Garden Tours
Visit These Unique Gardens in Our Community!
More Gardens Are Being Added! Check back for more information!
Friday & Saturday, June 7 & 8
Open 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open to public.
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 landscape bed into raised gardening beds as well as a beautiful entry landscape display.
You will get to see and learn how students have built raised garden boxes and a composting bin system and installed a retaining wall and a lawn and drip irrigation system during their horticulture course labs.
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
From the primary Marshall Road entrance, take a right onto Bishop’s Way at the four-way stop, and make your way to the parking lot adjacent to the campus nature trail and dog park. Cross over Bishop’s Way to independently explore the John and Elizabeth Holman Community Garden and nearby Bocce Court Garden.
The Community Garden features a collection of both 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!
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Gardens at the Gleamns Site
229 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 in southeast Greenwood County and furnished with circa 1900 furniture. In addition, the site has a barn-like structure that serves as a modern museum and theater.
Visitors will find a large collection of his books, writings, films, speeches, and personal items. The third building on site is the original Burns Springs one-room African-American school, originally located in Epworth.
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.
For further information, please contact: Christopher B. Thomas at (864) 229-8833