South Carolina ETV

Places We Visited in 2004

11-09-04 BOMIG 806	Lucy McBride, Greenville
11-02-04	Election Night - No Show
10-26-04 BOMIG 904	Handback Garden , Edisto	Team Making It Grow visits with Ned Handback at Edisto Beach at his unusual garden. They discuss several types of palms and the California daisy.
10-19-04	Fairfield Healthcare,	Team Making It Grow goes to visit Fairfield Healthcare. Fairfield Healthcare has an accessible Garden where the Residents of the nursing home can plant flowers and harvest vegetables
10-12-04	SC State Fair	Rowland visits Roy Copeland with the SC Department of Agriculture at the State Fair, as they discuss the changes in and the future of Agriculture in South Carolina and how the department has changed into a Consumer services organization that protects Consumers.
10-05-04 BOMIG 809	Edisto Interpretive Center	Rowland visits with Mike McKenzie, at the Edisto Island Interpretive Center. The Interpretive Center is educating the public about preserving areas along the coastal areas of SC.
09-28-04	Tommy Marshall 1, Camden	Team Making It Grow Travels to Camden to visit Tommy Marshall with Camden Landscaping. Camden Landscaping is implementing a practice called water ecosystems. They are creating an artificial stream bed or pond to grow water garden plants.
09-21-04 BOMIG 805	Bear Creek Farm	Rowland visits with Dr. Anne Broadway at Bear Creek Farm. They discuss farming and doing things the old fashioned way, and also the different products they make from goats milk at the farm.
09-14-04	Brookgreen Gardens	Once Again we vested Brook Green Gardens with Rowland and horticulturalist Jim Martin as they discuss the new editions and how to make sculptures fit into landscapes.
09-07-04 BOMIG 901	Sand hill Research and Education Center, Columbia	Rowland visits Dr. Mac Horton at the Clemson Sand hill Research and Educational Center. The Research Center has a Children's garden and some interesting environmental work.
08-31-04 BOMIG 810	Dr. Prabhu's Rose, Columbia	Team Making It Grow visits Dr. Satish Prabhu's Rose Garden in Columbia SC to discuss several different verities of roses and how to take care of roses.
08-24-04 BOMIG 905	Pam Rowland II	This is our second segment with floral designer Pam Rowland of Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC. Drying flowers is the subject for this visit and now we learn about the different drying processes such as hang drying, water drying, using silica gels and the glisterine method.
08-17-04 BOMIG 806	John Elsley, Greenwood	Internationally know gardener and horticulturalist, John Elsley, invites “Team Making It Grow!” into his woodland garden in Greenwood, SC. This garden is the result 25 years of evolution as plants grow and the shade increases. There are three distinct layers: the canopy of oak trees, the middle layer with large Asian shrubs and Japanese maples, and the groundcovers with hostas and ferns. One question Mr. Elsley says gardeners need to think about to ensure year-round beauty is, “what does the foliage of this plant look like?”
08-10-04 BOMIG 905	Pam Rowland I	This is the first of three segments featuring Pam Rowland, floral designer and professor at Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC. Pam studied under famous floral designers in Germany and has added her own style to this art. In this segment, she shows how to make a “hand-tied” bouquet.
08-03-04 BOMIG 805	Alpacas, Bishopville	“Have you hugged an alpaca today?” is the question asked by owner Randell Gooding. The fleece of these alpacas is similar to angora and these animals have quirky personalities. Also on the farm is the “guard llama” who watches over and protects the alpacas from intruders.
07-27-04 BOMIG 813	Leydic Glass Design, N. Charleston	Clemson Extension Agent F. Brian Smith visits with artist Sally Leydic as he takes him through the process of taking raw materials to finished glass bowls and vases.
07-20-04 BOMIG 904	Kings Market	Fresh cut flower arrangements, great produce and delicious pies are what you find at King’s Market on Edisto Island. Bonnie King and her family’s hospitality is second to none and their products are great anytime of the year.
07-13-04 BOMIG 801	Callaham Orchard	This farm attracts families from all over the Palmetto State. Not only does this u-pick operation have numerous fruits and vegetables, it also makes varied products such as ciders, jam and bread. There is also a “milking station” to teach children how to milk cows.
06-29-04 BOMIG 802	Middleton Plantation	Clemson Extension Agent F. Brian Smith talks with Middleton horticulturist Sidney Frazier on the new Market Nursery featuring plants from the Plantation. Cuttings from the many historical plants are taken from the grounds, propagated, grown then made available in containers for the visiting gardeners.
06-22-04	The Potting Shed	Garden Clubs make a difference in the beatification in cities and communities in SC. This is certainly evident in downtown Chester, SC where Sarah Floyd and The Potting Shed Garden Club undertook a major undertaking by re-vamping the breezeway “the ally down in the valley” with new plants, fresh paint and historical artifacts from Chester’s past.
06-15-04 BOMIG 802	Lichtenfelt Nursery, Simpsonville	Deborah Lichtenfelt has created a fantastic nursery featuring numerous display gardens where customers can “see their plants” in a natural landscape with other plants. Tall plants, short plants, house plants, ground covers bog gardens and accompanying signage lets you know what all the plant information. Also throughout the year, there will be seminars to give helpful gardening advice.
06-08-04 BOMIG 805	Black Mountain Trout Farm	Dave and Peg Bayliss raise Rainbow Trout up to 15lbs for the weekend fisherman to come and catch. When the fishing is done, its time to head up the hill to the cabin where they prepare in some most unusual ways.
06-01-04 BOMIG 806	Eddy Williams, Greenville	In Travelers Rest, SC Eddy Williams has over 60 years of gardening experience. One of his specialties is nursing plants back to health that others have either damaged or can not grow. His best example is his Japanese Crab Apple tree that he grew from a damages seedling to an enormous tree
05-25-04	James House, Bishopville	The William Apollos James House in Bishopville, SC was built in 1903 and was put on the National Historic Register in 1999. Today it is managed by the Lee County Historical Society. Master Gardener Bobbi Adams talks about the on-going project of restoring the 136 varieties of camellias on the property.
05-17-04 BOMIG 812	Lone Star BBQ, Santee	This Restaurant/Country Store near Santee, SC is the home of Chef Chris Williams.The freshest produce makes it into the dishes which makes a great lunch or supper. At Lone Star you can find birdhouses, potato bins, tomato pies to some of the best fried chicken you’ve ever tasted.
05-11-04 BOMIG 808	Black River Tools, Manning	Black River Tools is family owned business that prides itself in the production of quality gardening tools and fishing rod holders. David Baynard demonstrates the special uses of the different type of tools they make. Rowland volunteers to “test” the fishing rod holder on his boat.
05-04-04	Hammocks,	Cotton grown in the Carolinas goes into the production of high quality sheets, towels, and shirts. On Pawleys Island, SC cotton goes into the production of hammocks. Doc Lachicotte’s family has been making hammocks since the late 1800s. One interesting fact is that each hammock consists of 1 rope between 600 and 800 feet.
04-27-04	Sarah Floyd’s Plantation Home	his Plantation in Chester, SC has been landscaped for over 100 years and has been maintained and grown with each new generation. Sarah Floyd has added the use of natural containers (made by herself) to accent the landscape’s crepe myrtles, cedar trees, wysterias, and ornamental lemon trees
04-20-04	Herbarium, USC	Herbariums contain collections of dried and pressed plants. One of the oldest specimens in the herbarium is a cutting form a spicebush from 1848.
04-13-04 BOMIG 804	Floral and Hardy Farm, Lexington	Floral and Hardy Farm in Lexington, SC focuses on specialty cut flowers. Donna Mills grows a variety of plants for her arrangements such as sunflowers, salvia and basil. She also dries some flowers, makes wreaths and creates special arrangements with your favorite team colors.
04-06-04 BOMIG 809	Calhoun County Museum	The Calhoun County Museum is St. Mathews preserves its agricultural and rural history with a definite SC charm. We take a tour of the A. O. Rickenbacker’s Country Store that dates back into the late 1800s and we also learn about Calhoun County scientist John Wannamaker that made improvements in commercial soybean production.
03-29-04 BOMIG 809	SC Museum	The SC State Museum is an educational treasure that highlights art, history, natural history and science and technology. In this segment we focus on the exhibits of natural habitats, forestry, photosynthesis and old tractors.
03-23-04 BOMIG 811	Parker Conner Camilla's, Edisto	If you want to talk to the foremost camellia expert in the United States, all you have to do is visit with Parker Connor on Edisto Island. He shows his scrapbook that is filled with awards from the early 1970s to recently. Mr. Connor also gives his tips for growing award winning camellias and also talks about his camellia tree that dates back to the Civil War.
3-09-04 BOMIG 807	Fairfield , Edisto	Fairfield Ocean Ridge is a resort community located on pristine Edisto Island, SC. This community is landscaped with live oaks, palmettos and palms.
3-02-04 BOMIG 807	Brittan Tree Farm, Edisto	Little Brittan Tree Farm on Yonges Island, SC specializes in native plants for the south. This farm has different types of oaks, magnolias, and hollies.
2-17-04	Marie Land, Manning	Master Gardener Marie Land takes us on a tour of a home in Manning, SC that has good examples of how to plan for upcoming seasons. Some of these examples are asters, swamp sunflowers and native golden rod.
2-10-04	Cypress Garden	International floral designer Derek Armstrong decorates and gives a demonstration of his skill at Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. Derek is from England, but enjoys using the local fruits, berries and other locally grown plant materials to make these arrangements.
1-20-04 BOMIG 803	Carolina Food Pro's, Charleston	Amanda Dew Manning promotes SC growers and farmers by packaging their products into a unique gift basket. The pecans, pickled okra, rice and much more that are put together at Carolina Food Pros in Charleston highlight the best of South Carolina.
1-13-04 BOMIG 803	Caughman's Meat Market, Lexington	If you want some fresh meat in Lexington, SC stop by this family owned operation. Ronnie Caughamn and his team produce a wide variety of products such as liver pudding, hash, sausage to steaks.
1-06-04 BOMIG 813	Wood Spirit	Lewis Holloway brings European folk art to Marietta, SC. Lewis carves detailed faces, animals and canes from wood he collects. He is a true artist and the demand for his art grows each day.

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