South Carolina ETV

Places We Visited in 2002

12/10/02 SC Speciality Products In the studios of WRJA, Mary Ridgeway from the S.C. Department of Agriculture brings in some South Carolina products that would make great gifts for the Holidays. Rowland and Mary talk about some of the diverse products ranging from wine to pecans to Bar-B-Que sauce.
12/3/02 Springdale Nursery In the beautiful town of Camden, SC, Springdale Nursery & Landscaping Co. is a full service nursery and landscaping company, offering: Quality Plants Trained Personnel Landscape Design & Consulting Toro Irrigation Residential & Light Commercial Drainage Low Voltage Landscape Lighting
11/26/02 Thanksgiving Cooking Aberdeen Catering in Camden, S.C. Owner Jack Brantley gives some helpful tips for preparing turkeys for Thanksgiving. Rowland helps with the taste test and samples a turkey from the oven and one from a deep fryer.
11/19/02
BOMIG 902 		Gateway to SC We highlight the The I-95 Gateway to South Carolina created by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. As travelers enter South Carolina on I-95 from Georgia, they pass by this beautiful gateway that showcases the state tree (Palmetto) and the state flower (Yellow Jessamine.)
11/12/02
BOMIG 902 		Highway Wildflowers The taped feature will highlight the tremendous job The South Carolina Department of Transportation does in beautifying the S.C. highways. Team "Making It Grow!" stops in St. George, S.C. to learn about the wildflowers grown that make interstate driving more enjoyable.
10/22/02 Folk Artist We visited fiber and folk artist Maree Dowdey in Columbia, S.C. Growing up in rural Richland Co., S.C. Mrs. Dowdey was taught the art of making baskets, corn-shuck dolls, quilts, and soap. Today, Mrs. Dowdey teaches and demonstrates these skills in hopes of passing on the knowledge and the art to another generation.
10/1/02 Chaotic Garden "A Chaotic Garden" in Bishopville, S.C. Artist and Master Gardener Bobbi Adams invites Making It Grow! to her backyard garden where vegetables, flowers, and herbs are grown for wildlife. Rowland Alston asks Bobbi to highlight some of her favorite plants and to give tips for maintaining them.
8/6/02 Friendship Garden The Friendship Garden is a community empowerment project that brings together neighborhood children and adults with Clemson Extension Agents and Master Gardeners. Rowland Alston talks with Clemson Extension Agent Norma Samuel about the vegetables and flowers grown and the long tem goals of the project.
8/6/02 Richmond Hill Inn
Summer Garden 		This 'Making It Grow!' features The Richmond Hill Inn in Asheville, N.C., and a Friendship Garden in Sumter, S.C. The Richmond Hill Inn's six-acre Victorian landscape features manicured gardens and natural areas, monuments, and several water features. The Inn's horticulturist Hunter Stubbs gives Clemson Extension Agent F. Brian Smith a tour of the summer garden.
7/16/02 Elizabeth Lawrence's Garden In 1948 Elizabeth Lawrence, a landscape architect an author, moved to Charlotte and created a magnificent Southern garden. After her death in 1986, Master Gardener Lindie Wilson purchased the home and has maintained Lawrence's plants along with the symmetrical grid of the garden and the pathways that enclose a circular pond.
7/16/02 Super-Sod Trees The Super-Sod Trees nursery grows a wide variety of 15 gallon, 30 gallon and 45 gallon specimen trees and shrubs. Also the Super-Sod containers are coated with "Spin Out" which greatly reduce root circling and promote a more fibrous root system.
6/18/02 Egyptian & Arabian Horses In Bethune, S.C. Whitehaven Plantation is a 500 acre premiere equine facility home to beautiful Egyptian and Arabian horses. An indoor arena, a large Hunter-Jumper course, and miles of trails help train these horses and their riders.
6/18/02 The Duke Mansion The Duke Mansion, in Charlotte, NC, is an estate built by James Buchanan Duke, whose lasting legacy includes Duke University and Duke Power Company. Historic trees, perennial gardens, and herb gardens can all be found on the grounds of this 85 year old mansion, which is now a bed and breakfast and a state of the art meeting facility.
6/4/02 Turf Grass  
6/4/02 Hatcher Gardens  
5/28/02 Harvest Hope Food Bank
 		Harvest Hope Food Bank provides for the needy by reducing food waste, offers a variety of direct services throughout South Carolina, and serves as an educational resource for hunger and hunger related issues.
5/28/02 Furman University Furman University's 750-acre campus has been called one of the five most scenic university campuses in the nation by Princeton Review; and the American Society of Landscape Architects recently recognized Furman as one of the most beautifully landscaped areas in the country.
5/14/02 Iris Gardens Not far from the WRJA studios in Sumter, S.C., Swan Lake Iris Gardens has all eight species of swan and 25 varieties of irises. This 150 acre garden is also home to the Iris Festival, ranked as one of the top 100 festivals in America.
5/14/02 Southern Sun BioSystems
(Propagation) 		In Hodges, S.C., Southern Sun BioSystems is producing a propagation chamber that allows growers to attain a combination of high light and low temperatures, while providing precise control of fertility, humidity and carbon dioxide.
4/16/02 Gourmet Butter In Seneca, S.C., Christian Thormose creates DairyWise Gourmet Butter. These high quality butters are flavored with spices and have a variety of uses, from topping off a New York strip steak with Blue Cheese & Cracked Peppercorn butter to sautéing crab cakes in Creole butter
4/16/02 Serpentarium The Edisto Island Serpentarium on Edisto Island, S.C., is one of the largest outdoor serpentariums in The United States. All kinds of snakes, alligators, and other reptiles are displayed in their natural environment.
4/2/02 Lightning Rods for Trees Sonny Sims of Historic Tree Preservation explains the importance of lightning rods and how to maintain older trees.
4/2/02 Carolina Forest Elementary/Carolina Forest High School Team 'Making It Grow!' features an elementary school's atrium in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Lightning Rods in Clemson, S.C. Carolina Forest Elementary and Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C., teach horticulture through hands-on experience. Carolina Forest High School students grow plants in a greenhouse and help the elementary students plant them in their courtyard.
3/19/02 Planting Trees For Wildlife Dr. Skeet Burris and his family in Cummings, S.C., take Team "Making It Grow!" on a tour of their 1,800 acre tree farm. The Burris Family has been restoring and maintaining the forests and the wildlife habitats on this farm since 1986.
3/19/02 Butterfly Pavilion In Myrtle Beach, S.C., The Butterfly Pavilion is a tropical paradise of exotic greenery of over 200 plants that provide a rain forest-like environment for butterflies from all over the world.
2/26/02 George and Pink's
Roadside Market 		On Edisto Island, S.C. George and Pink's Roadside Market has providing fresh produce for generations. Anyone who travels to Edisto Island always stops by this family owned business and visits with George and Pink.
2/26/02 Floranest In Darlington, S.C. Curt and Nancy Bouler are creating new floral containers called Flornests. These containers make it possible to display flowers and plants on trees, poles, or any other column shaped structures.
2/5/02 Bell Bouy Seafood House/Po'Pigs Bo-B-Q On Edisto Island, S.C. Bell Buoy Seafood House takes their fresh catch to Po' Pigs Bo-B-Q where head chef Bo Bo Lee cooks a gourmet meal.
2/5/02 Folk Life Festival In Columbia, S.C.,The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum held its annual Folk Life Festival where craftsmen from all over the south showed their talents.
1/8/02 Aquatic Management
Program 		The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources' Aquatic Management Program is fighting the spread of illegal water plants. Aquatic weeds such as hydrilla and water hyacinth thrive without natural control and impair the health and use of public waterways.
1/8/02 Green Power Green Power is a technology that uses renewable resources like the sun and the wind to make power. At the Horry County Landfill, Green Power uses the naturally occurring methane from the decomposing waste.