Fall foliage, falls, and food in and around Asheville
In Asheville, NC, with rumpled blue mountains and tall hardwood forests, even past-peak fall color is pretty darn good.… Read More
White Gate Inn’s charming garden and goodbye Asheville Fling!
June 03, 2012 While not an official part of the recent Garden Bloggers Fling in Asheville, North Carolina, the garden of the White Gate Inn, just down the street from our hotel, was suggested as a must-see if we had … Read More
Wicked Plants and good plants at North Carolina Arboretum: Asheville Garden Bloggers Fling
June 02, 2012 The North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, one of our stops during the recent Garden Bloggers Fling, offers not only formal gardens, naturalistic gardens, a Professional Landscape Garden, and a bonsai exhibit, to name a few, but miles … Read More
Revisiting Biltmore Gardens at Asheville Garden Bloggers Fling
May 31, 2012 The “big” garden visit on the recent Garden Bloggers Fling in Asheville, North Carolina, was, of course, the Biltmore House gardens. I took a lot of photos of the gardens almost exactly a year ago, on a … Read More
Bee-utiful community and food gardens at Asheville Fling
May 27, 2012 Wallowing in poppy goodness, the bees and I enjoyed a visit to the Burton Street Community Peace Gardens while in Asheville recently for the Garden Bloggers Fling. Look at this girl’s full pollen basket on her legs. … Read More
Asheville Garden Bloggers Fling: Wamboldtopia, an artists’ garden
May 25, 2012 Skulls, skeletons, gravestone fragments, gargoyles, and other eerie tokens are tucked into nooks and crannies… …and dangle from the eaves throughout Wamboldtopia, an art-filled garden (or garden of art) and stonemason’s paradise located off Wamboldt Avenue in … Read More
Asheville Garden Bloggers Fling: Curve Studios Garden recycles junk into garden structure
May 24, 2012 Lunch on the first day of the Garden Bloggers Fling in Asheville, North Carolina, was billed as BBQ and gourmet ice cream from The Hop—yum! Shopping for locally made pottery and art at Curve Studios was promised … Read More
Asheville Garden Bloggers Fling: Gentling Garden, a mountainside eden
May 23, 2012 The first thing you learn about gardens in Asheville, North Carolina, on the slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is that they have a lot of stairs. We’re talking serious elevation changes. What does this mean for … Read More
Outdoors at North Carolina’s Chimney Rock, Sliding Rock & Lake Lure
Chimney Rock and Sliding Rock hikes near Asheville, NC, with my kids brought back fun memories from my childhood.… Read More