THE LAUREL OF ASHEVILLE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE The Steady Collective, a harm reduction nonprofit based in Asheville, started in November of 2015. The founder, Conner Adams, facilitated support group meetings and, with the help of friends, delivered naloxone (a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose) and needles throughout Western NC to people who use drugs and their

friends and family.

IN BLOOM: SPICEBUSH

By Suzanne Wodek. Lindera benzoin, commonly called spicebush, is a native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit, which typically grows 6’–12’ high. This is a dioecious shrub with amazing garden interest. The male plants have small, showy, pale yellow flowers in early spring, while the females are the stars in early fall.

FABULOUS FAKES

The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar. If you would like to submit an event to appear in our online Community Events Calendar, please visit our submission page.. The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days THE WILD TRUTH: CHIPMUNKS ARE COMPLEX ANIMALS THAT DESERVE The true story of these continually busy creatures—foraging for food, building burrows, stockpiling provisions for the winter months spent underground, raising young—is amazing reality. Take their burrows, for instance. “Chipmunks have a complicated burrow system,” says wildlife educator and rehabilitator Carlton Burke of

Carolina

SENDING MESSAGES OF LOVE ON THE WIND Tell it to the wind. Nestled on the side of a private, one-lane road in Marshall rests a British-style phone booth with a disconnected 1940s rotary dial telephone known as the wind phone. The concept behind it is that you can “speak” with deceased family and friends, sending your messages on the wind to the spirits of those

loved ones.

TAP INTO THE HEALING POWER OF ANCIENT LEY LINES Ley lines are said to give off high-frequency vibrations, which can be felt by people and animals alike. A sense of contentment and an unexplainable connection to the land are both signs that you could be tuning into a line’s vibrational energy. The longer you’re around them, the more easily you can tap into their healing properties. SHOP TALK: HOPPY DREAMS SLEEP COMPANY Reagor resides in Charleston, with her husband Randy and their teenage daughter Ava. “Brevard is my home away from home,” says Reagor, who visits monthly. Natural Elements at 60 West Main Street in Brevard is home of the Hoppy Dreams Sleep Company. For more information, visit HoppyDreamsSleepCompany.com, call 866.884.0427 or find the FEATURE ARTIST: BILLY GUILFORD & GEOFFREY KOSLOW OF By Paul M. Howey. With a commonality of purpose and a shared love for glass—and with complementary yet distinctly separate skillsets—Geoff Koslow and Billy Guilford are Lexington Glassworks. Billy has worked on the technical side of the industry, building and maintaining equipment, and Geoff has worked on the retail aspects focusing on marketing and selling direct to customers. GRAND BOHEMIAN WELCOMES ARTIST STEFANO CHECCHINI 5 years ago. Italian master Stefano Cecchini is adept at integrating hyperrealism, realism, and impressionistic techniques. He will be unveiling his new wildlife collection at a special reception from 6–7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, at the Grand Bohemian Gallery. The reception will immediately be followed by the annual Cecchini Art

& Wine

SEAN COLLINSWORTH PUTS EDGE BACK IN BEEKEEPING At age 13 or 14, Collinsworth’s eighth-grade chemistry teacher got him interested in bees. He gave his colony away before college, only to revisit the business later in adulthood. THE LAUREL OF ASHEVILLE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE The Steady Collective, a harm reduction nonprofit based in Asheville, started in November of 2015. The founder, Conner Adams, facilitated support group meetings and, with the help of friends, delivered naloxone (a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose) and needles throughout Western NC to people who use drugs and their

friends and family.

IN BLOOM: SPICEBUSH

By Suzanne Wodek. Lindera benzoin, commonly called spicebush, is a native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit, which typically grows 6’–12’ high. This is a dioecious shrub with amazing garden interest. The male plants have small, showy, pale yellow flowers in early spring, while the females are the stars in early fall.

FABULOUS FAKES

The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar. If you would like to submit an event to appear in our online Community Events Calendar, please visit our submission page.. The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days THE WILD TRUTH: CHIPMUNKS ARE COMPLEX ANIMALS THAT DESERVE The true story of these continually busy creatures—foraging for food, building burrows, stockpiling provisions for the winter months spent underground, raising young—is amazing reality. Take their burrows, for instance. “Chipmunks have a complicated burrow system,” says wildlife educator and rehabilitator Carlton Burke of

Carolina

SENDING MESSAGES OF LOVE ON THE WIND Tell it to the wind. Nestled on the side of a private, one-lane road in Marshall rests a British-style phone booth with a disconnected 1940s rotary dial telephone known as the wind phone. The concept behind it is that you can “speak” with deceased family and friends, sending your messages on the wind to the spirits of those

loved ones.

TAP INTO THE HEALING POWER OF ANCIENT LEY LINES Ley lines are said to give off high-frequency vibrations, which can be felt by people and animals alike. A sense of contentment and an unexplainable connection to the land are both signs that you could be tuning into a line’s vibrational energy. The longer you’re around them, the more easily you can tap into their healing properties. SHOP TALK: HOPPY DREAMS SLEEP COMPANY Reagor resides in Charleston, with her husband Randy and their teenage daughter Ava. “Brevard is my home away from home,” says Reagor, who visits monthly. Natural Elements at 60 West Main Street in Brevard is home of the Hoppy Dreams Sleep Company. For more information, visit HoppyDreamsSleepCompany.com, call 866.884.0427 or find the FEATURE ARTIST: BILLY GUILFORD & GEOFFREY KOSLOW OF By Paul M. Howey. With a commonality of purpose and a shared love for glass—and with complementary yet distinctly separate skillsets—Geoff Koslow and Billy Guilford are Lexington Glassworks. Billy has worked on the technical side of the industry, building and maintaining equipment, and Geoff has worked on the retail aspects focusing on marketing and selling direct to customers. GRAND BOHEMIAN WELCOMES ARTIST STEFANO CHECCHINI 5 years ago. Italian master Stefano Cecchini is adept at integrating hyperrealism, realism, and impressionistic techniques. He will be unveiling his new wildlife collection at a special reception from 6–7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, at the Grand Bohemian Gallery. The reception will immediately be followed by the annual Cecchini Art

& Wine

SEAN COLLINSWORTH PUTS EDGE BACK IN BEEKEEPING At age 13 or 14, Collinsworth’s eighth-grade chemistry teacher got him interested in bees. He gave his colony away before college, only to revisit the business later in adulthood. SENDING MESSAGES OF LOVE ON THE WIND Tell it to the wind. Nestled on the side of a private, one-lane road in Marshall rests a British-style phone booth with a disconnected 1940s rotary dial telephone known as the wind phone. The concept behind it is that you can “speak” with deceased family and friends, sending your messages on the wind to the spirits of those

loved ones.

CAMP HOLLYMONT FOR GIRLS MOVES TO NEW CAMPUS Camp Hollymont for Girls is moving to a new campus for the summer of 2020. The camp will lease the facilities at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School on the border of Georgia and North Carolina. This campus includes air-conditioned housing, food services, a private lake and 1,400 acres of natural grounds. “Our top priority is the physical, social and MONTFORD HOLIDAY TOUR OF HOMES By Emma Castleberry. The 24th annual Montford Holiday Tour of Homes will be held on Saturday, December 7, from 1–5 p.m. This year’s tour will feature nine homes, including restored historic homes and new homes crafted in historic styles. MISSION RATHBUN HOUSE In 2013, Rathbun House became a department of Mission Health and is now owned and operated by Mission Health. The following year, Key passed away and, in 2015, Dr. Rathbun died at the age of 101. “As they envisioned, Rathbun House is all about the people,” says Dean. “We receive some of our guests within 24 hours of their family

health

WHAT HAPPENED TO CHABLIS? Gina Trippi is the co-owner of Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte Street in Asheville. Committed to the community, Metro Wines offers big shop selection with small shop service—and the real thing, Chablis from France. Gina can be reached at gina@metrowinesasheville.com or

828.575.9525.

GRAND BOHEMIAN WELCOMES ARTIST STEFANO CHECCHINI Italian master Stefano Cecchini is adept at integrating hyperrealism, realism, and impressionistic techniques. He will be unveiling his new wildlife collection at a special reception from 6–7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, at the Grand Bohemian Gallery. TAP INTO THE HEALING POWER OF ANCIENT LEY LINES Ley lines are said to give off high-frequency vibrations, which can be felt by people and animals alike. A sense of contentment and an unexplainable connection to the land are both signs that you could be tuning into a line’s vibrational energy. The longer you’re around them, the more easily you can tap into their healing properties. SPREADING BEAUTY: THE STORY OF THE LUPINE LADY The Literary Gardener. By Carol Howard. Barbara Cooney’s Miss Rumphius (1982) is a picture book sure to charm gardeners and artists who enjoy reading to children or grandchildren. There is a vicarious pleasure in lingering over Cooney’s illustrations of an eccentric, middle-aged heroine, Miss Rumphius, hiking with her cat along fields brimming with spires of the pink, purple and blue PINSTRIPING AND SOAPS AT WOOLWORTH WALK IN JANUARY Woolworth Walk will highlight the work of Mark Peters Pinstriping and Forage Soaps by Lisa Smith from Saturday, January 2, through Saturday, January 30. Smith’s bath and body products are deeply influenced by the Southern Appalachian landscape: she forages wildflowers, herbs and botanicals from local forests for use in her soaps. Her MURAL PROJECT COMES TO DOWNTOWN HENDERSONVILLE Now, Hendersonville will be home to a mural for this amazing and far-reaching project. “This goes way beyond the bees,” says Willey. “It is about bringing people together and the power of human connection when we all come together around the issues of soil, air, water and pollination.”. Willey describes Kim Bailey, coordinator of

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