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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1999
Page
17
A narrator describes summer garden scenes with hydrangeas, gardenias, hollyhocks, sweet peas, and lilies. Red Bee Balm and Lemon Queen sunflowers brighten a kitchen table view while birds visit Monarda. The piece blends warm weather with evolving planting needs and decorative blooms.
Aiken gardeners cope with drought by improving watering methods and revisiting old systems. Notes highlight Palmetto Landscaping repairs, water efficiency, and historical figures like Mrs. Sheffield Phelps shaping local garden clubs. Plant late summer climbers such as Morning Glory and Black Eyed Susan now.
The EPA, blocked by a court ruling from implementing its broad clean air plan, will use petitions from Pennsylvania New York Connecticut and Massachusetts to pursue trans border pollution actions. The move aims to focus on 12 states and reduce nitrogen oxide pollution by 717000 tons by 2003.
The national pattern shows fair dry conditions in the northern Plains Great Lakes and Northeast while a stationary front over the Carolinas to the western Coast brings scattered showers. Heavy storms moved across the Southeast and into the Blue Ridge while cooler air pressed southward from the Mississippi Valley into the southern Plains.
The Gardening club The Aiken Augusta chapter of Ikebana International welcomes new and prospective members. Leaders target Aiken’s growing Japanese resident population while promoting the ancient floral art form. For details call 649-9586.
The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department hosts Storytime in the Gardens on Tuesdays at 4 pm in Hopeland Gardens behind the Racing Hall of Fame. Senior readers tell stories to children eight and under, with a free book for attendees. Program runs March to May and September to October, no pre registration, sponsored by the Aiken Parks and Recreation Department and the Rotary Club of Aiken Sunrise. For details call 642 7649.
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