Christen Hoover

Top row (from left to right): St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium), Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa)

Bottom row (from left to right): Black stem hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nigra’), Double flowered Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’), Brown Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)

Bigleaf Magnolia Art and Garden Festival 2019

We are pleased to announce the winners of our “Through Butterfly Eyes” Macrophotography and Garden totem contest!

See the full lists at the links below:

Click here to see 2019 Photography Contest Winners

Click here to see 2019 Garden Totem Winners

From left to right: Pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata) , Orange Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Bishop’s Weed (Houttuynia cordata), Horse Mint (Blephilia ciliata), Blanket Flower (Gaillardia), Phlox (Phlox), White Stokes Aster (Stokesia laevis), St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

Beginning Monday, May 6, and continuing through Sunday, May 19, space and materials will be available for the UNC Charlotte community and the general public to leave messages, artwork, memories, and prayers on river stones in the Gardens. The materials for creating these remembrance stones will be at the entrance to the Susie Harwood Gardens.

These stones can be left along the edges of the Gardens’ paths.

Edit 5/2: The Gardens and Greenhouses will reopen today, Thursday, May 2, and resume normal operating hours. Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of love and support. We are working on ways to memorialize Riley and Reed. In the meantime, we hope that #NinerNation and the Charlotte community will find solace and healing here in the Gardens.

(Pictured here: a memorial we found by the pond in the Susie Harwood Gardens this morning)

All of us at the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens are heartbroken by yesterday evening’s horrific events. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families, and also with #NinerNation as we all grieve and process.

The Gardens will be closed today, Wednesday, May 1, along with the rest of the University. All scheduled events through Sunday will be postponed. Continue to check in here for further information on affected hours.

We believe that nature is a great healer, and as soon as we can reopen, we will welcome you all to bring your broken hearts in to be comforted by the beauty and peace of this place.

Top row (from left to right): False indigo Baptisia australis), Blue Star (Amsonia), Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’)

Bottom row (from left to right): , Venus Sweet Shrub (Calycanthus x ‘Venus’), Old Copper Azalea (Rhododendron oldhamii), Rhododendron (Rhododendron ‘Haag’s Choice’)

Top row (from left to right): Anthurium (Anthurium pseudospectabile), Chandelier tree (Medenilla cumingii kinabalu), Black pepper (Piper nigrum)

Bottom row (from left to right): Pineapple (Ananas comosus), Goldfish plant (Nematanthus), Begonia incana (Begonia incana)

Top row (from left to right): Rhododendron (Rhododendron ‘Mary Fleming’), Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’), Fullmoon Maple (Acer japonicum)

Bottom row (from left to right): Dwarf flowering almon (Prunus glandulosa ‘rosea plena’), Koreanspice viburnum (Viburnum carlesii), Rhododendron (Rhododendron ‘Aronimink’)

Top row (from left to right): Camellia ‘Professor Sargent’ (Camellia japonica), Japanese andromeda (Pieries japonica), Plum yew (Cephalotaxus)

Bottom row (from left to right): Lenten rose (Helleborus), Tongue-leaf Butcher’s-broom (Ruscus hypoglossum), Camellia ‘Margery Adams’ (Camellia japonica)

Top row (from left to right): Artillary Plant (Pilea micropylla), Dancing Bones Cactus (Hatiora salicornioides), Medusa’s Head Euphorbia (Euphorbia caputmeduse)

Bottom row (from left to right): Begonia (Begonia ‘Hayes Jackson’), Spiral Ginger (Costus lasius), Gasteria (Gasteria liliputana)