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Ashwood Homestead Plants with purpose
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Nestled in the rural backroads of a Monticello neighborhood lies a family-owned nursery and homestead that specializes in native Florida plants. This nursery, called Ashwood Homestead, is run by Richard and Janet Bailey, with “help” from their mischievous kitten, Penelope. Together, the couple has taken on all the tasks their homestead requires, and the list is long! Ashwood Homestead began for the Baileys in 2008 out in West Virginia, where they lived at the time. They had always been highly interested in what they refer to as “plants with abilities” – plants that have medicinal or culinary uses that are often overlooked by the unknowing g.
New exhibit to open at JAG
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson Arts Gallery (JAG) has a new exhibit opening on Saturday, Sept. 7, featuring the work of various members of the Artists' League of the Big Bend of Florida (ALBB). The exhibition, titled Synergy 4.5, will include pieces of fine art and fine crafts in styles ranging from realism to total abstraction. Many different art media will be represented, including paintings, collages, drawings, ceramics, needlework, photography, weaving and sculpture. The works to be shown at JAG during September were selected from a previous ALBB exhibit titled Synergy 4.0, juried by Brinda Pamulapati, the owner of the Venvi Art Gallery in Tallahassee. The word “synerg.
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