South Carolina Festival of Flowers

June 2009 marks the 42nd South Carolina Festival of Flowers held annually in Greenwood, S.C. Recently included on the Southeastern Tourism Society's "Top Twenty Events," this festival is sure to be a perennial favorite! The Festival's Steering Committee, Event Chairmen and countless volunteers are working hard to make this year's Festival even bigger and better than before.

Park Seed Company, famous for its Trial Gardens, will be open to the public and featured along with a number of private home garden tours during this year's main festival weekend, June 26-28.

The Festival features a variety of music including bluegrass, jazz, beach, chorale and gospel.

Also, there are a variety of children's activities and sporting events, including railroad museum tours and Kidfest. Visit our Arts & Crafts Fair, Juried Art Show and Photography Exhibition.

Sporting events abound with a fishing tournament, a swim meet, a 5K fun run, golf tournaments, a 62.5 bike ride through Greenwood County, plus an Olympic distance triathlon.

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • Live Camera View events and special displays throughout the Festival of Flowers with out streaming video.
  • Safari Topiary Display Watch Uptown Greenwood come alive with Safari, an amazing and fun showcase of topiary art that is destined to become a signature event of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers.
  • Jeannie Ralston, author of The Unlikely Lavender Queen: A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming, a story of growth and maturation - both the personal and botanical variety, will give a talk about her book during our Ladies Luncheon.
  • "The Diamonds" will delight audiences with a performance at the Lander University Cultural Center
  • Paul James, current host of "Gardening by the Yard" on ,HGTV, will be the celebrity guest speaker for "Flower Day" at Park Seed Company
  • FREE Bluegrass Festival featuring Grammy Award winner Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station, voice of George Clooney in the movie "O' Brother, Where Art Thou?" and hit song writer Ronnie Bowman.
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  		 
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