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MilSpo
Superstars
BY JANELOVESLOC AL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAT THEW WONDERLY
MIL*SPO (NOUN):
a military spouse who is resilient,
confident, empowered, dedicated and
entrepreneurial.
We sat down with a handful of
dedicated and successful milspos who
are rockstars in our own community.
Jennifer Pate, Owner & Floral
Designer of Wildly Cultivated
Jennifer Pate is an artist whose
medium is flowers. With her art
history degree, she has traveled the
globe working on military bases as
a library technician. She brings that
culture, texture and design into each
flower design. She even grows some of
the flowers in her own secret garden.
Her biggest supporter? Her active-
duty military man. Check out more at
wildlycultivatedflorals.com.
Q: Tell me about your garden. What's
blooming?
A: Right now, tulips, alliums, little blue
muscari and five varieties of heirloom
daffodils in lots of pretty colors. I
grow unusual varieties you don't see
everyday. is summer, I am growing
dwarf sunflowers.
Q: Do you grow anything edible?
A: I try. ere are a lot of predators
from grasshoppers to coyotes. Coyotes
eat my sugar-pie watermelons.
Q: When did you realize you wanted to
start a flower business?
A: I always liked to grow things. Even
living in apartments, I always had a
balcony garden. In Germany, I was
spoiled with the flower markets. But it
PERIPHERAL
ARTERIAL DISEASE
is common, but usually
goes unrecognized.
This disease can lead
to disabling leg pain,
foot ulcers, limb loss,
aneurysm, stroke, and
even death.
RISK FACTORS INCLUDE:
Over the age of 40
Smoker
Diabetes
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Kidney disease
ALL INSURANCES
WELCOME
ACCEPTING NEW
PATIENTS
Evaluation of Leg Pain
Treatment of Peripheral
Artery Disease (PAD)
Treatment of varicose
veins and laser-RF closure
Treatment of non-healing
leg and foot ulcers
VASCULAR CLINIC • Valley Cardiology, PA
M. Akram Paracha,
MD, FSCAI, RPVI
3656 Cape Center Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
910.321.1012
