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Saturday, June 11
GARDEN TOURS
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10:00 am – 5:00 pm Admission: Free, Open to all! For full garden descriptions visit scFestivalofFlowers.org
Horticulture Gardens and Greenhouse
at Piedmont Technical College, 720 South Emerald Road Come on out to the Piedmont Technical College Horticulture facility and see how students in the Horticulture degree program have been transforming a hardpacked, weed-infested bed into raised gardening beds as well as a beautiful entry landscape display. Additionally, you will have a chance to tour the greenhouses and see the innovative flood bench irrigation system and vacuum seeder used for propagation of new seedlings.
The John & Elizabeth Holman Community Garden
at Wesley Commons, 1110 Marshall Road The Community Garden features a collection of floral and vegetable beds as well as tasteful designs like the human sundial which help create a space that is as engaging as it is functional. A short distance away, the Bocce Court Garden was designed with architectural elements that meld with the outdoor surroundings and provide the perfect backdrop for an afternoon match with friends. Both of these gardens are masterfully maintained by residents of the community. Don’t miss out on this fun adventure!
Greenwood Extension Rain Garden
105 N University Street Explore the demonstration rain garden in front of the Clemson Extension office. Walk the perimeter of the garden and learn all about the important ecological functions of rain gardens from the newly installed informational signs.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Gardens
at the Gleamns Site, 237 N. Hospital Street Born in Greenwood County, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays rose to become an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with being “the principle founder of the Civil Rights Movement”. The site contains Dr. Mays’ birth home which was removed from its original location in Epworth and furnished with circa 1900 furniture. The yard surrounding the home site is reminiscent of a 1900s era sharecropper homestead that includes a cedar post clothes line, wash pot with rinsing tubs, chopping block, tree swing, old well, an original outhouse, and a family garden. The homestead is accented with a cotton field.
