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Mark Your Calendars! Saturday, April 11 • Noon to 5 PM
 At the Congregational Church (UCC), Tryon
210 Melrose Ave., Tryon, NC 28782 (Sale location will be in the Melrose Ave. parking lot of the church) Brought to you by the Gardening For Life Project
in partnership with the Congregational Church (UCC), Tryon, NC
 Learn more: https://gardeningforlifeproject.org

photo by Don Dicey A recent report by Jaylan Sims in Inside Climate News reveals a terrifying new dimension to "the vine that ate the South." While kudzu has long been known for smothering native forests, it is now being identified as a volatile "ladder fuel" that can turn a ground fire into a catastrophic canopy blaze in seconds. The dedicated volunteers of our local Kudzu Warriors work tirelessly to reclaim our native landscape, but Sims notes that their mission has taken on a new sense of...

The Polk County Appearance Commission has been awarded a grant that aims to inventory kudzu in Polk County and work toward its ultimate...