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.
Category: Home & Garden
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.
A Grand Vision at the New Downtown Cary Park
The highly anticipated mixed-use public space was decades in the making — and it’s perfect for today for folks all around the Triangle.
Principled Living: At Home with Janet Cowell
At the fringes of Boylan Heights, the renovated house of the CEO of Dix Park Conservancy is an homage to her life of purpose.
An Eye on Eagles in North Carolina
Bald Eagles are large raptors with impressive aerial maneuvers — and you can see them in habitats along Falls Lake and Jordan Lake.
February Garden Tips: The Short List
Garden expert Tina Mast of Homewood Nursery shared this short list of to-dos to tackle on this month’s milder days.
The Story in Ice: Art and Life in Winter
The unique properties of water make it life-sustaining in the coldest months. And, if you look closely, it creates beautiful patterns.
January Garden Tips: The 3 P’s
It might seem like a time to take a break from yard work as you look out at your lifeless garden but there’s plenty to do this month.
Deep Gap Fixer Upper: A Natural Escape in the Mountains
Raleigh designer Lauren Branch salvaged a home in Powder Horn Mountain and transformed it into a natural oasis with modern flare.
High Gliders: North Carolina’s Flying Squirrels
Though it’s hard to spot these nocturnal creatures, flying squirrels are surprisingly abundant in our forests and neighborhoods.
Full-Circle Style: Catherine Nguyen & Jeremy Parish’s Moody, Modern Townhome
An interiors photographer crafted her home with luxe finishes and gutsy design choices, with help from her Raleigh design friends.
Elk in Our Mountains of North Carolina
These majestic animals are the largest mammal in the state, and are easiest to see in early fall during their mating season.
Creative Pursuits: An Airy, Handmade Home in Capitol Heights
Daniel and Susan Woodard Kelly renovated their 1950s-era house to suit their family, filling it with art, vintage finds and family heirlooms.
Giving Garden: Preston Montague’s Welcoming Landscape
This Durham garden expert transformed a small, gravelly front yard into a thriving ecosystem of herbs, perennials and succulents.