Richard Winham shares the second part of a performance by the Nashville trio South for Winter from Isis Music Hall’s Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series in Asheville, NC.

What does Wendell Berry have to do with flowers? Morgan Sharpe will tell you. She runs Creekside Flower Farm in Flintstone, Georgia - where she grows annual cut flowers for weddings and wholesalers.

Two Montessori schools will open in the Chattanooga area this month. Classes begin at Montessori Elementary at Highland Park on Thursday - and the first day of classes at Scenic City Montessori in Hixson will be August 16th.

On a fifty-acre farm at the foot of Raccoon Mountain - just ten minutes away from downtown Chattanooga - a new school where Nature is the classroom opens this month. Nature Kin Farm and Forest School will provide outdoor learning for children ages nine to eleven.

Nature Kin Forest & Farm School; Scenic City Montessori. Creekside Flower Farm - and Part II of South For Winter. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares the first part of a performance by the Nashville trio South for Winter from Isis Music Hall’s Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series in Asheville, NC.

This summer, students from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill came to Chattanooga to study its role as a Smart City. The Morehead-Cain scholars - who were hosted by the Enterprise Center - examined tech projects here, including from UTC’s Center for Urban Informatics and Progress.

How can a theater help build community for people on the autism spectrum - the neurodivergent - and what can those people teach the theater?

How the world of theater meets people with autism. UNC Chapel Hill students on Chattanooga as a Smart City. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series: South for Winter, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares a performance by singer / songwriter Nathan Bell, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.