All Natural Remedy
Home growers can sow the seeds of health during medicinal-herb workshop After downing one too many chicken wings, most people self-soothe with chalky, over-the-counter…
Human (Dis)interest Story
Madison County artist renounces portraiture to paint bugs and bears Nine years ago, Tess Darling felt trapped in her mind. A Chapel Hill native…
Cooking With Essence
Kitchen redo invites visitors to let go and just be Legally speaking, Katie Woods is the owner of 50 forested acres in Zirconia. But spiritually…
Love at First Pick
Antiques dealer marries old-school and newfangled aesthetics Robert Nicholas needed a lawnmower. It was 9am on a Saturday 29 years ago, and he was wading…
If Walls Could Breathe
Plant installations remind us to stop and smell the peperomia Some plants are bold and uncompromising. Madison Samuels knows this firsthand. As the Florist…
More Than a Pretty Place : Cultivating a Woodland Garden
Ask any biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: The Eastern Cougar, or felis concolor, was hunted to extinction long ago. Though these…
Fork in the Road
Jewelry artist expands her repertoire to include tableware Amanda Ray Danko’s jewelry speaks for itself, and it’s loud. Her “Botanical” series of dangle earrings…
Time on Her Side
Plein-air painter makes the most of rumination Growing up in northern Alabama, a few miles outside an unhurried city called Attalla, plein air painter…
Where the Wild Sculpture Is
Outdoor exhibit heralds the warmth of the new season The Luna moth is elusive. As its name suggests, the winged insect only flies at…
A Portal to the Masters
Painter aims for “perfection” in recreating famous works on doors Asheville painter Bill George is a time traveler. He’s gone back to the 17th…