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Cultivating New Passions

Cultivating New Passions

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In 1894, the Women’s Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church founded the Asheville Farm School on 420 acres in the Swannanoa Valley….

Collage and Crumpets

Collage and Crumpets

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Lynn Karegeannes, owner and founder of Full Life Arts in Asheville, is a tea fiend. “For me, tea is a symbol of hospitality, ritual,…

Taking a Page From the Past

Taking a Page From the Past

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In 1998, when Melanie Hopkins married her beau Daniel, a loved one gifted the newlyweds a bag of potpourri. Hopkins could’ve been like most…

Craft Chronicles

Craft Chronicles

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Sure, rhododendron leaves may look verdant and waxy. But when boiled in an iron kettle, the leaves dye wool a steely shade of gray….