Perfect Palette: An Art-Infused Oceanside Escape
Painter and gallery owner Nancy McClure filled her Atlantic Beach vacation home with blues and whites to evoke the surrounding landscape.
Category: Home & Garden
August Garden Tips: Tasty Rewards
This month, take advantage of fig season and get to work starting fall veggies and plan transition-season pollinators.
Masters of the Air: The Beautiful and Fierce Dragonfly
These dazzling insects come in a rainbow of colors. But don’t be fooled: they’re savage predators who eat tadpoles and even small fish.
Home Place: A Cheerful New Build with a Modern Hippie Spirit
Interior designer Cate Holcomb filled this home with color, whimsy and flexible, family-friendly furnishings.
July Garden Tips: The Dog Days
This steamy month, up your watering game, welcome butterflies, harvest your crops and deadhead those summer blooms.
Beckoning Blooms: North Carolina’s Native Red Flowers
Bright colors, unique shapes and other adaptations make Beebalm, Wild Columbine and other flora attractive to hummingbirds
High Concept: An Airy Penthouse Filled with Art
Alan and Ben King enlisted Sally Williams to customize their downtown apartment to create a welcoming space that highlights their collection.
June Garden Tips: Hello, Summer!
As we get into summer, prepare a consistent watering plan, offer shady spots to wildlife and pick out your favorite blueberries.
Turtle-y Awesome: Eastern Box Turtles
This native species is the official amphibian of North Carolina. Each turtle has a shell as distinct as a thumbprint.
For the Birds: A Purple Martin Sanctuary
Joe Lapp has turned his 4-acre Raleigh homestead into a sanctuary for dozens of these beautiful, iridescent-winged birds
May Garden Tips: Hello Color!
This month, plant brilliant flowers, start your summer veggies and assess your yard as we welcome a warming season
Big Green Frogs: NC’s Delightful Croaking Critters
Come springtime, keep an eye and ear out for these adorable aquatic creatures that are abundant in our local ponds and creeks
Spring 2025 Plant Sales, Trails and Flower-Forward Festivals
Your guide to this season’s most vibrant outdoor happenings in the Raleigh area, from tulip trails to Earth Day celebrations.
Another World at Juniper Level Botanic Garden
Tony Avent and his late wife, Michelle, created a vast, plant-filled wonderland in Raleigh that’s open to the public several times a year