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There’s no greater muse than the outdoors for inspired gifts and quenching the thirst By Amy and Peter Freeman As the weather heats up, we get a little perky, peeling away from the couch and the [...]

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” — Sonnet 18, William [...]

The Garden Wagon Of dirt and a famous old road By Jim Dodson I call her The Pearl. She’s a 1996 vintage Buick Roadmaster Grand Estate station wagon — a true American land yacht with fake wood [...]

Garden Geeks’ Paradise Edgefield Plant & Stone Center appeals to anyone with a passion for plants By Jim Dodson • Photographs by Lynn Donovan “We’re garden geeks,” says Cindy Jones with a [...]

For floral designer Randy McManus, the soul’s journey begins in the soil By Jim Dodson Photographs by Amy Freeman and Aesthetic Images Photography As he suddenly steps in to help one of his [...]

Spot On A local designer dishes on her role as a prestigious Style Spotter for High Point Market and offers up the latest design trends By Kara Cox Fifteen years ago, I attended my first High [...]

Anne Rainey Rokahr’s colorful, eclectic style By Nancy Oakley   •   Photographs by Amy Freeman In Anne Rainey Rokahr’s world, there are, quite literally, no shades of gray. “It’s depressing!” [...]

The Champagne Name It’s not just any old bubbly  By Angela Sanchez Champagne is classic, timeless, associated with elegance and class. It is a mark of distinction and celebration. The sound of [...]

Blades of Glory For the love of lawns By Noah Salt According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “lawn” simply refers to a mowed field or open area of grass. But in fact, an American lawn [...]

Flood Zone The fragility of a shelter from the storm By Brian Faulkner We got rained on big time last summer. You may remember. A gazillion gallons of water fell in our neighborhood, as much as [...]