Blooms & Bees: An Elegant, Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Beekeeper Roger Montague has boxes for honeybees and native bees tucked into his beautiful, diverse landscape.
Category: Home & Garden
May Garden Tips: Here Comes the Sun
In your plot of earth this month, prep the ground for a hot summer, bring the houseplants out and start your edible garden.
They’re Baaaaack! Strange, Incredible Cicadas
The duel emergence of Brood XIX and Brood XIII periodical cicadas means an influx of cicadas this spring — here’s why this is so remarkable.
A Growing Passion: Boutique Plant Shops in Raleigh
These niche plant stores offer foliage of various textures and colors, along with the expertise to find the right one for your home.
Playing the Blues: Sheila O’Rourke’s Eclectic Home
This interior designer likes to test out her decorating ideas inside the 1920s Duke Park home she renovated for her family.
The Buzz: North Carolina’s Coolest Native Bees
Take a closer look at these fuzzy, fascinating pollinators — they have some bizarre behaviors and specialized skills.
April Garden Tips: Patience for Plenty
April is a welcome month with its warmer days and bright blooms. Tom Packer shares these tips for home gardening.
Simple Life: An Ever Changing Garden
When a giant old oak tree has to come down, this writer reflects on how his yard and approach to gardening have changed over the decades.
Antiques & Appraisals: When the Antiques Roadshow Came to Town
Behind the scenes of the popular PBS television series, which made a stop at the North Carolina Museum of Art for its 28th season.
Treasured Style: A House-full of Antiques, with a Modern Twist
Designer Antoine Pontón helped this Raleigh couple mix family heirlooms with fun colors and prints in their 1919 Budleigh home.
Stewards of the Land: The History of the Joslin Garden
William and Mary Joslin nurtured their 4-acre garden for decades, then donated the land to the City of Raleigh to be used as a park.
Pretty in Pink: An Appreciation for the Eastern Redbud
The beloved blossoming tree provides the season’s first blush of color each year in the Carolinas, and has a variety of uses beyond wildlife
5 New Hikes to Explore In 2024, In and Around the Triangle
These recently opened trails in the Raleigh and Durham areas offer natural escapes, short and long distances, and varied terrain.
March Gardening Tips: How to Ease Into Spring
This month, prep your patch of earth for the warm weather ahead by starting seedlings and cutting back woody branches.