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Informational Resources for South Carolina Gardeners

Planted January 1, 2000
Last tended to on October 19, 2024
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Clemson Cooperative Extension

• “Planning a Garden” (PDF) - Contains spring and fall charts.
• “Smart Gardener’s Handbook: Down-to-Earth Tips, Guidance and Information on How to ‘Go Green’ in Your Backyard” (PDF)

Recommended Books:

• “Carolinas Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. Equips you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and—most importantly—harvest the delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Research Triangle, the Sandhills, the Outer Banks, or anywhere else in the Carolinas, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide . . . and they’ll be on your table before you know it.

• “The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast,” by Ira Wallace. There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardening – what to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are decisions based on climate, weather, and first frost. Monthly planting guides show exactly what you can do in the garden from January through December. The skill sets go beyond the basics with tutorials on seed saving, worm bins, and more. This must-have book is for gardeners in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

• “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.

Organizations:

• South Carolina Native Plant Society
• Garden Club of South Carolina

Places to Visit:

• Boone Hall Plantation – Off US 17 on Long Point Road North of Charleston, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
• Brookgreen Gardens – 1931 Brookgreen Gardens Drive, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
• South Carolina Botanical Garden – Perimeter Road, Clemson University campus, Clemson, SC 29634
• Drayton Hall – 3380 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC 29414
• Edisto Memorial Gardens – US 301, Orangeburg, SC 29115
• Heyward Washington House – 87 Church Street, Charleston, SC 29401
• Hopsewee Plantation – U.S. Hwy. 17 (12 miles south of) Georgetown, SC
• Magnolia Plantation and Gardens – 3550 Ashley River Road, Highway 61, Charleston, SC 29414
• Wells Japanese Garden – Lindsay Street, Newberry, SC 29108
• White Point Gardens at the Battery – East Battery and Murray Boulevard, Charleston, SC

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