August 2014

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Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 8/29/14

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Seeing Southern: We Found Euphoria

I will confess, not every festival is a winner, but this one is on many levels. If you haven't experienced Euphoria in Greenville, S.C., this is your year.
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Our Favorite Facebook Photos: 8/15/14

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Left: Old-fashioned rambling roses, accidentally spared, bloomed exuberantly around and over the old mulberry stump. Right: The spidery blooms of witch hazel appear in late October, lighting up the woods as autumn’s foliage fades.

Mountain Garden: Flexibility Pays Dividends

In what might be called the “garden whisperer” approach, there’s much to be said for letting the plants have a role in the plans.
Karen Cragnolin: “Yes, it is weird to have a park named after you, especially when it’s still not realized as a park or greenway.”

Guest Column, Karen Cragnolin: Helping Mother Nature Heal Herself

Karen Cragnolin is active in civic affairs around Asheville and is executive director of Riverlink, which under her leadership purchased carrier park in 1999 and dedicated French Broad River Park in 1994.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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