The suburban newspaper for mountain brook, homewood, vestavia hills, hoover and north shelby county
A sneak peek at Turtle Rock Estate, this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse, drew 217 people. The April 20 event allowed guests to see the house before it officially opened to the public the next day. Chairman Liz Warren planned the festive evening. A dinner of Chicken Mitchell over penne pasta, roasted vegetables, baby blue salad and Read More…
Prince Edward became the first member of the British Royal Family to visit Alabama when he arrived in Birmingham April 28. The prince was in town to present gold, silver and bronze medals for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to 31 Miss Alabama participants and nine state title holders. The program, which focuses on community Read More…
Story By Donna Cornelius; Photos by Lee Walls Jr. You’ve heard of English cottage gardens, with tumbled riots of color; Italian gardens, grand and symmetrical; and Southern gardens, filled with regional favorites like azaleas and camellias. For one Over the Mountain gardener, inspiration came from an unexpected place: the Land Down Under. Landscape architect Jane Read More…
Story By Laura McAlister; Photos by Lee Walls Jr. When Mark and Caroline Clark built their home in Vestavia Hills about three years ago, they designed it after a famous plantation home in New Orleans. With its grand white columns and wrought-iron balconies, the house is almost a spitting image of Oak Alley Plantation on Read More…
