Author: Margaret Evans

Spartina 449 combines strength, quality and style.   The salt marsh that bounds our habitat, this place we call the Lowcountry, is an unparalleled resource. And the vast expanse here in Beaufort County spoils us daily. The natural green hues that radiate from the blue horizons, border the coffee-colored pluff mud and reflect on the still gray water change from season to season. Every now and again, we witness a magical yellow sunrise or an orange and magenta sunset that accents the grass divinely. But the salt marsh, Spartina alterniflora, is so much more than beautiful, just like the company I write about today, Spartina 449.

Worrying about what to worry about has weighed on my mind lately.  I think it has to do with trying to find a happy medium, the appropriate zone between worrying too much (a la Woody Allen or maybe Don Knotts) or too little (cf. Alfred E. Newman). 

Friends of Caroline Hospice seeks sponsors for its 25th Annual Festival of Trees. HURRY! Now is the time to sponsor a tree for the Annual Festival of Trees! You, your family, your business — light up this year’s holiday with your signature tree.

The Greenery Inc. was recently given the Grand Award in the 2012 Environmental Improvement Awards Program sponsored by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET).

A playful winter scene is in the works for this year’s Beaufort Homes for the Holidays annual gala, Friday evening, November 16 in St. Peter’s Walsh Palmetto Room.  The ball kicks off the weekend home tour at Islands of Beaufort.  Wintery white, beguiling and jumping with the jazz and dance sounds of Deas Guys, the gala’s theme is a Snow Ball sure to belie any conventional predilections as event planner Ashley Rhodes and Granville catering of Charleston work their creative winter magic.