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AT HOME STYLE 13 Stylish Finds Cottage prints and patterns 14 Design News What’s new and notable in The Natural State 18 Collections Cheery chintz ware 22 Design Fresh spring furnishings 25 Before & After Unexpected Charm A vintage cottage-inspired apartment in Little Rock 30 In the Kitchen Heirloom Cooking A Little Rock couple’s cottage kitchen renovation
AT HOME CLASSIC COTTAGES 36 Cottage Comfort A Hillcrest cottage filled with warm tones and cherished antiques 42 Cottage Light A Heights cottage with soft colors and chic furnishings 50 History in Bloom Fields of flowers at a Fayetteville peony farm
AT HOME OUT & ABOUT 59 Spring Style Guide Must-have fashions, accessories and beauty products 73 On the Road Visit Cabot, Searcy and Jonesboro 79 What’s in Store Monogrammed goods 80 Last Look Vintage Florals
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We here in the South know a thing or two about being social. From chatting it up at the grocery store to gab fests at girls’ bunco night, there’s no doubt that we Southerners know how to stay in touch with our friends. Seems to me that is part of the reason that social media (Facebook, Twitter, blogs and the like) are booming in our state. I’m proud to say that At Home is proving that Arkansans are both socially and technologically adept, as this spring we’ll reach more than 5,000 fans on our Facebook page—a number much larger than most design magazines, including many national publications. I think of social media as the 2010 way of talking over the clothesline, and because we know you like to get the latest scoop, we post ideas and news on our blog, Facebook page and Twitter account nearly every day. Here’s a smattering of what you can find online. And if you’re not socializing with us yet, please muster up your best Southern manners and become our friend:
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At Home in Arkansas Magazine Talking home org, some rainy day projects. Here’s how I organized my family room in 5 steps. Room of the Week 2.4.10 My Family Room | At Home Room of the Week | Arkansas Home Design Blog blog.athomearkansas.com We’ve been talking home organization this week, with a great blog post yesterday from organizational expert and blogger extraordinaire Katie Buchanan of Little Rock. Anna Cottrell I always love a great before + after: very inspiring! Shannon Roberts Finally...an idea of what to do with my childrens’ artwork, since I’m not a scrapbooker. Love the idea and that I can implement it immediately. Thanks At Home in Arkansas!
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The living room in Lila and David Ashmore’s Little Rock cottage. Photographed by Nancy Nolan. See page 42.
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Fourteen designers from Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas have come together to transform a home in the Free Ferry Heights neighborhood into a design showcase benefiting the Fort Smith Public Schools Foundation. The entire Cape Cod-style house features design ideas, including a sunroom, study, wine cellar, children’s rooms and even an outdoor deck. Tickets can be purchased at the door; for additional info, contact Rebecca Yarbrough, (479) 650-3388.
Little Rock Council of Garden Clubs Hosts Annual Spring Tour
April 2 - 30 10 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday 3 Free Ferry Heights, Fort Smith $12 general admission
Get your green thumb in gear for growing season with a visit to 14 idea-filled Little Rock gardens. A variety of garden styles and sizes are represented, ranging from Asian-inspired to traditional, hillside to container, and plots both large and small. Master gardeners and garden club members will be on hand to answer questions. For out of town visitors, hotel packages including tour tickets are available. For more information, contact Hillcrest Hall, home of the Council of Garden Clubs, at (501) 663-7515 or HillcrestHall@aol.com.
Saturday, May 1 9 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 2 1 to 5 p.m. $20 general admission
Wine and Design for Our House Now this is what we call inspired design: spend an evening viewing home ideas and products, tasting wine, enjoying appetizers and listening to live music, all while raising money for Little Rock’s Our House Shelter. Little Rock’s American Society of Interior Designers is sponsoring the event, and tickets can be purchased in advance at Ethan Allen, Today’s Office, Kitchen & Bath Concepts or Our House Shelter. For more information, contact lrasid.comm@ gmail.com. Friday, April 16 7 to 11 p.m. Union Station in Little Rock Sponsored by the South Central Chapter, Little Rock District
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Good taste abounds on the 19th annual Cooks Tour, where participants can tour homes and sample chef-made fare prepared in each kitchen, all while raising funds to benefit the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. This year, four residences in the Orle neighborhood in Little Rock’s Chenal Valley will be featured along with dishes from some of the city’s finest executive chefs—Lee Richardson of Ashley’s, Scott McGehee and John Beachboard of ZaZa’s, Evette Brady and Timothy Morton of 1620, and Mark Abernathy of Loca Luna and Red Door. For more information, call (501) 686-8286 or visit cancer.uams.edu/ cookstour. Recipes from previous years’ tours are available online as well.
Miller’s Mud Mill pottery is also available at: Catering To You, 8121 Cantrell Rd., Little Rock Shepherd’s Florist, 910 W. 29th Ave., Pine Bluff The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Gift Shop, Petit Jean Mountain Elements of Design, 2400 Cantrell Rd. #114, Little Rock That Book Store of Blytheville, 316 W. Main St., Blytheville JHJ designs & interiors, Mountain Home House Specials Interiors, 2668 E. Citizens Dr., Fayetteville Epifanies Gallery, 318 S. Main St., Jonesboro
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“It was intended...to brighten their gray days and bring happiness and joy into their everyday lives.” —Jeanne Spencer
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Chintz ware has roots
in the 17th century, when English artisans were inspired to hand paint their ceramics with the floral patterns seen on fabric imported from India. But it wasn’t until the late 1920s, when the lithographic transfer method developed and allowed for tighter, more detailed patterns, that today’s collectible chintz ware burst onto the scene. Royal Winton, known as the premier producer of chintz china, launched its first pattern, “Marguerite,” in 1928. And its wide success was followed in the coming decades by more than 60 Royal Winton patterns, as well as a slew of chintz ware-producing companies. Little Rock collector Jeanne Spencer’s first and most treasured chintz ware is a Royal Winton cup and saucer set purchased at a Dallas antique shop in the mid-1980s. Jeanne, who had first learned of chintz ware during classes in design school, has since amassed an impressive 460 pieces. “My mother surprised me with my first chintz ware, which I had discovered and regretted not buying, as a Christmas gift,” she remembers. After that, Jeanne was hooked, and began visiting antique shops and malls on a quest to expand her collection, which now includes stacking tea pots, toast racks, salt and pepper shakers, dishes, mustard pots and much more. In the beginning, Jeanne purchased all the chintz, chipped or not, that she could find, with the caveat that it had been made in England. While she eventually gave way to collecting a smattering of pieces from Germany, Czechoslovakia and Japan, she prefers the warm ivory background of the English variety to the cooler white of other types. The contrast of a black backdrop also appeals to Jeanne, though one of her favorites is Lord Nelson Pottery’s “Rose Time” pattern, featuring bright pink and yellow roses on a creamy backdrop. “The word ‘cheery’ is often associated with chintz,” Jeanne notes. “It was intended to be used by common working people to brighten their gray days and bring happiness and joy into their everyday lives.” Because the value of chintz ware has increased exponentially, Jeanne chooses to display her collection throughout her home, in cabinets and on walls, rather than use it on an everyday basis. She is also very careful to distinguish between the more collectible old chintz ware, produced between the 1920s and 1960s, and the less valuable look-alike versions produced today. “The new is very shiny, whereas the old has a dull finish,” she describes. “The newer prints also lack the detail.” But certain occasions call for something special. Jeanne has been known to set a formal tea table with chintz teapots tied with satin ribbons, as well as a variety of cake plates and demitasse cups adorned with doilies and nosegays. And this beautiful combination is a reminder of the reason that Jeanne started her collection in the first place. “I saw that several pieces had different patterns but seemed to work together,” she remembers. “What I like most is that the pieces are different but, at the same time, alike.”
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Slipcovered bench from Lee Industries Bear-Hill Interiors, Cobblestone & Vine, Little Rock
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Trading in modern luxuries for classic details gives roommates a character-filled, handme-down-chic apartment in Little Rock’s historic Hillcrest neighborhood By Elizabeth Owen
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Natalie recovered a wingback armchair from her great-grandmother in a damask print, which she also applied to a window cornice she created. Casie complemented the cornice with curtain panels she altered to fit the room, and accented the seating area with a coffee table she painted glossy black.
Before When roommates Natalie Smith and Casie Williams began searching for an apartment, they had choices to make. Proximity to the freeway or a quirky neighborhood? Character or closet space? It quickly became apparent that they preferred crystal doorknobs and built-in bookshelves to a community pool or covered parking. They were searching for a home and a lifestyle. They found unexpected charm. Their search ended in the form of an apartment hidden in the cottage-filled streets of Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood. When they opened the front door and made their way up a curved stairway, they discovered a rare rental gem with French doors, crown molding, an original doorbell and a dining room harkening back to 1930s dinner parties straight out of the movies. Needless to say, they were sold. As with most young professionals just starting out, their furniture was donated by family members. Natalie, who is the assistant to First Lady Ginger Beebe, says the apartment’s style is “hand-me-down chic.” But thanks to the inspiration of their character-filled apartment, the roommates were able to use frugal solutions and creative projects to embellish their new space. Natalie created valances from materials she purchased at local craft stores. She constructed the frames from foam core, covered them with batting and fabric, and mounted them using PVC pipe and screw hooks. Casie, who works at the Little Rock Dermatology Clinic, collaborated with her mother, Clare, sewing pillows and adding fabric accent panels on the bottom of pre-made curtains. 26
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“I love family heirlooms. Not necessarily silver tea sets, but everyday things that remind me of my grandparents.” —Natalie Smith
She also painted their coffee table, along with transforming a thrift shop brass lamp with aqua spray paint. Natalie’s love of cottage charm is a family affair; her mother, Cindy, owns Periwinkle Place in McGehee, a gift store located in two renovated cottages linked by a breezeway. And whether it’s recovering her great-grandmother’s wing chairs in a yellow damask fabric, adding quirky knobs to an old dresser, or hanging artwork painted by her grandmother, Natalie relishes incorporating sentimental items into their apartment. “I love family heirlooms,” she says. “Not necessarily silver tea sets, but everyday things that remind me of my grandparents.” And while the girls admit to sacrificing a few modern luxuries in their older rental property, they feel the trade off is worthwhile. Each time they select a book from the arched bookshelves in the living room or construct party place cards with rosemary and twine in their dining room, they’re thankful to have forgone traditional rental housing and assigned parking. They prefer their home’s unexpected charm.
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Natalie brings the outdoors in with floral fabrics, green bedding from Crate and Barrel and succulents in vintage cups along her bedroom windowsill. To emphasize the cottage charm of the apartment, Natalie and Casie accented its original hallway phone nook with vintage international wall clocks.
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Heirloom Cooking A renovated kitchen in a Little Rock family’s homestead cottage becomes a gathering place for multiple generations PHOTOGRAPHY: RETT PEEK/STYLING: MANDY KEENER
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Before As a young girl helping her mother prepare meals in the kitchen of her family’s new home in Little Rock’s Heights neighborhood, Jane Fraiser could hardly have imagined that she would one day stand in the same space and cook with her own grandchildren. Yet six decades later, that’s exactly what happens on a regular basis, as Jane and her husband, Dr. Lacy Fraiser, welcome their children and their two grandsons into the 1947 cottage that has always remained in Jane’s family. Lifelong Little Rock residents, the Fraisers opted to return to Jane’s childhood home as empty-nesters, enticed by the cottage’s manageable size and friendly neighborhood. Less enticing, however, was its near-original-condition kitchen, which contained a tiny cooking area and a utility room. “We knew we’d have to renovate the kitchen into a more usable area if this house was going to work for us,” says Jane. “It was so small and closed off from the other rooms, and we envisioned an open space where we could all be together.” Working with Yeary Lindsey Architects, they devised a plan to turn the existing cooking space, utility area and back doorway into one enlarged kitchen. As an avid 30
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“We wanted to stick with the cottage character of the house and select materials that were appropriate for the time period in which it was built.” -Jane Fraiser cook, Jane knew that creating work zones was essential as well. “I love to cook and I cook frequently, so I needed a functional, organized kitchen and a place where my grandsons could join me too,” she adds. The resulting design features a center island with a sink and an integral microwave oven, an ideal prep space where Jane has an open view into the adjacent family room and where her two grandsons can pull up bar stools and have a snack or join in the fun. A long wall of cabinets behind the island holds a pair of ovens, a range and a refrigerator, serving as the main working area of the room, while an alcove overlooking the backyard boasts an additional sink and pantry areas. When it came to materials and finishes, years of gathering ideas from design magazines had given Jane a firm idea of the style she desired. “We wanted to stick with the cottage character of the house,” says Jane, “and select materials that were appropriate for the time period in which it was built.” Wood cabinets with a painted white finish were a top priority for keeping the room bright and fresh, and new hardwood floors helped tie the renovated space together with the original parts of the house. For further authenticity, the Fraisers used antique bricks as a backsplash, with a light coating of mortar to soften the color and blend with the cabinetry. Furniture-style detailing on the cabinets and island evoke architectural elements throughout the house, and the island was finished in natural wood tones as a transition to the colors used in the family room. “Plus, it’s my grandsons’ favorite place to sit and we didn’t want anyone to worry about shoe scuff marks or other things like that,” says Jane, ever mindful of the needs of multiple generations gathering in her family home. 32
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Quintessential cottage elements like built-in bookshelves drew David Kirkpatrick, owner of the Cabbage Rose Floral Boutique, to his 1938 home, which he warmed up with earthy colors, natural textures and a mix of French and English antiques, as well as salvaged architectural pieces.
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When David Kirkpatrick of Cabbage Rose Floral Boutique purchased his 1938 house in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood two years ago, he was drawn to its cottage style but wanted to add warmth. “It has good bones with built-in shelves, French doors and arts-and-crafts details,” says Kirkpatrick, “but I also wanted it to be a place of comfort.” So he decided to roll up his sleeves and get to work, weaving in layers of earth tones and his signature eclectic style to transform the space into a comfortable cottage hideaway. Paint was Kirkpatrick’s first priority, and he opted for natural earthy shades inspired by fall foliage. A golden yellow, which Kirkpatrick says creates soft apricothued shadows in the evening, makes a statement on the living and dining room walls. In the master bedroom, Kirkpatrick chose a soothing sage green that appears “to disappear at night,” he says. And in the bathroom, he chose to temper the stark white tile with a deep earthy brown paint. The same earthy brown tones down the white cabinetry in the kitchen, where updates included tearing down old paneling and installing a washer and dryer behind 38
In the dining room, Kirkpatrick’s eclectic touches included hanging votives from the chandelier, adding aged shutters and installing his own sunflower painting. “Paint what you know,” says the floral designer. Facing page: Kirkpatrick has an affinity for antique benches, this one situated beneath colorful Barry Thomas paintings, one which depicts Kirpatrick arranging flowers.
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After painting the kitchen walls brown, Kirkpatrick accessorized the room with bright accents, including plaid curtain panels and a red door. Facing page: An antique armoire stores pots and pans in the kitchen eating area. Kirkpatrick’s sidekick, Jo Jo, rests in the sage green master bedroom, where miniature shades soften light from the chandelier.
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closet doors. “I applied a darker stain to the door slats with a Q-tip to balance the white frame,” Kirkpatrick says. For additional warmth, he then sanded and applied a walnut stain to the home’s originally blonde-colored hardwood floors. Next came the furnishings, including a medley of English and French antiques, as well as the occasional Scottish or Hungarian piece, which Kirkpatrick has patiently amassed over the years. Rather than searching for new finds, he buys antiques that appeal to him the most and that transition with him from home to home. He also likes to adapt his collection of antiques to fit his comfortable lifestyle, having recently upholstered a bench with a worn tapestry rug. He notes that it’s a great alternative to a coffee table, “because you can actually put your feet on it.” To cover his other furnishings, he chose muted fabrics and worn-in leather. With neutral furnishings as a base, Kirkpatrick was able to spice up his home with interesting and colorful accessories. He has a particular fondness for architectural elements, such as shutters hung over the doorways, while his blue and white
china collection complements the yellow living room. Art also appears prominently, including vivid Barry Thomas paintings and floral works by Kirkpatrick himself. There’s no denying that Kirkpatrick’s new home maintains a cottage feel, along with the added benefit of personalized comfort. “I always considered myself an antique collector,” he says. “But when I moved into a cottage, it all took on a whole new atmosphere.”
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A Little Rock writer and her husband freshen up the rooms of their 1920s cottage, using soft hues to create a serenely chic home Text: Lila Ashmore Photography: Nancy Nolan Styling: Diane Carroll 42
In the Heights neighborhood cottage of writer Lila Ashmore and her husband David, a floor-to-ceiling window floods the living room with natural light. Sherwin-Williams’ Dover White covers the walls, trim and ceiling throughout the main rooms of the house; drapery fabric is from Kravet and furnishings and lighting are through Bear-Hill Interiors.
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It was 17 years ago this month
that my husband David lured me into the car for a Sunday afternoon drive. The dogwood trees were in full bloom and the colors of spring were a welcome sight. With no itinerary planned, David steered us toward the Heights neighborhood and showed me a house he had coveted from afar for years. As we turned onto Stonewall Road, David looked at me and said, “If this house ever goes on the market, I’m going to find a way to buy it.” Call it coincidence or call it kismet, but the home was indeed for sale by owner, and I immediately shared his love of this Spanish Colonial cottage David had nicknamed the Alamo. We peered in a plethora of windows and fell for it hard and fast. But others had apparently responded similarly, as there were several notes on the front door beckoning the owners for a showing. We soon realized this wasn’t going to be an easy task and quickly got a plan in motion. Persistence paid off and we reached the owners late that afternoon. The keepers of the keys were none other than Brett Pitts and Kevin Walsh, co-owners of Bear-Hill Interiors. When things are meant to be everything falls into place, and within a month the Alamo was ours. After moving into our new abode, we immediately began construction on a master bedroom and bath addition, and had started to plot out our next renovation phase when our plans were put on hold. Like many folks, life just got in the way of executing our dream home. We had three teenage boys under our roof, which
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Lila, working at a writing desk in the guest bedroom (facing page), calls the dining room “the nucleus of our home and my favorite space.” The dining table base is a piece of driftwood she inherited from her mother and the chairs are Ashmore family heirlooms. The painting, “A Little Red River Runs Through It,” was a gift from their daughter-in-law’s mother, Gail English, a noted contemporary landscape artist in Sydney, Australia.
In the renovated kitchen, a steel table from The Conran Shop pairs with chairs from West Elm, their metal accents complementing the Restoration Hardware light fixtures above. As empty-nesters, the couple converted a bedroom into a den (facing page, lower right), where Sherwin-Williams’ Caribbean Coral covers the walls. Draperies are from Anthropologie; art includes an additional abstract painting, “Grass,” by Gail English, and a shadow box by Christopher Marley.
left little time or resources to move forward. We settled in and although it was a bit crowded at times, we embraced our small space and now, as empty-nesters, have come to realize that cottage living suits us best. Kevin Walsh re-entered our life when the time finally came five years ago to revisit our master plan. David and I had been living among a hodgepodge of furniture, with dark colors on the walls and a tinge of outdated Southwestern-style décor throughout. We desperately needed an overhaul, but couldn’t grasp what direction to take or what we desired as an end result. As an interior designer, Walsh had a special knack for tapping into my inner being and helped me find my personal style. Finally. “We had a fairly clean slate when we started,” says Walsh. “I didn’t want the Ashmore home to have a theme, I simply wanted to lighten and loosen up their space.” Under his direction, special pieces stayed and others went away. We began to layer our cottage with soft, comfortable furnishings and soothing colors. “Because of the floor plan of the home, we had to create a cohesiveness that flowed from room to room,” says Walsh. “All the components, like great windows for natural light, textural walls and architectural details, were already in place, we just needed to make the spaces complement one another.” Once the cosmetic changes were made, a major kitchen renovation began. We had lived with an eyesore of a kitchen for more than a decade and were excited to see the redo come to fruition. The room lacked the practical needs we pined for, as we functioned with minimal cabinet and counter space. The only element that had any charm was a pine cabinet that Walsh and Pitts had stripped, sanded and refinished when www.athomearkansas.com 47
Lavender walls in the guest room are Sherwin-Williams’ Enchant, while the soft blue-green in the master suite is Sea Salt. Art in the guest room is from Vesta’s, with custom framing by the Red Door Gallery in North Little Rock.
they purchased the home as rental property. Of course, all parties agreed that the cabinet needed to stay, and I was then taken out of the design equation as David, the head chef of our household, and Walsh tackled the kitchen without me. We often joke that the house belongs to me, but David owns the kitchen. David and Walsh worked with Scott Kerr of J&S Cabinet Concepts to create a space that was both practical and aesthetically pleasing, with white tile floors and backsplash, vintage-inspired cabinetry and lighting, and doors leading to the backyard. “It’s simple, but it still has high quality appliances and special touches,” says Walsh. With renovations and interiors complete, we have found that our refurbished cottage is both charmingly cozy and ultimately peaceful. What makes me happiest about life in our cottage is the abundant natural light that streams in through our windows. Every room has an exterior wall with either French doors or windows that serve as natural light fixtures. Throughout the day, when the light changes, each room takes on a different glow, creating a magical transformation to enjoy. Design Resources Interior design, furnishings Bear-Hill Interiors, Little Rock Appliances Metro Builders Supply, North Little Rock Art Bear-Hill Interiors, Vesta’s, Little Rock; Red Door Gallery, North Little Rock Bedding, draperies, headboards Mountjoy’s Custom Draperies, Mabelvale Cabinets J&S Cabinet Concepts Inc., Benton Kitchen flooring American Restoration Tile, Mabelvale Paint Sherwin-Williams, locations statewide
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Acres of peonies burst into bloom each spring at this Fayetteville farm, offering a colorful glimpse into the owers’ past Text and styling: Diane Carroll Photography: Rett Peek
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Chotkowski Gardens hosts an open house every Mother’s Day, with cut blooms available for purchase displayed in mass, and single blooms like deep pink ‘John Gardener’ highlighting plants available to order (facing page).
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to Henry Chotkowski’s peony farm on the outskirts of Fayetteville, when the three-acre plot of land transforms from bare earth into a sea of green leaves and bright blooms. “No two years are the same,” says Chotkowski, as weather conditions leading up to bloom time influence when the plants, which grow each year from root stock, will appear and how many blooms they’ll sport. “Some years, a plant that seldom blooms will surprise me with a big show, and one that blooms often will be more spare,” he adds. “It keeps things interesting around here, waiting to see what happens each season.” The fact that the plants have endured through time, changing and adapting to a variety of climates, is part of the intrigue that drew Chotkowski to his profession. “What hooked me is knowing their history,” he says. “The roots are living tissue that connect all the way back to the original plant—I have a French peony that was hybridized in 1824 and a piece of that plant has endured nearly two centuries and made its way to my farm in Northwest Arkansas.” Much like the plants he now cultivates, Chotkowski followed a similar circuitous path to make his way to the Fayetteville farm he calls home. Hailing from Connecticut, Chotkowski attended Yale University and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. He spent several years as “an itinerant artist and college professor,” he says, when he began working on a peony farm in Virginia as a part-time job. A few years later, he and his wife, Karen, relocated to Fayetteville for career opportunities with the University of Arkansas. Having developed a close relationship with the owners of the farm, they shared their peony rootstock of nearly 600 plants with him as the beginnings of a garden of his own. 51
Chotkowski now works full time on his farm, which contains more than 900 varieties of herbaceous plants and 200 varieties of tree peonies. Rather than develop a largescale operation, his main goal is to perpetuate a variety of cultivars. Sales are based on word of mouth referrals, with interested buyers touring the grounds during bloom time and ordering rootstock to be picked up in the fall after the growing season is complete. The highlight of each spring is Mother’s Day, when the plants are nearly all in bloom. Chotkowski hosts an annual open house, where visitors can walk through the rows of bushes or admire cut flowers displayed on tables. Peony enthusiasts are usually treated to a bit of history or a flowering surprise, such as last year when Chotkowski debuted a new yellow peony that had recently been hybridized in Europe and shared with only ten growers around the world. Chotkowski notes that the event cultivates its own history, as multiple generations of a family gather for Mother’s Day and wander through the blooming acreage together. “Sometimes we’ll have four generations of a family here, from a great grandmother who loves the flowers to the youngest children just getting acquainted with them,” he says, “and seeing the plants in bloom is intriguing enough to interest them all.” 52
The garden contains both herbaceous peonies, which die back each fall and emerge each spring, and tree peonies, which are deciduous. Flower colors include a wide range of pink and red shades, mixed in with white and the more rare yellow blooms.
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Flowers are cut and tagged for easy ordering during the Mother’s Day open house. Some of Chotkowski’s favorites include (first row, from left to right) ‘Myra Macrae’, ‘Hansina Brand’, ‘Felix Supreme’ and ‘Border Charm’ (second row, from left to right) ‘Charm’, ‘Gay Paree’, ‘Henry Bockstoce’ and ‘Myron Bigger’.
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A HINT OF WARMER MONTHS ahead, Cabot’s Annual Strawberry Festival is set to take place on April 23 - 24. Strawberry growers will be on hand to tempt festival-goers with their delicious crop of the sweet fruit, a lovely excuse to stop by Cabot and then continue with a jaunt down the road to Searcy and Jonesboro, where a plethora of shopping and dining options await. For more information about the Strawberry Festival, visit www.juniorauxiliaryofcabot.com. WHERE TO SHOP CABOT Bimini Butterfly 2540 W. Main St. (501) 944-9911 A clothing, accessory and gift experience, offering lines like Betsey Johnson, Silver Jeans, David & Goliath and Niven Morgan. Indulge 2051 W. Main St., Ste. C (501) 605-0500 www.indulgestyle.com A wide range of fashionable wares for the trendsetter in everyone, including Lilly Pulitzer, Stephanie Johnson cosmetic bags, Spanx, Emily Ray jewelry and more. Three C’s in a Pod 2051 W. Main St., Ste. D2 (501) 941-2653 www.threecsinapodonline.com Every boy and girl’s dream, with puzzles, party hats, placemats, invitations and clothing. www.athomearkansas.com 73
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