Business
A bonanza of bonsai
Brussel’s Bonsai in Olive Branch may be the country’s largest bonsai nursery but it’s “just a blip in what’s possible” with bonsai.
Nick Lingerfelt
Nick Lingerfelt has written for Focus Mid-South Magazine, StyleBlueprint, Salon and At Home Memphis & Mid South. When he was a student at the University of Memphis, he was editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman, the school’s student newspaper. Also while a student at the U of M, he received the Otis Sanford Outstanding Journalism Student award.
There are 33 articles by Nick Lingerfelt :
-
July 2025
-
Premium
Business -
Premium
Arts & CultureFar-flung influencers travel from around world to see Memphis gardens
Attendees of The Fling, a yearly event for gardening communicators and influencers, came to Memphis to tour the horticultural wonders the city has to offer, from home gardens to Annesdale Mansion.
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsGoing native: Trading Bermuda grass for something bees like
In her front yard, High Point Terrace’s Allie Mounce is manifesting what she wants to see in the wider world: native plants.
Related content:
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsWhy plant natives? Environmentalists weigh in
The owner of a seed supplier calls the native prairie the landscape of the future. Once it’s established, it doesn’t have to be watered or fertilized.
Related content:
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsPro tips for pollinator gardens
How to get more native plants into your yard — and your life.
Related content:
-
-
May 2025
-
Premium
Spirit of MemphisMidtown’s Fantastic Fans is closing, but the Fan Doctor will make house calls
“Once it passes into history,” said a fan, “we will have lost another unique part of what makes Midtown, Midtown.”
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsGarden variety: Tour 270 local gardens in 35 neighborhoods
Hear the birdsong, dance under a tree. Experience Memphis Gardens founder hopes to inspire locals to love their own yards.
-
-
April 2025
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Race cars or crawfish, and nerd out on the science of wine
This week, watch 10-minute plays at Hattiloo Theatre, see Julien Baker & Torres in Oxford and get a sneak peek of Baron von Opperbean (with cocktails for a cause).
-
Premium
The To-Do ListThe To-Do List: Shell Daze, Time Warp and Mary J. Blige for real this time
This week, Peabody rooftop parties return, Africa in April is back and Saddle Creek opens another art show.
-
Premium
The To-Do ListThe To-Do List: Porchfest, knight fights and the function of conjunctions
This week, Lucero plays a free show for Huey’s birthday, a death-row inmate performs from an Ohio prison and you can play musical chairs at Hattiloo.
-
-
March 2025
-
Premium
ColliervilleCouple puts the mom-and-pop into Lego shop
Several years ago, Talana Patterson kept seeing her husband and son’s receipts from a store called Bricks & Minifigs; once she visited herself, the family made an even bigger purchase.
-
-
November 2024
-
Premium
GermantownFor this Germantown designer, more is more
John Mark Sharpe is a jack of many home-and-garden trades and master of all of them: He decorates homes, he arranges flowers and he sells most of what you need to try these endeavors yourself.
-
-
September 2024
-
Arts & Culture Oprah sits down for a little more conversation with Riley Keough
Oprah Winfrey traveled to Graceland in Memphis for the interview, Riley Keough’s first since her mother, Lisa Marie Presley’s death.
-
-
August 2024
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Black Lodge’s last bash (really) and an Off the Rails art party
This week, I Love Memphis and Streetdog Foundation celebrate 15 years (but not together), and there will be swingin' and swayin' and DJs playing on Maggie H. Isabell Street.
-
-
June 2024
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Picnics for glam rock and hill country blues, plus a Y2K party
This week, watch a four-hour Taiwanese epic, indulge in self-care at Shelby Forest and sample wine as DJs spin wax at Stax.
-
Free with sign-up
Arts & CultureQueer Prom brings people together under the disco ball
Come for the drinks and the dancing, stay for the community building at the Crosstown Concourse event.
-
-
May 2024
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Garden walk, fantasy films and the tea on Mr. Bridgerton
This week, vegan cheese meets wine at Crosstown, a new arts fest comes to Uptown and the City of Memphis turns 205.
-
Premium
Food NewsEat barbecue and drink beer at Memphis’ May food festivals
While the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam dominate Memphis’ May food-event lineup, there are other things to eat this month, too, from food-truck fare to high tea.
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dance with David Quarles and sing along with Simien
This week, new art exhibitions feature work by Erin Harmon, Kong Wee Pang and Iwona Rhodes. Plus, Kevin Ford’s Tops Gallery show gets one last hurrah.
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Crystals, chalk art, crawfish and cafe au lait
This week, see Brittany Howard and Kingfish in Oxford, eat breakfast for dinner for a cause and get all the free stuff at Strangewaze Wednesdaze.
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Food truck fests, river beats and what to do for Cinco de Mayo
This week, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plays “Star Wars” tunes, Overton Park hosts a discussion on snakes and the Listening Lab celebrates a blues great’s 90th birthday.
-
-
April 2024
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: 4/20 music, a Swiftie Saturday and ballet on the big stage
This week, 1990s hip-hop group Arrested Development headlines Africa in April, Shelby Farms Park gets a head start on Earth Day and music is back on Cooper-Young porches.
-
Premium
Spirit of MemphisPath to totality: Memphians head out of town to get 100%
Chasing the feeling of being “on another planet for a while,” Memphians are headed to places such as Greers Ferry and Cherry Valley, Arkansas, and Purmela, Texas, to experience this year’s total eclipse.
-
The To-Do List The To-Do List: Fests celebrate tattoos, yoga, books, music and the arts
This week, Memphis Farmers Market opens, Elizabeth King performs “sacred soul” at Crosstown Arts and there’s an eclipse party in Overton Park.
-
Premium
Arts & CultureCelebrate crawfish, wings and wine at Memphis’ April festivals
A race for doughnut lovers, a brand-new cocktail festival and a brunch day party round out the April 2024 guide to food and drink events in Memphis.
-
About 33 results