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Biltmore Blooms has begun at Biltmore, America's Largest Home. Biltmore Blooms celebrates the return of spring, and the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of the estate's gardens and grounds. Tulips across the estate signal the start of the season. Source: Biltmore

Asheville, NC: “Biltmore Blooms” Springtime Celebration Is Open Apr. 1 thru May 27

April 1, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

Biltmore Blooms — a time when Biltmore celebrates the return of warm weather and its historic gardens and grounds — has begun! In addition to the ever-changing array of spring color that emerges across the […]

Design by Peggy Vineyard and Helene Pasin takes 2020 1st place. Photo: Karen Pennington

Carolinas: Art Inspired Floral Designs to be Showcased Jan. 7-10

December 11, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Art & The Bloom Floral Design Exhibition Inspired by Art Leading floral designers in North and South Carolina will showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art, January 7-10, 2021. The four-day Art & The […]

2018 First Place Award winner Connie Jo Goodson of Beulaville, NC. Photo: Scott Bittler

“Art & The Bloom” Returns to Wrightsville Beach Jan. 9-12, 2020

December 30, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

Canceled last January following one of the worst hurricanes in state history, leading floral designers in North Carolina will gather at Blockade Runner Beach Resort in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art, January 9-12, […]

Five camellias out of the dozens of varieties available at Garden Treasures, Wendell, NC. Photos: Kay Whatley

Wendell NC: Garden Treasures Nursery Grand Opening is Apr. 20

January 14, 2019 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor When Garden Treasures nursery opens in April 2019, a ribbon will be cut, a craft show will cascade along the walking paths, educational talks will be offered, and visitors will have […]

2018 Best of Show winner Polly Kopka of Hubert NC, Photo: DeRosset Gordon

Winners Announced for NC’s Art & The Bloom Floral Design Exhibition

January 16, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The Four-day Art & The Bloom Exhibition Concluded Sunday in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Leading floral designers in North Carolina gathered in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art. Judged by […]

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It Might be Bigfoot

June 1, 2021

By Donna Campbell Smith I believe in the existence of bigfoot. My interest is rooted in stories Daddy told when I was a young person. He listened to ‘talk radio” at night and he’d relate […]

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The Strange-ness: Morpheus Bridge Spectre

October 31, 2016

For Halloween, let’s look at a local “legend”. We’ll visit the Morpheus Bridge on the aptly named Morpheus Bridge Road in Wendell, North Carolina. The story goes that a mother, father, and child — alledgedly a daughter — were driving along […]

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NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada and Texas

February 19, 2019

NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems […]