Stories
A Visit with the North Carolina Botanical Garden Team
Walking the walk … There are folks who can talk the talk and those who walk the walk [...]
Who Are You Calling a Goatsucker?
If you’ve been in the woods at dusk on a warm summer evening in the Carolina countryside, chances [...]
Winthrop University Explores Reptile Research
In a preliminary meeting to define possible fellowships/internships, Dr. Kiyoshi Sasaki from Winthrop University, along with four students and [...]
A Sense of Wonder: Celebrating Our First Cohort of Field Biology Interns
The great naturalist and author Rachel Carson wrote about the sense of wonder we are all gifted with [...]
Finding Flora Along Thompson Creek
Thompson Creek Thompson Creek meanders through the Southern 8th property in Chesterfield County on the North and South [...]
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
In many communities, people come together and plant a tree for Earth Day. And what a great thing [...]
When a Farm Pond Isn’t Just a Farm Pond
Around here, farm ponds are about as common as pickup trucks. Most were constructed in the 1900’s as [...]
Regional Guidebooks Now Available On-line
We are in the process of compiling guidebooks and pamphlets featuring the Carolina Slate Belt’s specific species and [...]
Moth Image Gallery
We seldom experience the unexpected beauty of moths as they are mostly active at night. In our research of [...]
