by Liza Roberts photographs by Justin Cooke On a hot, cicada-loud summer day at Tony Avent’s place, a black cat slips through the canes of a massive muscadine vine, one of 23,000 plant varieties that fill these 28 Raleigh acres. Home to…
by Tony Avent The genus cyclamen has long fascinated me, perhaps for its unusual, almost magical-looking flowers as well as its enchanting silver-patterned leaves. I first encountered cyclamen in the flesh in the early 1970s while garden-shopping at the old…
by Tony Avent illustration by Ippy Patterson Aster oblongifolius – “Fanny” – and I go way back. Back to 1992, when I learned about it through Ruth Knopf, the antique rose expert at South Carolina’s Boone Hall Plantation near Charleston….
by Tony Avent illustration by Ippy Patterson I’ll always remember the day I spotted my first edgeworthia, tucked beside the narrow, dark, windy path that used to lead past the old lath house at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. There it…
by Tony Avent illustration by Ippy Patterson Though it grows wild from coastal North Carolina westward to Louisiana, gardeners in our area have traditionally found their Stokes’ Asters at the local nursery. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, all…
In your plot of earth this month, prep the ground for a hot summer, bring the houseplants out and start your edible garden.
Hello, July in Raleigh! Time for late sunsets, hot days, fireflies — and, of course, fireworks at Dix Park for Independence Day!
Welcome the start of fall in Raleigh with colorful festivals, great music and opening weekends for sports and arts alike.
Just like the plants in his garden, this writer finds we’re always learning and growing, dreaming and scheming.
From cheap tacos to fine French and Italian cuisine to authentic Ethiopian, check out this list of strip mall joints that dish up food in both unexpected and convenient locations.
In-person concerts and movies — hooray! — plus open garden days, film festivals, and more to put on your radar this month.
From unique native varietals to succulents to edibles, bookmark this list of Triangle nurseries. Some serve wine and food too!
Church hymns, flannel shirts and briar pipes—I share today’s simple pleasures with the generations before me. by Jim Dodson A dear friend I hadn’t seen in far too long and I were having lunch outdoors, safely distanced. She sipped her…
Jack Pittman has made a living as a cartoonist through a mix of talent and persistence.