At the NC State Fair, a fanciful assemblage of flowers attracts droves of fans every October.
Sisters, Streamlined
In Archdale, two sisters transform tired RVs into modern moveable homes, their late father’s lessons among their most trusted tools.
The Next Generation of Beach Home Design
Through her custom interiors and shop in Duck, Nicole Peters brings her inherited sense of coastal design to homes.
Brilliant Buds
Stop and smell the wildflowers that brighten North Carolina’s fields, roadsides, and gardens.
Grown at Home
An Asheville nonprofit is helping farmers develop seeds tailored to western North Carolina’s climate and community.
Granddaddy’s Garden
A family returns to the mountain land that once fed them — and discovers that what was planted generations ago still grows.
Still in Stock at P.L. Woodard & Co.
For 127 years, this Wilson County store has been keeping its community well supplied — by relying on people just as much as what’s on the shelves.
Planted in Time: 6 Old-School Seed Stores
Decades later, these stores are still nourishing the farms, gardens, and towns around them.
Lessons From a Living Canvas
Reynolda Gardens is where curiosity meets grace — and its caretaker learned to see himself anew.
