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for "Laurel of Asheville"
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41267
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During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt introduced the Works Progress Administration. This brought about jobs for artists, specifically the commission of several thousand murals that depicted everyday life.
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41268
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The Energy Savers Network is a new organization that helps reduce carbon footprints by building energy efficient homes.
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41269
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Community gardens are built in areas and largely maintained by volunteers. Members from different regional gardens meet seasonally to share seeds, tools, and resources.
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41270
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First Step Farm is a community of substance dependent adults; the inhabitants, who are divided by gender, work together to grow annual and perennial flowers. In addition to work in the greenhouses, the residents attend therapy sessions and treatments.
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Through a series of mishaps and setbacks, cover artist Angela Alexander found a specific style of painting that has brought her, and many others, happiness.
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42596
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The glass works of artist Dale Chihuly were exhibited around the Biltmore estate from May to October 2018.
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42597
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Combining her love of pottery making and time spent with Native American tribes in the Southwest, Lucy Clark makes unique ceramic and jewelry.
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Photographer April Johnson realized the importance of professional pet photography after the loss of her own dog and hopes to bring joy into people’s lives with treasured keepsakes.
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Unprocessed and natural goods are not just good for humans; they are also good for your pets. Angie Hughes started making healthy products for dogs when she realized the consequences of a poor diet.
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By partnering with local farms, the brew masters at Riverbend Malt House have cut down on the distance that grain travels from production to consumer, in turn boosting local economy and lessening their environmental impact.
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Lousewort, named for the misconstrued belief that it infests livestock with lice, is a self-seeding plant that has been used to feed animals and was believed that the root was a love charm.
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Combining their love of wine, their dog (Lord Sandwich), and his love of socks, Eric Story and Alison Smith started their own winery. With each bottle of Lord Sandwich wine sold, a new pair of socks is donated to someone in need. Socksforsandwich.org
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42603
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Team ECCO Ocean Center and Aquarium instituted two new tanks to their operation, a large shark tank and a smaller venomous fish tank.
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42604
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The popular saying that animals will abandon their young if they scent human contact, is indeed, a myth. Replacing a baby bird to a nest will not cause the parents to abandon it, but handling or moving young animals should not be a decision taken lightly; in most instances the parents leave for long period of time to gather food for themselves and their young before returning.
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Running from May to September 2018, the North Carolina Arboretum presented an exhibit on perfume making and the relationships between plants, scents, and people.
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