Driving along North Carolina highways in the spring and summer can be a beautiful experience, thanks to the N.C. Department of Transportation’s highway wildflower program. Through the program, which ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As summer has arrived, so has a small flower lover’s tradition in North Carolina: seeing the wildflowers along the state’s highways. Back in 1985, the North Carolina Department ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — Have you driven anywhere in the ...

I bought my new old house in downtown Wilmington this past January. While settling into the indoor spaces through winter, I’ve enjoyed watching the yard wake up this spring. The house had been “staged ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) – The North Carolina Department of Transportation advises against stopping on the highway to photograph wildflower beds. NCDOT said in a press release, “these areas are not ...

Talk about flower power: The North Carolina Department of Transportation handed out its annual awards this week for the best highway wildflower beds. Two areas in the Charlotte region made the cut. In ...

We’ve written about the best places to walk or hike in the Triangle to see beautiful wildflowers in bloom this spring and summer. But driving along North Carolina highways in the spring and summer can ...

This series from The News & Observer’s Service Journalism team answers questions from readers about the Triangle region (and North Carolina). Here are some of the questions we have answered so far. We ...