For many, edible plants are grown in rows in the vegetable garden — often kept out of sight in the back or side yard. But for Sheila Dunn, a retired microbiologist and Master Gardener, edibles are a beautiful necessity to be woven into the landscape. Dunn converted her steep, rocky Weaverville property into an edible landscape that now provides more than half of everything she eats.
Public gardens and green spaces can be a regenerative place, especially after hours spent in creative pursuit. Learn how Curve Studios and the gardens of Black Mountain are providing respite and inspiration for area artists.
Mountain Xpress and Sherwood’s Music are partnering to showcase local musicians through a series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Comet West performs “Bear Trap.”
Press Release Friends of Connect Buncombe Imagine being able to someday safely walk or bike from Asheville to the NC Arboretum and onto Biltmore Park or vice versa. One of the eight priority corridors identified in the Buncombe County Greenways and Trails Master Plan is the corridor between the French Broad River and Hominy Creek […]
From GoUpState By Nathaniel Axtell A 13-acre solar farm on Laycock Road is nearly complete and soon will feed up to 2 megawatts of renewable energy to the power grid. But two other Henderson County solar farms sought by the same green energy company have died on the vine due to governmental and utility costs. The […]
Three years ago Scott Miller got a knock on his door — and an offer he couldn’t refuse. That knock on the door was Miller’s initiation into the West Asheville Garden Stroll, a neighborhood venture now in its sixth year, designed to show off the gardens of West Asheville while fostering walkability and neighborhood pride.
Press Release Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. On Friday, June 27 from 3 to 8, and Saturday June 28 from 9 to 3. Cheryl and Doug Alderman are opening their award-winning daylily gardens in Fairview to the public for a daylily sale to benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. The MLNCFA garden is an official […]
From the Sylva Herald By Quintin Ellison The tribe plans to take over all or some of the social service programs on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. Jackson and Swain counties currently provide them. In 2010, after the death of 15-month-old Aubrey Littlejohn, a push by some tribal members to take control of Department of Social […]
From the Asheville Citizen-Times By Julie Ball A new charter middle and high school slated to open in August will be located on a donated site off Sardis Road, school founder Michelle Vruwink said. The Franklin School of Innovation will open Aug. 18. During the first year, the school will have grades six through nine. […]
Press Release Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Next Thursday, June 19, local organizations will host a free film night as part of Coal Ash Stories, a statewide screening tour featuring four short documentary films focused on coal ash, related public health concerns, and policy. The screening is free and open to the public and will be held […]
Press Release McCrory Communications Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the North Carolina House passed a budget amendment to expand the definition of dealer in the Animal Welfare Section to include commercial dogs breeders who have 10 or more female dogs. The amendment exempts breeders of hunting dogs. The amendment was introduced by […]
Press Release Environmental and Conservation Organization Biz611, a building and “business incubator”owned by Jonathan Butler, has received the 2014 Environmental Stewardship Award from the Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO). This is the fourth year that ECO has recognized a local business for a range of sustainable business practices, including procurement of goods, service, buildings and […]
In our new section, area growers discuss their gardens and growing projects. This week Pattiy Torno, owner of Curve Studios in the River Arts District, tells us how she created a green sanctuary in the middle of an industrial zone.
Press Release Dining Out For Life The totals are in and it’s another record year for the Dining Out for Life® (DOFL) benefit for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP). Over $175,000 was raised to support WNCAP’s mission of providing case-managed care to men, women and children affected by the AIDS virus and help […]
Press Release University of North Carolina Asheville The reaccreditation was awarded by the Continuous Improvement Commission of the Council for Educator Preparation (CAEP), which wrote that the university’s education programs “meet rigorous standards set forth by the professional education community.” UNC Asheville’s education program combines the university’s rigorous liberal arts curriculum with a focus on […]
We’re going out across the mountains this week and partnering with City Lights Bookstore in Sylva to showcase local musicians through our series of stripped-down performances for the web. This week Noonday Sun perform “That Song.”
This week Mary Miller, recruitment and awareness coordinator for the Literacy Council of Buncombe County, tells us about volunteering opportunities in the council’s tutoring programs.
Journeymen, a nonprofit that works to partner adult mentors with teenage males, will hold a spicy Huevos Rancheros brunch on Father’s Day to raise funds for outdoor bonding activities and rites of passage.
From the Sylva Herald Quintin Ellison The state has warned Jackson officials to anticipate a 5-percent cut in grant funding in the upcoming year, regardless of possible reductions through the General Assembly in the upcoming state budget. Growth in Jackson County’s senior population, as measured by U.S. Census figures, was smaller, percentage wise, than in […]
Press Release Autism Society of North Carolina The 3rd Annual Wells Fargo Zipping for Autism, hosted by Asheville Zipline Canopy Adventures and Treetops Adventure Park, raised more than $45,000 on Sunday, June 1, to support the Autism Society of North Carolina’s efforts in western North Carolina. Sheena and Jeff Greiner, managing partners of The Adventure […]
Press Release The Canary Coalition The Canary Coalition has obtained the necessary permit for a protest demonstration at Harrah’s Casino in Cherokee this Saturday, June 7 in response to the North Carolina state government ruling party’s statewide convention taking place inside the casino hotel. Inside attendants will include NC House Speaker Tom Tillis, NC Senate […]
