The Greenville Council of Garden Clubs presents “Gardening for Beauty & Backyard Habitat” Garden Tour on May 11th and 12th, 2018 from 9am-5pm. These 6 beautiful gardens located in the suburbs of Greenville and Greer will offer visitors a tranquil atmosphere where nature’s be…
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South Carolina Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale
SCBG Spring Plant Sale is one of the largest fundraising events with 100% benefiting the Gardens. The Plant Sale starts Friday, April 13th from 2 – 6 p.m. for Friends only; Saturday, April 14th 9 – 1 p.m. for the public; and Saturday, April 28th 9 – 1 p.m. for the Public’s 2nd Chance …
Mauldin Garden Club presents “Spring in Bloom Festival & Bazaar”
We received this press release in plenty of time, unfortunately our scheduled press run will be the exact same weekend that this event will be taking place. We thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the events that will take place on April 14 and maybe in the next edition report on some of …
Plant of the month
While trying to choose just one Iris as Plant of the Month, I found it to be impossible. Though there are many species of Iris, we are going to talk about 3 that bloom in April.
The first, which is the smallest, is the Dwarf Crested Iris, Iris cristata. It grows best in part sh…
Frog Friendly Garden
One of my favorite summer things to do is sitting on our back deck and listening to the sounds of nature. There was a time, when I first arrived in South Carolina, that the noises of the night were downright intimidating. Our first year here must have been the coming of the cicada, sc…