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Photo right: Elizabeth Lawrence (left), Carl Starker & Elizabeth Clarkson
On the Road: Wing Haven Aug. 2010 wbtv.com Two Gardens, one experience. That's the motto and lifestyle at Wing Haven. This three acre garden is nestled in the heart of suburban Charlotte. » READ MORE & WATCH THE VIDEO
Beauty Takes Flight Feb. 2009 Southern Living if you happen to be a mealworm, 248 Ridgewood Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, is nowhere you want to be in springtime... » READ MORE
For the Birds May 2004 Country Living by Monica Michael Willis In a residential quarter of Charlotte, NC, Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary provides a three-acre oasis of calm for songbirds and the people they enchant... » READ MORE
Sanctuary's Special Tree June 2000 The Charlotte Observer Viewed from below, it spreads roof like, a canopy of green through which slivers of sunlight streak onto the brick patio. » READ MORE
Essence of Wing Haven is in Journals July 1998 The Charlotte Observer Something wonderful has been rescued from the musty obscurity of a bedroom drawer. » READ MORE A Gentle Refuge June 1990 Victoria Magazine In 1926 when young Edwin Clarkson began to build a white-clapboard-and-brick house in the middle of Charlotte, he wrote his fiancé, Elizabeth, that there was a beautiful tree on the property... » READ MORE
Wing Haven June 1987 House & Garden For over fifty years the remarkable garden created from bare North Carolina soil by Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson has become a Mecca for birds and bird lovers alike. » READ MORE Garden Has Grown into Bird Sanctuary April 1985 The Charlotte Observer by Nancy Brachey The bird’s mournful sound wafted through the spring air...» READ MORE
Film “Wing Haven” Celebrates Sanctuary’s Enduring Love Story February 1984 The Charlotte Observer by Kays Gary The voice of Dick Cavett narrates the love story — a color film just 12 minutes long...» READ MORE
Wing Haven: Where Dreams Fly Free April 1981 The Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman “Life, believe, is not a dream.” So says the worn flagstone, etched with the words of Charlotte Bronte at the edge of the creaking gate. But the gardens beyond give it the lie.... » READ MORE
Bird Flies First Class February 1977 The Charlotte Observer by Kays Gary Anybody heading for Florida? There’s this robin, see, who needs a ride... » READ MORE
Wing Haven: A Place to See Things for the First Time January 1977 The Charlotte Observer by Ina Hughes It’s hard to believe, I know, that more than 130 species of birds have found a home in one backyard in the heart of skateboarding, lawn mowing, condominium-growing southeast Charlotte. » READ MORE
Wing Haven Bird Sanctuary September 1976 The Charlotte Observer by Mary Estes Wing Haven, Charlotte’s noted bird sanctuary and gardens, has been donated to the city... » READ MORE
Birds Think They Own a Garden January 1970 The Charlotte Observer by Elizabeth Lawrence A new edition of Elizabeth Clarkson’s Birds of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has been published... » READ MORE
She's Top in Ceramics 1950s The Charlotte Observer byDick Banks British ceramic designer Dorothy Doughty, one of the most famous of our time, a woman who studies birds in woods... » READ MORE
Fogging Resumed: Clarkson May Act to Protect Birds June 1953 The Charlotte Observer by Harry Golden, Jr. Charlotte’s No. 1 bird lover may take legal steps to stop the City from fogging a Myers Park community with DDT... » READ MORE
Bird Disc Jockey’s Task is Tough One March 1948 The Charlotte Observer by Earl Heffner “Look at the bird,” said the photographer. And for Dr. Arthur Allen, Ph.D., Cornell University, the request was a poser for the moment...
Trapped Baby Starling Rescued by Sergeants May 1943 The Charlotte News Hard-boiled Noncoms Turn Softies as Little Bird Struggles Vainly to Escape Concrete Prison.... » READ MORE
Tommy The Bluebird’s Life Not Bed of Roses Despite His Many Comforts January 1941 The Charlotte News by Tom Fesperman Clarkson Pet Becomes Famous. » READ MORE
"Tommy Bluebird" Clarkson August 1940 The Chat by Mrs. Edwin Clarkson On April 25, 1940, Tommy celebrated his fourth birthday. The day after he was born, we took him and his brothers and sister in to raise. A little boy... » READ MORE
Happy Bluebird Brings Happiness August 1937 The Charlotte News by Dorothy Knox Tommy Clarkson is a bluebird. The most spoiled, petted and beloved bluebird in the world... » READ MORE
Pages and Petals Unite Southern Gardeners ""You were very sweet, dear Ann, to take so much trouble with the outline. I went to work with the scissors and a box of pins and moved the paragraphs around as you suggested..." » READ MORE
Two Volunteers: Exploring the Papers of Elizbeth Lawrence
Preserving a Legacy
Beautiful at All Seasons
Open to Interpretation by Elizabeth Clark
Lawrence Book Shouts ‘Read Me!’
Carrying on the Legacy of Elizabeth Lawrence February 2005 The Charlotte Observer by Nancy Brachey
Tending a Legacy by Susan Rivers
Lessons to Grow On by Jacqueline Hériteau |
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