Sarah Jones had a vision for the sprawling property that she and her husband, Pembroke, purchased on Bradley Creek in 1884: paths lined with live oaks dripping with Spanish moss; a freshwater lake with a romantic pergola; fountains and sculptures; and tens of thousands of camellias, azaleas, and magnolias.
Today, that vision is alive at Airlie — named for Pembroke’s Scottish homeland — which New Hanover County purchased in 1999. More than a dozen gardens on 67 acres are open to visitors, who walk the flower-lined paths of which Sarah dreamed.
Watch the video here to see these beautiful gardens alive with springtime splendor, and keep an eye out for more about the gardens and their history in the April issue’s photo essay.
North Carolina is known for many things, but nothing more important this week than the qualities of endurance, resilience, and hope.
By day, this adventure park in the Triad is a fall festival to die for. By night, the undead come alive for Halloween tricks. Welcome to one man’s vision of year-round merrymaking.
North Carolina’s border dances across the mountains as it traces four different states. Life here can be more remote, but good neighbors are never far away.
The Blue Ridge Parkway stands out among America’s national parks: Unfurling across six Appalachian mountain chains, it connects dozens of rural communities and binds together generations of families through shared memories.
