The appearance of redheaded pine sawfly larvae in several longleaf pines in the garden coupled with news of the Monarch butterfly’s northward migration means it’s a good time to talk caterpillars. Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). The larvae of sawflies are lumped in with Lepidoptera. Caterpillars are typically voracious… read more >
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Welcome, 2019 Interns
Moore Farms Botanical Garden offers a robust internship program by welcoming exceptionally qualified students from horticulture, landscape architecture, botany, turfgrass science, education, GIS and other related fields. In working closely with staff, interns gain insight into all levels of garden operations. Interns are provided with strong mentorship and often develop professional relationships that last well beyond their final day in the… read more >
Introducing the Garden Visions Photography Contest
Amateur photographers who visit Moore Farms Botanical Garden between April 26 and May 4 are encouraged to enter their best shots of the garden into MFBG’s new Garden Visions Photography Contest. Entrants may submit one photograph in each of the contest’s four categories: Garden & Landscape; Macro (extreme close-up); Garden Accents & Oddities; and Critters and Creatures. There is no… read more >
Scouting at MFBG
Moore Farms Botanical Garden hosted Cub Scouts Hartsville SC – Pack 523 this month in what MFBG hopes is the start of an enriching relationship with Scout troops in the area. Pack 523 reached out to MFBG in January about programming opportunities, and Educator Nina Franklin jumped at the chance to create a program in line with Pack 523’s education… read more >
New Additions to the Garden
Eighteen concrete pots now line Crape Myrtle Allee at Moore Farms Botanical Garden, soon to be filled with a dazzling display of plants. Maintenance crews installed them in late January, intermittent between the flanking rows of mature crape myrtles. Each pot weighs 800 pounds and is 42 inches tall and 18 inches in diameter. “In Crape Myrtle Allee, the boxwood… read more >