If Walls Could Breathe
byPlant installations remind us to stop and smell the peperomia Some plants are bold and uncompromising. Madison Samuels knows this firsthand. As the Florist…
Outdoor Living
Giant Sloths and Other Practicalities
byWinter Lights is back with more whimsy, outdoor focus By: Lee Stevens Featuring 1 million lights shining throughout the gardens and at the woodland…
More Than a Pretty Place : Cultivating a Woodland Garden
byAsk any biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission: The Eastern Cougar, or felis concolor, was hunted to extinction long ago. Though these…
Serenity Now
byNature Deficit Disorder is not yet recognized in medical textbooks or psychology journals, but to Betty and Robert Balentine, it was a very real…
Snapdragon Decision
byLoretta and Kurt Ball, along with Ledger, 10 and Quinn, 13, live on what she refers to as their “little slice of heaven,” an…
Private Property
byHow to create outdoor seclusion with the right shrubs and trees It became clear last spring that COVID-19 wasn’t going away anytime soon, so…
Where the Wild Sculpture Is
byOutdoor exhibit heralds the warmth of the new season The Luna moth is elusive. As its name suggests, the winged insect only flies at…
Growing Money
byAppalachian wild ginseng is wildly profitable For generations, American ginseng (shortened to “sang” in mountain vernacular) has provided folk medicine and a unique revenue…
One Thousand Orchids is the Antidote to Winter
byThe all-season conservatory at Biltmore has bloomed under new direction When Conservatory Horticulturist Todd Roy arrived at Biltmore in 2016 to assume responsibility for the…
Bulbs Off the Books
byExperienced flower growers give seasoned (and surprising) advice Just as there is no rose without a thorn, there is no flower farm without moles, voles,…