Gardens Along Interstate Tour Inspire with Private Arboretum
A Garden tour along the Pee Dee and I 20 corridor highlights private gardens in Beech Island and Bishopville. Curator Jenks Farmer guides visitors through a sunlit bog and bulb beds while Dr. John Nelson of USC discusses the A.C. Moore Herbarium. The $10 fee supports the herbarium and Pearl Fryar’s renowned topiary garden nearby.
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Pee Dee
Beech Island
Jenks Farmer
John Nelson
University of South Carolina
Nelson
A.C. Moore
Harry Shealy
Aiken
Pearl Fryar
Bishopville
Columbia
Fryar
Pearl Fryar Garden Opens a World of Topiary Art
Aiken gardener Pearl Fryar began sculpting evergreens in 1984 aiming for yard of the month in Bishopville. Today his garden features about 145 trees and shrubs, a preservation project with Open Garden Days through the Garden Conservancy. His work has drawn national attention from Newsweek and Martha Stewart.
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Fryar
Bishopville
Pearl
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Spoleto
State Museum
Newsweek
South Carolina
Garden Conservancy
America
Elizabeth Lawrence
Charlotte
Raleigh
Aiken
Linda Christine
Beech Island Garden Club May Meeting at Audubon Society
The May meeting of the Beech Island Garden Club met at the Silver Bluff Audubon Society in Rathwood. Gloria Farmer presided as president. Speakers Paul Koehler and Beth Smith described the Audubon Society history and offered a message on attracting wild birds. Members enjoyed a garden tour and a picnic lunch provided by Cholena Emmett, Mary Thompson and Ola Thomas. Mrs. Carolyn Wood submitted the record.
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Beech Island Garden Club
Silver Bluff
Cholena Emmett
Mary Thompson
Ola Thomas
Carolyn Wood
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Fort Farms Nursery
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