Category - Travel

History and Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

North Carolina is rich in history with museums, battlefields, and natural sites. It is also rich in...

When you live in the Raleigh area, it’s easy to travel to the beaches of Wilmington, North...

When we think of public gardens in the Triangle area, no doubt the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, the North...

In the 2011 movie “The Big Year” the characters played by Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen...

While most of us are putting out pumpkins, the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens (Belmont, NC) are...

Long known for its Civil War history and as the capital of Virginia, Richmond has taken on a new...

There’s something in Louisiana that’s even sturdier than the people… hundreds of live oak...

Visitors to Landsford Canal State Park in Catawba, South Carolina usually venture to the park for...

Until this year my only association with the word “Everglades” was the wetlands in South...

If you haven’t heard of The Flower Shuttle, you might be pleased to know that there is a...

Fall is a beautiful time of year to visit local gardens to get a new design perspective, planting...

The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, area is a green community with some of the...

Forty may signal the onset of middle age for most people but for botanical gardens and arboreta it...

Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1966, the North Carolina Botanical Garden opened its first garden to...

“This is fascinating – what can we do to get this sort of thing started in North...