Hello fellow plant enthusiasts! My name is Sam Branson, I have been given the wonderful opportunity of completing an horticulture internship at Moore Farms Botanical Garden this summer. My home is in Asheboro, North Carolina so I am fairly familiar with the landscape climate here in lovely South Carolina. I attended school at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, North Carolina,… read more >
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Bring on the holly!
Hello South Carolina! My name is Jordan McGee and I’m a summer intern at Moore Farms Botanical Garden this year! I’m from the great state of Texas and am a recent Horticulture graduate from Stephen F. Austin State University. While I’ve spent my first few weeks adapting to this new environment, I’ve also had a chance to witness some big… read more >
From Nebraska to South Carolina: What an adventure so far!
My name is Hannah Robertson and I am one of the 2015 interns at Moore Farms Botanical Garden! I’m from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and I have the wonderful opportunity of working as the Greenhouse Intern for the next two months. During this internship I will get to experience what it means to work in a production center at a… read more >
Green Roof Trial Garden
About a year ago the team here at Moore Farms Botanical Garden decided that it would be best to have a specific area to conduct our green roof research, so we proposed a green roof trial garden. In the past our plant trial research took place on our maintenance facility’s green roof, where we were investigating species that perform well… read more >
Moore Magnolias
Around five years ago MFBG decided to begin building a Magnolia grandiflora collection. Several gardens and arboreta focus on the genus Magnolia but not specifically on M. grandiflora. The first area that was planted is roughly 3 acres and holds 27 M. grandiflora cultivars. The trees are spaced adequately as most cultivars are quite large at maturity. This site reached capacity in early 2014. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Ruff’ … read more >