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conservation, educational programs, and ongoing maintenance of the not-for-profit
Juniper Level Botanic Gardens, established in 1988, to bridge the gap between horticulture and botany. Juniper Level Botanic Gardens is also home to the Center for Mindfulness and Nonduality.
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Owner Tony Avent has a history of publishing satirical catalog covers. These covers, often political satire, are created by Jack
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dressed as a lion with a Penn State logo attached chasing children down a road. Numerous
Facebook comments directed to the business were deleted. Avent publicly commented on News 5 WRAL in Raleigh that he stands by his artwork.
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directly to the public on site. The garden and nursery also host educational classes to raise awareness of the mis-information prevalent in the gardening world, along with
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JC Raulston. He married his childhood sweetheart, Michelle Morgan (1957-2012), and after college, he worked for the North
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