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Mural #10: Claire Alexander/Chatham Cider Works/2022
Jim Crawford and Maureen Ahmed were the owners of Chatham Cider Works down at the Plant when they commissioned this mural. It was...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #11: Michael Brown/Page Vernon Park/2022
Across the street from Circle City Book and Music is Page Vernon Park, operated by the Town of Pittsboro. Page was my divorce attorney. ...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #9: Loren Pease/Yoga Garden/Breathe/2021
This mural makes me happy every time I drive by it. I don’t know Loren Pease—but this is a fantastic addition to our town. It’s on the...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #8: Michael Brown/Pittsboro Visitor Center/2020
When I called up Michael Brown to get the story behind his Pittsboro murals, he reminded me that he and I have talked about murals on...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20243 min read


Mural #6: LaNelle Davis/Beth Goldston/Blue Bird Rising/2014
Sometime when you are stuck in traffic at the circle downtown, check out LaNell’s mosaic mural on Pam and Snuffy Smith’s “Beggars and...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #5: B. Friedman & E. Kerscher/Circle City Book and Music/2013
This mural was commissioned by Myles Friedman, the owner of Circle City Book and Music. It’s the one that greets people coming into...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #4: LaNelle Davis/The Old Hatchery/2012
LaNelle Davis was a serious mosaicist before she started putting up mosaic murals. She and Virginia Bullman created the “Southern...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20242 min read


Mural #3: Michael Brown/Story Time Room/2010
Chatham County, Central Carolina Community College, and the Town of Pittsboro spent ten years building our fabulous library. The...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #2: Stacye Leanza/Pittsboro Haw River Mural/2008
Diane Swan was the instigator of this project. She’s an accomplished wood worker and artist who tells the story of this mural...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Mural #1: Clyde Jones/BLAST Software/1996
Mural #1: Clyde Jones/Blast Software In 1996 Tami Schwerin and I moved the BLAST software company to downtown Pittsboro. We rented an...
lyleestill9
Apr 24, 20242 min read


8th Annual Death Faire
10/09/2023 CONTACT: Tami Schwerin 919-444-9300 https://www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com/deathfaire tami.schwerin@gmail.com The Plant, Lorax...
lyle estill
Oct 11, 20232 min read


Tour Guide Barbie
Years ago we gave thousands of tours of the Plant. People came to see the hydroponics, the aquaponics, and to see how biodiesel was made....
lyleestill9
Sep 12, 20231 min read


The Paw Paws are Coming!!
The Paw Paws are Coming… The undisputed champion of paw paw production in the North Carolina Piedmont (and beyond) was a man named Wynn...
lyle estill
Aug 23, 20232 min read


Chestnut Carnival 2023
08/20/2023 CONTACT: Lyle Estill, lyle.estill@gmail.com (919) 200-5549. The Plant in Pittsboro Announces Chestnut Carnival On October 15,...
lyle estill
Aug 23, 20232 min read


Improving Water Quality and Beauty!
It feels like somedays, we are building a town. The Plant is our playground. We are this really weird post cold-war industrial,...
Tami Schwerin
Feb 23, 20222 min read


Ruby's Boiled Custard
When I was little, growing up in the small southern town of Raleigh NC, my Granny lived in a bungalow house with a wrap-around porch on...
lyle estill
Nov 28, 20212 min read


Lorax Fest - Music Festival and Hemp Market
Summer is in full swing and this Saturday we bring to you the Lorax Fest, a Music Festival and Hemp Market at The Plant in Pittsboro!...
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Aug 10, 20212 min read


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...
Tami Schwerin
Mar 22, 20213 min read


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...
Tami Schwerin
Feb 3, 20214 min read


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...
Tami Schwerin
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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