By Andrea Thunem First off, our entire editorial team wants you, our readers, to hear how delighted we are with...

By Carrie DeJaco and Laura Domingo Our highly-anticipated NCNPS annual meeting will be June 11 at Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer. All...

By Andrea Thunem The annual meeting of NCNPS will offer a tour of a native plant rain garden that has...

By Johnny Randall Presenting Larry Mellichamp the Flora Caroliniana Award “for his continuing enthusiasm and service to the preservation, restoration,...

By Tom Harville Who do you want to nominate for an award? NCNPS Awards Program, open for nominations, wants to...

By Andrea Thunem This conference is the granddaddy of all native plant conferences. Truly there is something for everyone—one size...

By Bettina Darveaux The month of July is always a happy time for me as I anticipate the upcoming Cullowhee...

By Jon and Carol Fox, Cullowhee newbies The Cullowhee Native Plant Conference was on our radar for a number of...

By Larry Mellichamp Today there is nothing quite like it and I encourage everyone to attend at least once to...

By Sarah Flores What will it take for the business community to take meaningful steps towards sustainability? To make the...

By Porter Aichele, Healing Gardener Nature has extraordinary healing powers. That claim is supported by scientific research and even more...

By Nancy Duffy Decades of concrete were peeled back to transform this area into a mixed-use, ecologically valuable area full...

By Shelagh Clancy Longleaf Pine forest once covered our Southeast coast and coastal plain from Virginia to Texas—some 90 million...

By Lisa Lofland Gould Gentle wind chimes … tasty shoots … fishing poles … Panda bears … bamboo has meaning...

By Ellen Cooper As one gardener works with others, they all find joy in connecting, sharing, and building. Gardening and...

We moved into our forever home Thanksgiving 2000; ten acres, a dream of having two horses, and more land than...

By Christine Sheil When my daughter was in kindergarten, the class did a unit on trees. The students learned about...

By Debbie Green When you go on native plant hikes throughout the year, do the beautiful spring ephemerals, flowering shrubs...

By Debra Murray Congratulations to 2022 student awardees of the Tom and Bruce Shinn Fund! Ten students from universities across...

By Julie Moore Save the date of October 15 for a highlight of the North Carolina Native Plant Society, its...