The Garden Map History
This map provides an excellent “teaching tool” for the young and appeals to the environmentalists who wish to protect the land and its resources, and, to gardeners who value the beauty of North Carolina.
History of the Garden Map
In 1937, the Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc. commissioned Mabel Pugh, Art Instructor at Peace College, in Raleigh, North Carolina to design a map depicting major areas of the state and featuring birds and the flora of the state. Thus, “A Map of North Carolina for Nature Lovers” was created.
In 2001 the Standing Committee for the Martha Franck Fragrance Garden, located at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, requested permission to offer reprints of this map to assist in funding the initial installation of this third garden endorsed by the state organization. These were sold primarily to garden club members throughout the state. In 2005, Trustees of the Garden Club of North Carolina, under President Dr. Rusty Van Pelt, granted permission to Jane McPhaul, Inc. to print a smaller edition of the map.
This map provides an excellent “teaching tool” for the young and appeals to the environmentalists who wish to protect the land and its resources, and, to gardeners who value the beauty of North Carolina.
Plants and Animals
Selected birds and flora of North Carolina are found in the border illustrations:
Top border from L to R: Grossbill, Rhododendron, Bluebird, cowslip, cardinal, black chokeberry, yellow-breasted chat, pink azalea, royal tern
Right Hand Border: Royal Tern, Yellow Jessamine, brown pelican, venus fly trap, painted bunting
Bottom Row R to L: Moss Pink, Carolina Wren, Spatter Dock, Wood Duck, Dogwood, Chicadee, Mountain Laurel, Pine Warbler
Left Hand Border (Up): Pine Warbler, Yellow Lady’s Slipper, Baltimore Oriole, Shortia Crcross