Stephanie Hunt

South Carolina

Writer and Editor at Freelance

writer ~ mom ~ loves to read, ride, write, roll with it. Neither trendy nor trending. loudmouth/advocate @CharlestonMoves

Articles

One City, Three Ways: Durham, North Carolina

1 day ago | atlantamagazine.com | Stephanie Hunt

Durham, North CarolinaThe cloying scent of tobacco—earthy, sweet, and spicy—once hung heavy in downtown Durham, where red-brick warehouses harbored the leaves that would become Lucky Strike cigarettes and the famed Bull Durham tobacco that gave “Bull City” its moniker. Today those warehouses are upscale apartment buildings, entrepreneurial centers, and trendy shops—all of which means this former manufacturing hub in the Research Triangle no longer plays third fiddle to Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
Gardener and Ceramist Frances Palmer Spills Her Secrets for Crafting a Splendid Summer Centerpiece

1 week ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

My garden and my ceramics studio are in direct symbiosis. They’re two halves of my earthly paradise. I’m a self-taught potter, something I began when I was 30 years old, after moving from New York City to Connecticut. I’ve always been an artist—I was a printmaker, I’m a knitter, a baker. I’ve always loved working with my hands, so I was looking for something to do while my children were growing up.
Tastemaker Louise Roe Shares the Art of Hosting an English Garden Party

1 week ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

I like to think entertaining is in my blood—I named my homewares company, Sharland England, after my great grandmother, Marjorie Sharland, famed for throwing magical, elegant parties with a sense of ease and informality. To me, an English garden party is a perfect way to do just that. I love creating my dream room out on the lawn, in a meadow, or in the midst of my flower garden—someplace magical and unexpected, which gives the gathering a fairytale quality. It’s about setting a scene.
This English Country Garden Blooms in Harmony with the Sky All Year Long

2 weeks ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

Creating a garden that appears “simple, relaxed, and timeless” is rarely simple, but Debbie Roberts rose to the occasion when Acres Wild, the landscape and garden firm she co-owns with Ian Smith, was tasked with transforming a hillside estate overlooking the Arun Valley, near England’s southern coast.
This English Country Garden Blooms in Harmony with the Sky All Year Long

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Stephanie Hunt

Creating a garden that appears “simple, relaxed, and timeless” is rarely simple, but Debbie Roberts rose to the occasion when Acres Wild, the landscape and garden firm she co-owns with Ian Smith, was tasked with transforming a hillside estate overlooking the Arun Valley, near England’s southern coast.
This San Francisco Bay Garden Boasts an Oculus That Took 25 Years to Perfect

2 weeks ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

Paul Wiseman, as his surname suggests, wisely takes the long view. Patience is his planting guide, time his pruning technique. “This garden has been 25 years in the making,” says Wiseman, who has collaborated with local landscape designers Stephen Suzman and Howard Formby, and with landscape architect Todd Cole, throughout the evolution of his Belvedere Island home in California’s San Francisco Bay.
Step Inside This Secret Rose Garden in London That Looks Straight Out of a Storybook

2 weeks ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

Roses upon roses tumble from beds, scale weathered brick walls, and cascade from a 14th-century French font, where they “overflow like water,” says landscape designer Miria Harris. She transformed this historic Spitalfields home’s former garage into a courtyard haven for her clients, one of whom was seriously ill. “It’s absolutely jam-packed—there are climbers, ramblers, and [ground cover] roses, all having this playful dance with herbaceous perennials.
Explore This Untamed Oceanfront Garden in Antigua That Spotlights the Natural Landscape

2 weeks ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

Landscape architect Sam Fuller grew up on Antigua; she knows the hilly, sandy terrain and the challenges of a dry, salt-air climate. While studying landscape design in England, she learned the Latin names for European trees—“names that were all new to me,” she says. But she kept a clear and fond memory of Antigua’s own native flora, even if she didn’t learn their proper nomenclature.
This San Francisco Bay Garden Boasts an Oculus That Took 25 Years to Perfect

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Stephanie Hunt

Paul Wiseman, as his surname suggests, wisely takes the long view. Patience is his planting guide, time his pruning technique. “This garden has been 25 years in the making,” says Wiseman, who has collaborated with local landscape designers Stephen Suzman and Howard Formby, and with landscape architect Todd Cole, throughout the evolution of his Belvedere Island home in California’s San Francisco Bay.
Step Inside This Secret Rose Garden in London That Looks Straight Out of a Storybook

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Stephanie Hunt

Roses upon roses tumble from beds, scale weathered brick walls, and cascade from a 14th-century French font, where they “overflow like water,” says landscape designer Miria Harris. She transformed this historic Spitalfields home’s former garage into a courtyard haven for her clients, one of whom was seriously ill. “It’s absolutely jam-packed—there are climbers, ramblers, and [ground cover] roses, all having this playful dance with herbaceous perennials.