A Thirst for Magnificence
byAmong the liquid extras designed to enhance life and leisure on this dream property are a dramatically terraced series of water features — one…
Outdoor Living
Festival Celebrates Orchids
byOrchids from around the world are getting ready for an international adventure. Nestled in cardboard boxes and surrounded by soft quilt batting, many of…
Heritage Rose
byVirtuoso gardeners and husband/wife team Rose and Michael Bartlett worked together for 28 years, and in assembling the showpiece of their professional collaboration, The…
The Moss Boss
byAsheville native “Mossin’ Annie” Martin has been enchanted and inspired by the look, feel, and unique botanical characteristics of moss since she was a…
Majestic Yet Minimal
byMatt and Tim Nichols have an exotic occupation. The brothers are co-owners of a Japanese maple-tree business, Mr. Maple, located in East Flat Rock…
Decades of Daylilies
byCheryl Alderman definitely knows her daylilies. What started as a ditch-digging expedition for a few blooms on the side of the road has grown…
Land of Plenty
byFirst-time visitors to Sheila Dunn’s home in Weaverville are taken on what she laughingly refers to as “the forced march” over her “yard” on…
Making the Cut
byWhen Elaine and Bryan Young, owners of Urban Farm Girl Flowers in Black Mountain, left Birmingham a few years back, a blossoming flower-growing business…
Love in the Garden
byPeople stop in front of Damaris and Ricki Pierce’s home on Wambolt Avenue in West Asheville all the time. They look at the…
Rocky Road
byMary Lou Kemp, Chairperson of the Southern Appalachian Rock Garden Society (SARGS) shares her story of being bitten by the rock gardening bug, learning…