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A Conservation Garden

WELCOME to our Garden! The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a "conservation garden." Our guiding mission is to inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas and to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature. Read our statement on Conservation & Sustainability at the Garden [PDF].
(Photo above courtesy of Joanna Massey Lelekacs)

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Nature Explorers Summer Camp is in session!
architectural rendering of the Education Center
The Garden's new Education Center was dedicated on Oct 12, 2009 and is now open to the public. Designed to achieve Platinum level LEED certification, it was built with private contributions from people like you! Please become a member of the Botanical Garden Foundation and support the Garden's efforts to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature: Make a gift.

Visiting Hours and Quick Links

Weekdays: 8 am - 5 pm; Saturday: 9 am - 6 pm; Sunday: 1 - 6 pm
Admission is free.

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The Display Gardens, Totten Center, and Education Center are located at 100 Old Mason Farm Rd in Chapel Hill. (NOT a mailing address; please see bottom of page.) PARKING MAP.

Gardening Questions?

Visit our Green Gardener Clinic! A garden curator is available every weekday from noon to 1 pm at the Green Gardener Desk in the Education Center (central building). Or call (919-962-0522) between noon and 1 pm with your gardening/native plant questions. March through October, Orange County Master Gardeners are also on hand to answer questions from noon to 2 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Botanical Garden is a Campus Sustainability Partner and a founding member of the Center for Plant Conservation

Last updated by Laura Cotterman on July 20, 2010 at 10:22:10 am.