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Mar 23
3 min

People of The Plant: Kersten Fitzgerald

We have so many eccentric, interesting characters at The Plant that we wanted to tell some of the stories and give a little snapshot of...

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Tami Schwerin

Feb 4
4 min

My Journey into the Men's Room

Lyle asked me to fix the sink in the men’s room at The Plant. It had a terminal leak and needed replacing. The fixtures came from back in...

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Tami Schwerin

Oct 6, 2020
2 min

Bringing the chestnut back

Lyle planted chestnuts at the Plant around 2006 as we were working on planting trees and native plants to attract birds, pollinators and...

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Tami Schwerin

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

Roasted Pepper Mushroom Souprise

Well, as you all know it's that time of year. Pepper time. The 13th Annual PepperFest is September 20, 2020 held at The Plant this year...

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Lyle Estill

Jul 20, 2020
1 min

Restorative Local Economy

It’s always a treat when Sean from Fullsteam comes down to the end of Lorax Lane. Sean was one of the masterminds behind the passage of...

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Lyle Estill

Jul 9, 2020
2 min

Birding with Andy

Andy Upshaw is one of our local bird authorities. Before there was a pandemic, he taught birding classes at CCCC. He used to bring his...

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Lyle Estill

Jul 5, 2020
3 min

Natives Vs. Exotics

Nutrition in the Landscape: Native Vs. Exotic Plants I’m not an expert at this stuff. I’m a layman. I’ve been growing things in Chatham...

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lyle estill

Jun 21, 2020
3 min

Pandemic Park

A couple of years ago Julia came through on a UNC internship. One of her semester objectives was to help us get the Plant certified by...

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