Trees
Trees
Sep 2024
Abundantly growing in Appalachia, fungi can be found throughout WNC. Here’s our guide to safely finding—and growing—your own in our backyard.
May 2024
Western North Carolina’s iconic watershed continues its journey of preservation and growth into the future
Nov 2023
Find this endangered species hiding in our high-elevation forests this season
Sep 2023
Native to the rocky, wooded slopes of Western North Carolina, this tree offers up brilliant red foliage in the fall
Mar 2023
An abundant resource, poplar wood has a staggering mountain history
Dec 2022
The reimagined and revitalized Southern metropolis of our northern neighbor
Dec 2022
A red spruce joins a national tradition as it journeys across the country
Aug 2022
A combination of indigenous land management techniques and innovative approaches to restoration offers partial answers to the challenges of a changing climate in Western North Carolina forests
Jun 2022
In Chunns Cove, Douglas Ellington’s fairytale cottage continues to cast a spell
May 2022
As visitation to the Blue Ridge Parkway reaches a record high, check out some lesser-known, but worthy, stops
Mar 2022
Get up close and personal with the season’s most striking feathered friends
Mar 2022
As the nation celebrates Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday, witness the creation—and evolution—of his visionary Biltmore landscapes
Mar 2022
From a scary-steep ride to historical encounters and a swig of Tennessee whiskey, our travel writer dives into Chattanooga
Mar 2022
Author Luke Manget unearths the history of ginseng cultivation in the mountains and beyond
Aug 2021
Through a visionary’s lens, a modern Asheville abode strikes unexpected balance between darkness and radiance
Aug 2021
A harrowing, Halloween-perfect tale from deep in Western North Carolina
Jun 2021
A contemporary cabin on Lake James offers enduring style and a blissfully slow pace
Mar 2021
Ashvegas presents the news from Buncombe’s boom town
Sep 2020
A return to an old-fashioned logging method means a healthy future for our forests
