Kate Marshall Graphics

10/11/2025

WHO, WHAT, WHEN - The Kate Marshall Graphics annual online store "Holly Jolly Christmas/Holiday Sale" is right around the corner! It will begin November 1 and end on December 10!
HOW - You can plan for it ahead of time by seeing what we have now - here is the link, click on "Shop" and start planning. Between now and then we have more items to add in the tapestry line so check back often. - most tapestries are very limited since our supplier has gone out of business. We also help you save by offering Free Shipping on 99.99% of our items. Only a few very heavy items may carry a shipping fee that we will share with you, (i.e., hard cover books).

WHY - If you love Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in particular Cades Cove, and the southern Appalachians (TN-NC-GA), you will love our stuff! DVDs, tapestries, books, and wood carvings are great affordable gifts for stocking stuffers and beneath the tree this year. DVDs include the history of Cades Cove (over 20 hours on 18 discs) and regional Appalachian scenery, trails and wildlife such as bears, deer, coyote, pileated woodpeckers, wild turkeys, butterflies and skippers, etc., as well as fantastic southern Appalachian wildflowers and where to find them, and more!

PRICE: VERY AFFORDABLE! - Unlike other retailers, we are not increasing any prices or playing any games. We will either offer it all at the same low price or else lower to sale prices. We invested in our supplies very early this year in anticipation of tariffs, spent a lot to save a lot (in money and worry) for later, and glad we did. Some of our supplies may not even be available after a while due to diminishing stock and supply chain woes. With the current and soon-to-be increases in everything, including daily, grocery, and healthcare expenses, etc., now is the time to save. And we will help with that. The DVDs are unlimited, if we run out temporarily, we will just copy and package more. Inventory on other items will be shown, many may have only one or two left.

SHIPPING NOTES:
> DVDs - made in U.S.A. and shipped to you from the U.S.A. (Georgia) - us!
> Wood Carvings - made in U.S.A. (Arizona) and shipped to you from the U.S.A. (Georgia) - us!
> Books - made in U.S.A. or Canada, and shipped to you from the U.S.A. (Georgia) - us! (no tariff charges to our customers)
> Tapestries - made in U.S.A. (Lake Lure, North Carolina) and shipped to you from the U.S.A. (Georgia) - us!

So, checkout our new website at https://covebear.com/ soon!

DVDs - Carvings - Books - Tapestries 50 International Film Awards for Stunning Wildlife & Rich Cultural Heritage

09/21/2025

We Are LIVE! The new CoveBear website is nearly finished (just a little bit left to do) and has been published to the internet. This is the bottom part of the frontpage. Lots to see there, our online store plus info about wildflowers, bears, southern wildlife, deer, and reviews/comments, as well as our filmography by year. We should have the 'in progress' pages done in another week, and we have new products to add too, which we need to photograph. Visit us often at www.CoveBear.com !

08/16/2025

Every now and then highlighting someone's life work is a good thing. Frank T. van Manen what a great friend - has always been there for us when we were working on our bear documentaries through the years. Here is what he has been doing for the past few decades. Thanks, Frank, for your dedication and generosity in education.

Frank van Manen is an emeritus ecologist with the USGS who blends his research interest in large carnivores with landscape ecology. Frank was team lead of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team from 2012-2025 and he is continuing to work with the team.

08/16/2025

"VOICES OF CADES COVE"- A MUST-SEE DVD COLLECTION!
The great thing about Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in East Tennessee is that it is continually offering up its stories, and all you have to do is go there and piece these little bits of history together. The Cades Cove you see today is veiled by time and she does not give up her stories lightly.

Peer through the early morning mist and really experience the Cove when you can spend a leisurely day or two there. Beyond the campgrounds, rolling fields, towering forests, rambling creeks and waterfalls, secluded trails, colorful wildflowers, horses you can ride, and wild animals, lies a wealth of information about the people who once lived there and called it home. But you must seek it out. It is all just waiting to be discovered by you!.

This history of people that you must imagine, can be savored in the old roads and footpaths, cemeteries, churches, mills, barns, and homes that remain. Begin your personal immersion of Cades Cove with the internationally award-winning DVD documentary mini-series by Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc., "Voices of Cades Cove."

This 9-part collection is available singly or as a discounted set at our online store at www.CoveBear.com. (It is also offered at the Cades Cove Preservation Association Museum at the Historic Thompson-Brown House in Maryville, Tennessee, across from Blount Memorial Hospital.) Part 10 is in post-production now. If this project seems to be a huge undertaking, you are right, and as much as we offer, it is still not all told!

If you are planning on a visit or just can’t make it yet, you can experience Cades Cove just by peeking through our lens to see the beauty and diversity of Cades Cove, and by listening to our interviews with folks eager to share their family histories, and National Park Service staff eager to share their side of this sprawling history.

Only then, will you begin to understand the real Cades Cove.

Our website is currently under construction behind the curtains, but is fully functional (unless I mess up). After September 10 it may have a different look, but it will still offer lots of great subjects in the form of DVDs, books, wood carvings, tote bags and throw pillows, and beautiful tapestries to hang on your walls.

Since our DVD discs are the finest in the world, and must be imported, we made the decision in February to make a large investment in March 2025 in enough discs and cases to get us through the next couple of years. As it turns out, it was a wise decision, even if it did put a massive strain on the old bank account.

But by doing that, we can maintain our promise that our DVDs will not increase in price, and will not decrease in quality. If anything, they do decrease in price during our 3 sales each year for:
- Valentines Day ("A Sweetheart of a Deal"),
- Fourth of July ("May the Fourth Be With You"),
- and the Holidays ("A Holly Jolly Christmas To You!") (gift wrap is available for this sale along with shipping to your recipient)

We also discount bundled sets of items year-round, and everything SHIPS FREE (except our two heaviest books)!

We will shine a light on all of the other fantastic DVDs we offer in another post. Until then, begin planning for the holidays now - a DVD is a perfect fit for a Christmas stocking!

07/25/2025

Introducing Libby, new team member at Kate Marshall Graphics! She is a 4-year-old white and brown Pomeranian, smart, funny, cuddly, and beautiful. She has learned tons of new things since she got here Sunday night, amazing!

06/21/2025

KMG UPDATE: All DVD documentaries in SETS ARE ON SALE! These include the Cades Cove set (12 DVDs), the Voices of Cades Cove 9-part set, the Wildlife set (10 DVDs), and the Season of the Bear 6-volume collection. The annual Fourth of July sale will return in 2026. Due to a website glitch I am unable to add any extra discounts on single DVDs or other products. Our next annual site-wide sale will be November-December 2025 on the new website!

Fantastic DVDs (Season of the Bear, Voices of Cades Cove, Whitetails, Appalachian Wildflowers, Mountain Music, Private Moments in Nature), tapestries, carvings & books pertaining to the southern Appalachian Mountains and the southern states. Welcome!

05/14/2025

I was wondering how to describe our fantastic cultural heritage / historical documentary DVD mini-series, "Voices of Cades Cove." It is such a special project and spans over 200 years! There will be more than 9 in the set! These DVDs follow the Cades Cove Loop Road, as you would if you were to travel there, and stops at key points along the way, such as cabins, churches, cemeteries, roads, blacksmith shops, homesites, mills, and creeks, and also takes you with us traveling along the scenic Loop, with glimpses of expansive fields, trails, wildlife and wildflowers with a grand backdrop of the surrounding mountains - in all four seasons - in windy springs, rainy summers, colorful autumns, and snowy winters.

However, it is the people who once lived there and in the nearby communities that provide all the magic. You know the family names - Sparks, Oliver, Myers, Shields, Caughron, Hill, Cable, Coada, Gregory, Whitehead, McCauley, Tipton, LeQuire, Burchfield, Proctor, Shuler, Cooper, Ledbetter, Abbott, Boring, Davis, Headrick, Garland, and many, many more.

What sets these programs apart from so many others, are the former residents and their descendants telling their family stories and area history in their own words and their own voices. We are so proud of this huge endeavor. Each installment is 2 hours long.

The first nine have won several international film awards in multiple categories of: - Cultural Documentary - Biographical / Autobiographical Documentary - Travel and Tourism Documentary - and Historical Documentary, and are a prized collection to anyone interested in the history, culture and beauty of Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Filmed and researched and interviewed over a long period of years, and with the help of The National Archives, National Park Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, Cades Cove Preservation Association, The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Battle of Resaca Civil War Re-enactors, Blount County Historical Association, Little River Railroad Museum, University of Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Shiloh National Military Park, Herders on The Balds, the Institute at Tremont, former residents and descendants, former teachers and their descendants, visitors and others who love the Cove, geologists, musicians, and many more, Kate Marshall Graphics is delighted to bring you this labor of love, again and again. Join us on this journey as we present the entire set (so far) of these DVDs of "Voices of Cades Cove" available now on sale on our website at www.CoveBear.com, singly or in a discounted complete collection! And it is not over yet! Stay tuned here for updates! More to come!

Fantastic DVDs (Season of the Bear, Voices of Cades Cove, Whitetails, Appalachian Wildflowers, Mountain Music, Private Moments in Nature), tapestries, carvings & books pertaining to the southern Appalachian Mountains and the southern states. Welcome!

04/19/2025

Developing a new website this spring - should be done in a couple of weeks or so. Voices 10 is rambling along. Working on multiple projects at once. Going hiking and filming next week. Never enough time! Checkout our current website at www.CoveBear.com

02/17/2025

2/17/2025 - If you like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, check out our page regarding the history and beauty of that part of the Southern Appalachian Mountains - Over 6,000 likes and nearly 7,000 followers so far - thank you for visiting that KMG page!
https://www.facebook.com/kmgcadescove/

Kate Marshall Graphics is filming and sharing wildlife and culture in the south - Join our journey!

02/09/2025

At the Kate Marshall Graphics studio, we are busy doing and planning and plotting our way through the next 3 years. Come along with us through these pages and through our DVD documentaries, as we continue in our tradition of researching, writing, filming and photographing the southern states. These efforts include marshes, beaches, fields, and prairies, as well as the cultural heritage and beauty of the southern Appalachian Mountains, such as the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge.

January-March 2025 - Upgrades to technology in KMG studio, updates to projected documentary 5-year plan and written Statement of Qualifications, and review of all permits and U.S. Copyright Certifications. Continuing work on Voices of Cades Cove, Part 10: Coming Home, and Waterbirds.

Our Current Available DVD Documentaries:
WILDLIFE, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, TRAVEL:
- Season of the Bear, Volume 1: American Black Bear
- Season of the Bear, Volume 2: Black Bear Cubs
- Season of the Bear, Volume 3: True Bear Stories
- Season of the Bear, Volume 4: Southern Bears
- Season of the Bear, Volume 5: Elusive and Imperiled
- Season of the Bear, Volume 6: North America's Bears
- The Story of Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians
- The Whitetails of Cades Cove
- Private Moments in Nature
- Painted Wings & Feathered Things in the Smokies

CULTURAL HERITAGE, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL:
- Mountain Music with Carl & Betty Ross of Tymes Past
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 1: A Sense of Place
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 2: Amazing Grace
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 3: 'Til We Meet Again
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 4: Winds of Change
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 5: A Full Life
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 6: Water Works
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 7: As Sweet As Honey
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 8: Shattered Peace
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 9: Of Another Place

Coming Soon (titles and dates tentative)
- Voices of Cades Cove, Part 10: Coming Home (planned for November 2025)
- Waterbirds of the Southern States (planned for November 2025)
- El Lagarto: American Alligator (planned for June 2026)
- The Armchair Observer’s Guide to Backyard Wildlife (planned for September 2026)
- Easy Southern Wildlife Viewing (planned for July 2027)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Forest, Field and Flowing Water (planned for November 2027)

12/18/2024

Does a good story equal a good film? A director must know how to research it, cast it, script it, shoot it, score it, edit it, find the magic and the thread. And when inspiration hits, like tonight, there is nothing else in the universe! Joy to all! Love, Kate

12/02/2024

Thank you for ordering this holiday season. Our sale is now over but you can still receive a discount to bundle the "Voices of Cades Cove" DVD collection! -

I was wondering how to describe our fantastic DVD mini-series, "Voices of Cades Cove." It is such a special project and spans over 200 years! There will be 10 in the set, hoping to release the last one in 2025. These DVDs follow the Cades Cove Loop Road, as you would if you were to travel there, and stops at key points along the way, such as cabins, churches, cemeteries, roads, blacksmith shops, homesites, mills, and creeks, and also takes you with us traveling along the scenic Loop, with glimpses of expansive fields, trails, wildlife and wildflowers with a grand backdrop of the surrounding mountains - in all four seasons - in windy springs, rainy summers, colorful autumns, and snowy winters.

However, it is the people who once lived there and in the nearby communities that provide all the magic. You know the family names - Sparks, Oliver, Myers, Shields, Caughron, Hill, Cable, Coada, Gregory, Whitehead, McCauley, Tipton, LeQuire, Burchfield, Proctor, Shuler, Cooper, Ledbetter, Abbott, Boring, Davis, Headrick, Garland, and many, many more.

What sets these programs apart from so many others, are the former residents and their descendants telling their family stories and area history in their own words and their own voices. We are so proud of this huge endeavor. Each installment is 2 hours long. Part 10 will be 3 hours when complete.

The first nine have won several international film awards in multiple categories of: - Cultural Documentary - Biographical / Autobiographical Documentary - Travel and Tourism Documentary - and Historical Documentary, and are a prized collection to anyone interested in the history, culture and beauty of Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Filmed and researched and interviewed over a long period of years, and with the help of The National Archives, National Park Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, Cades Cove Preservation Association, The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Battle of Resaca Civil War Re-enactors, Blount County Historical Association, Little River Railroad Museum, University of Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Shiloh National Military Park, Herders on The Balds, the Institute at Tremont, former residents and descendants, former teachers and their descendants, visitors and others who love the Cove, geologists, musicians, and many more, Kate Marshall Graphics is delighted to bring you this labor of love, again and again. Join us on this journey as we present the entire set (so far) or single DVDs of "Voices of Cades Cove" available now on our website at www.CoveBear.com!

https://covebear.com/products/dvd-set-of-all-9-voices-of-cades-cove-dvds-with-discount

Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc. is the sole copyright owner, creator, producer, manufacturer and distributor of these DVDs. Shopping for the holidays? Shop early and forget it - we are now offering holiday gift-wrapping services for this year, and can also hold your gift shipment until mid-late Novembe...