Garden Club of South Carolina

Climate Change Dr Walker Miller May 6, 2019 16:57

In this episode Dr Miller discusses simple solutions for gardeners and farmers that can help reduce and reverse climate change. This is a great primer for a broader discussion on converting to perennial crops, using bio-char and recalcitrant nurse plants, biointesive home gardening and so much more. Worth a listen for anyone interesting in being part of the solution.

The Beauty and Benefits of Honey Bees from a 7th Generation Bee Keeper

Phillip Lassen, a 7th Generation Beekeeper and owner of Pee Dee Honey presents an overview of honey bees and their amazing contributions to our world. Phillip manages over 200 hives in Florence, South Carolina.

This presentation on honey bees was given at the Garden Club of South Carolina Inc.'s East Sandhills District Meeting in Hartsville, South Carolina on March 13, 2019.

The History of Pomaria Nursery, South Carolina Garden History

William and Adam Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in Central South Carolina. The nursery grew into one of the most important nursery suppliers of United States, selling hundreds of cultivated varieties of peach, apple and pear trees, as well as many of the important grand trees founds in towns all across South Carolina and beyond.

James Everett Kibler, Jr. editor of Taking Root, The Nature Writing of William and Adam Summer of Pomaria, provides a wonderfully rich and educational history of the Summer brothers and their amazing early American nursery business.

This lecture was presented to the Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc at the West Sandhills District Meeting, Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Enticing Barn Owls to your landscape

In this podcast you’ll hear the incredible story of Tom Stephan, arborist, falconer and inventor of the Best Barn Owl boxes in America. Tom shares his amazing journey to success and helps you understand how you can attract them to your yard. 

Why Native Plants - An interview with Doug Tallamy

Doug Tallamy, professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the university of Delaware and author of Bring Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens and co-author of The Living Landscape:designing for beauty and biodiversity in the home garden. This interview explores why native plant gardening is not only beneficial, but essential to our survival as a species.