625) Spring 2011 Summer Bridges: English (ENGL 100) Summer 2011 and Summer 2012 Health Behavior/Health Education Capstone Team Fall 2011 to Spring 2012 Agriculture and the Environment (ENST 370) Spring 2012 and Spring 2013 Communications and Non-Profits (COMM 625) Spring 2012 Sustainable Local Food Systems (NUTR 245) Spring 2012 and Spring 2013 Documenting Communities (AMST 275) Summer 2012 Political Ecology (GEOG 470) Fall 2012 Service Learning in America (AMST 398) Fall 2012 English (ENGL 105) Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 Environmental Science (ENVR 296) Spring 2013 Ecological Microbiology (ENVIR 412) Spring 2012 Marketing (BUSI 406) Spring 2013
CCCG Collaboration Nature and Preservation (GEO 063) Spring 2014 Agriculture & the Envir (ENST 370) Spring 2014 Sustainable Local Food Sys NUTR 245) Spring 2014 and 2015 UNITAS Social Justice (ANTHRO 92/93) Spring 2014 Agriculture & the Envir (ENST 370) Fall 2014 Environmental Justice (ANTHRO 539) Spring 2016 Honors Seminar in Food and Culture (HNRS 325.001) Spring 2016 Communications and Nonprofits (COMM 625) Spring 2016 Sustainable Local Food Systems (NUTR 245) Spring 2016 Geographies of Globalization (GEOG 232) Spring 2016 Social and Environmental Justice (SOCI 273) Spring 2016 Spanish for Community Engagement (329 002) Fall 2016 Communications and Nonprofits (COMM 625) Fall 2016 Group Communications (COMM 223) Fall 2016 Environmental Ecology (NEC 593) Fall 2016
CCCG Collaboration Science Methods E(DUC 513) Fall 2016 Chemistry of Purslane (CHEM 262L) Spring 2017 Literature and Cultural Diversity: Food in Texts and on Tables (ENG 129) Spring 2017 Food, Environment and Sustainability (ANTHRO 237) Spring 2017 Social and Environmental Justice (SOCI 273) Spring 2017
Outreach Wonder Connection
Outreach Edible Campus Initiative
Gardens HORTICULTURE & DEMONSTRATION
Demonstration North Carolina Botanical Garden Display Gardens and Education Center Piedmont Nature Trails Carolina Campus Community Garden Mason Farm Biological Reserve Coker Arboretum Battle Park Forest Theatre The Rocks
Horticulture Display Gardens
Horticulture Coker Arboretum
Horticulture Habitat Gardens
James and Delight Allen Education Center
James and Delight Allen Education Center Site Selection and Design Efficient solar orientation Minimal disturbance to grade Protection of existing vegetation Water Conservation Water-efficient native landscaping Low-flow plumbing Stormwater conservation and re-use Rainwater cisterns Rainwater gardens and retention swales
James and Delight Allen Education Center Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Photovoltaic panels Geothermal wells Natural lighting Building Materials Materials locally and sustainably produced Wood from certified sustainable forests 75% of construction waste recycled
James and Delight Allen Education Center Healthy Building Climate Daylight and views from 90% of all spaces Operable windows Clean air systems Air quality monitoring Universal access design Furnishings and finishes that will not release toxic gases
Research HERBARIUM
Research UNC Herbarium - Largest collection of plant specimens in the Southeast 800,000 collections dating from the mid-1800s 125,000 specimens digitized Publications Flora of Virginia Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States A new Flora of Carolina(s) Wildflowers of the Atlantic SE
Rare Plant Monitoring
Class Trips to the Garden
BotCamp at Mason Farm
MBA Students Remove Invasives
Current Examples Providing a field site at the Garden for Allen Hurlbert s Caterpillars Count citizen science initiative. Supporting Haven Wiley s cooperative research census of breeding birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve. Co-authoring A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast with adjunct associate professor, Alan Weakley. Providing support for Joel Kingsolver s NSF project to educate the public about butterflies and moths and their host plants.
What s in our wheelhouse? Support university classes as an outdoor classroom and laboratory through field trips, research facilities, and longterm ecosystem monitoring on 1100 acres of Garden lands. Mentor students who have a career interest in botany, ecology, horticulture and conservation biology. Supervise and serve on graduate student committees Serve as a guest lecturers in plant science, conservation, environmental studies and ecology. Facilitate public service and service learning opportunities for students as volunteers, work-study and interns.
Thank You!