Record #:

3864

Author(s):

Harmon, Frank

Abstract:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Coker Arboretum, begun in 1903 by William C. Coker, the first faculty member in the botany department, is a model of what cities like Raleigh and Durham need - civic open spaces. Although only five acres, it is a place that draws people together.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 38, Sept 1998, p13, 14, il

Subject(s):

Arboretums--Chapel Hill; Coker Arboretum (Chapel Hill); Coker, William Chambers, 1872-1953