This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

#StarTrails over #WarrenWilson in #Asheville #NC the other night.
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#LandscapePhotography #photo #astrophotography #828IsGreat #wnc #nature #naturephotography #Photography

This tree at #CraggyGardens off the #BlueRidgeParkway in #NorthCarolina looks like a home to #Fairies or #gnomes . :) This trail is always gorgeous in #spring #green.

#LandscapePhotography #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #WNC #828IsGreat #Asheville

I just discovered that my town has an unofficial motto that I plan on graffitiing* on everything from here on out.

Marshall, NC: a mile long, a street wide, sky high and hell deep!

*Graffiti in my 40s just means scribbling it on my kitchen chalkboard.

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#Sunrise this morning at #WarrenWilsonCollege #farm in #Asheville #NC was subtle but beautiful.

#LandscapePhotography #Photography #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #828IsGreat #WNC #BlueRidgeMountains #Mountains #farms

This #green #grass blown over by the #wind looks like a #river flowing. I start craving green in the winter. This was shot on the #BlueRidgeParkway in #NC
#LandscapePhotography #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #trees #calm #peace #brp #828IsGreat #PhotoOfTheDay

Kelly green, thin grass is blown over making it look like a river of green grass. Small trees peppered with lichen poke up through the grasses. https://mstdn.social/@jenfraser/109586028406508616