Leslie Leonard
June 17, 2021
Did you know that South Carolina has its own secret garden? OK, maybe it's not a secret, but it definitely looks like something out of a fairy tale.
Side Notes
- Pearl Fryar, Iconic Topiary Artist has died at 86.
- Pearl Fryar's Living Legacy Continues - Pearl Fryar’s medium is plants. His message is crystal clear even among his forest of swaying green creatures, his topiary garden spread across three acres in Bishopville, South Carolina. Now in his eighties, Fryar planted his garden over decades and opened it to the public in the 1980s.
- June 27 was recognized as Pearl Fryar Day by the South Carolina General Assembly for his “humanitarian ideals and artistic influence” (1998)
- Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts (2013)
- Award of Excellence - National Garden Clubs Inc. (2017) - "My goal when I started my garden was to win Yard of the Month," Fryar said chuckling. The chuckles come because the 77-year-old man with no gardening experience was awarded the Award of Excellence, the National Garden Clubs' highest honor.
- Pearl Fryar's Topiary Oasis in Rural South Carolina.