March/April 2010

With a wide range of altitudes and relatively mild summers and winters, the region manages to support some of the greatest plant diversity on Earth.

When the couple first saw the 1961 modernist-style house perched on the side of a mountain deep in the woods near Asheville, its good bones, affordability, lush surroundings, and location, excited them.

For the seventh year in a row, the Appalachian State University Outdoor Programs, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, and Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation invited shutterbugs of all skill levels to take their best shots of Southern Appalachia

Thus, two love affairs began that night; one with the woman who he married and the other with jazz. But it was his passion for the music that led him, years later, to found the WNC Jazz Society.

This interior designer melds the signature style of her Cashiers store, Rusticks, with sophistication in all facets of her life

Peter Waskiewicz knows the potential of seeds better than most. He’s the founder of Sow True Seed, an Asheville company that specializes in open-pollinated, heirloom, and organically produced vegetable and flower seeds.

It’s here at Three Graces Dairy that Sacha and Steve Alford, and Sacha’s mother, Roberta Ferguson, create a litany of cheeses to be sold at local groceries and used in dishes served at restaurants