In the fall of 2005, I harvested acorns from the great oaks at the Fort Fisher recreation center in what I hoped would be the beginning of a worthwhile horticultural experiment, to bring a lush maritime forest to our back yard.
The Grove Project is excited and proud to announce that our friends at WhatsOnWilmington.com have won this year’s Webbie award from Encore Magazine!
The “pilot” portion of the Wilmington Cross-City Trail– from South College Road to Halyburton Park, past Cameron Art Museum and up Independence toward Empie Park — is underway now, and it looks like it’s going to be a fantastic benefit for the region.
The Cross City Trail is an eight food wide path, alongside but [...]
From the What’s On Wilmington BLOG, this great interview with one of the Cape Fear Roller Girls:
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Are Roller Girls such as yourself professionals, as in you get paid for your work? We do this for the love of the sport. We pay for our own gear and monthly dues go toward practice time. [...]
Dave’s is great. Dave is an honest, Dr. Pepper-drinking German engine savant. He knows everything about your car and seems to care about it.
What a neat event! Friends sent these pictures of this last weekend’s Recycle Revival, which I missed.
Expectant mothers who have dizzied themselves chasing the tail of midwifery nomenclature trying to get to the bottom of what all those acronyms really mean would be relieved to meet Olivia Marshburn, the newest midwife in town, who introduces herself on her business card as, simply, a midwife.
Since moving to Greenfield Lake, we have longed for a good neighborhood bar. Let’s face it, there are a lot of bars in and around Wilmington. Since downtown is less than 4 miles away from my front door, any of the bars in downtown could theoretically be a contender.
Wilmington Downtowner #1 John Hinnant has a new blog about “living, working, and playing in downtown Wilmington”:
Downtown Wilmington Advocate.
Among other things, he’s posted some updates about the Front Street Improvement Project, which broke ground yesterday.
Shelton has green thumb for growing plants and business | StarNewsOnline.com | Star News | Wilmington, NC.
Set back on Goodman Road in Brunswick County, Shelton Herb Farm is a storied garden and forest where produce connoisseurs and nature fanatics alike can find something to their liking. The land has been family-owned for 200 years, but [...]
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