RANDOLPH COUNTY Farm Bureau member Thomas Gilmore, co-owner of Gilmore Plant & Bulb Co. in Liberty, recently marked 100 years of the family business. Gilmore owns the business with his sons, Dwayne and Dell. The company was profiled in North Carolina Nursery & Landscape Notes, where it was noted that the nursery’s plants can be found at The White House, the Pentagon and the Jefferson Memorial, among other places. The company was founded in 1912 by Gilmore’s father.

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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