Follow The Blooms Tour

Want to see live oaks, dripping with Spanish moss or what may be the state’s oldest crepe myrtle?  Wonder how to prune azaleas or have the TA-DA! moment, viewing the owrks of an intenationally-acclaimed horticulture sculptor? Then, you must Follow The Blooms!

Gardeners love to share, and what better way to do so than by opening one’s gate to the public.  On four very special days, over twenty venues will open their gates throughout South Carolina.  Don’t miss this opportunity to visit the Palmetto State’s hidden jewels as well as the gardeners who create them.  Grand or intimate, each garden has a lesson to teach.  Come be inspired and join us as we Follow The Blooms across South Carolina.

Get your March issue of Southern Living magazine, and see this garden tour featured in two articles!  Sponsored by The Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc.  the tour features four weekends, spotlighting different areas of the state. 

See them all or pick your favorite day.  March 24, April 14, April 20, garnes open 9 am unitl 2 pm.  April 1 flower show opens 9:30 am until 3 pm.

See – It – All Tickets: $50
Day Tickets: $15
Day-Of Tickets: $20
Order online through PayPal at www.gardenclubofsc.org; to purchase tickets in the Conway Area visit The W.L Bryan House at 606 Main Street, Conway. 

March 24: Holly Hill, Santee, Allendale
Small towns and family farms with big style.  These practical gardneners reinvent everything from old azaleas to syrup kettles.  Even the lunch stop on Mustang Rd. offers ideas.  While in Allendale, stroll MacKenzie, find hope in the Pink Garden, see a Robert Marvin designed town square, and purchase greens from a working community garden.

• See 8 home gardens in Holly Hill
• Have lunch in a lakeside log cabin in Bowman
• Be inspired by a Pink Garden, dedicated to breast cancer victims and survivors in Allendale

 April 1: Start at the Avid Gardeners’ flower show, The Mystical Garden, visit a deer-tolerant yard, and hone your plant ID skills at the arboretum in Port Royal Plantation.
Visit the Mystical Garden Flower Show

• See Honey Horn Plantation’s butterfly enclosure, late-blooming camellias and Coastal Discovery Museum

April 14: Conway
If you love history, Spanish moss-draped oaks and azaleas, this tour is for you.  Six homes located in and near downtown Conway.  First 75 visitors get a free shrub, courtesy of Southern Living Plant Collection.

• See walled gardens, woodland walks and 3-generation gardens
• Enjoy a garden on a bluff, a Bluebird trail and heritage camellias and azaleas

April 20: Bishopville, Lake City
Pearl Fryar’s world famous topiary garden in Bishopville is a “don’t miss”!  Moore Farms Botanical Garden in Lake City is a cottage garden exploded out of bounds!  Join us for the finale luncheon, cooking demo and book signing by Patricia Moore-Pastides. 

• Be awe-struck by Pearl Fryar’s topiary garden in Bishopville
• Visit Moore Farms botanical and research garden in Lake City
• Celebrate with finale luncheon and cooking demo by first lady of USC, Patricia Moore-Pastide

Ticket Information:

All Tours : $50 (must be purchased by March 10)
Advanced Daily Tickets: $15 (must be purchased 2 weeks before each tour)
Day-Of-Tickets: $20
Tour and Luncheon Purchase details: visit www.gardenclubofsc.org  

2 Responses to Follow The Blooms Tour

Sue Craddock says: April 1, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Where do we meet to start the tour and where do we park? I am not familiar with Conway.

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Tina says: April 2, 2012 at 10:18 am
Please contact The W.L Bryan House for more information about the tour. They are also the suggested first stop and a ticket outlet.
W.L. Bryan House
606 Main Street
Conway, SC 29526
(843) 488-1966
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