Kathleen’s Twins’ Gardens

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Twins Will and Carolyn Wallace are the family gardeners for their mother Kathleen who moved to Asheville from Mississippi 8 years ago at age 82. Will oversees a large, terraced vegetable plot that provides an abundance of delectable seasonal offerings. Using truckloads of horse manure, tons of leaves, grass clippings, and food scraps, he creates what Carolyn brags about as the “the best compost ever.” Carolyn focuses on the front yard’s cottage garden. She collects pass-along plants and loves playing with color, texture, and garden kitsch. “Gardening is in our blood, Carolyn says. “Will spends many hours in his garden every single day. And I have to keep my heart near, and my hands in, the soil.”

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