Author: Laura Jane Stallo

“Every day is a new adventure,” Jamie Pursell, Proprietor of the Birmingham garden center, Leaf n’ Petal said. “Leaf n’ Petal was started by a Birmingham couple in 1974,” Pursell said. “We bought Leaf N’ Petal from the couple.” Pursell said Leaf n’ Petal is a brick and mortar plant retail shop, though they occasionally deliver and make container arrangements. “In 2007 we expanded to three stores,” Pursell said. “Through (our) relationships with the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, (we) entered into an agreement to take over the giftshop.” Fall plants fill the shelves/PHOTO BY JADA NGUYEN Pursell said in 2018, Leaf n’ Petal opened their new store in the back of the Summit. “This store…

https://youtu.be/A0QW6a510-U In honor of Earth Day 2020 Copy Editor Laura Jane Stallo discusses some of Alabama’s native trees and plants.

With all of us at home social-distancing now is the perfect time to dig up those old family recipes that have made it through generations or even crossed continents. In this episode watch as Copy Editor and Multimedia Reporter Laura Jane Stallo shares her family recipe for the perfect Ice Cream Pound Cake.

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