Just Add Watercress
Illustrator embraces the simple life via deep ecology In a world glued to screens, Yancey County artist Jacqueline Maloney sports a flip phone and…
Inhabiting Another World
Why we need fairy gardens more than ever Fairies are such stuff as dreams are made of. Maybe. At Bullington Gardens, a 12-acre horticultural…
Stem Structure and Related Whimsy
Before bunnies, Beatrix Potter majored in fungi. Known today for her darling, bushy-tailed characters, the British illustrator once penned many a mushroom. She studied…
Bouquets For Days (and Months)
If wedding ceremonies are the bread and butter of Western North Carolina’s budding cut-flower industry, then a monthly subscription service is the scrumptious, locally-sourced…
Taking Off
Everyone has heard of tiny homes: micro residences that prioritize intentional living over palatial foyers and seldom-used spare bedrooms. But now, three mountain builders…
In the Zone
Brian Killingsworth grew up in Charleston, SC, where his mother and father pruned Golden Celebration roses and potted Parrot Tulip bulbs. They were master…
Solving the Puzzle
When Gilbert Jason Contreras entered remission after six months of chemo, he knew he couldn’t return to his old life. “My oncologist told me,…
More Than Tomato-Skin Deep
Growers liken the Cherokee Purple to a leg bruise, and it’s an apt (if not particularly appetizing) description of the popular tomato. “They’ve got…
Water in the Balance
Bullington Gardens Director John Murphy traces his agrarian roots back to the low-lying Swannanoa Valley, where he worked Warren Wilson College’s farm as an…
A New Leaf
It’s unusual that a self-styled “red-blooded American male” with a name like John Wayne Jackson would give props to homemaking icon Martha Stewart. Yet…