A Day Reserved For Flowers

GwdToday Reporter Johnathan L. Graves 29.JUN.09

“Readers, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Greenwood anymore!” On Saturday, thousands upon thousands of couples, families, and tourists took a trip down Highway 254 North Cokesbury Road into a magical world of gorgeous plants. As always, 2009 Flower Day at Park Seed
Company served as one of the main attractions for this year’s S.C. Festival of Flowers. It was easy to see why so many people travel from near and far to get swept up in the beauty of this annual one day event.

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Greenwood County’s Park Seed Company transforms into a rainbow at this one day event, as the front lawn is littered with 9-acres of Trial Gardens. Spotting colors in the rainbow is not difficult as you stroll through rows upon rows of colorful flowers. Finding your favorite flower or plant is also a simple and easy task on Flower Day.

Daffodils, roses, tulips, and other varieties of plants can be found somewhere on the grounds of Park Seed during Flower Day. With over 2,000 plant varieties, Park Seed’s professional horticulturists provided tourists with guided tours throughout the day to explain all the different types of plant variations. Trial Gardens were divided into theme gardens, container gardens, rose gardens, deer-resistant gardens, butterfly and humming-bird gardens, All-America Selections trails, and many others.

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Thousands learn, admire sights of summer at annual Flower Day

By LESLEY LANE

Special to the Index-Journal
Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:48 PM EDT

Photo - A bumblebee rests on a Zinnia (zowie yellow flame) Saturday during the 43rd annual Flower Day at the Park Seed gardens in Greenwood. (Staff photo by T.M. James)

The ribbons of color that weave their way through the grounds of Park Seed drew thousands of spectators Saturday for the 43rd South Carolina Festival of Flowers Flower Day.

Visitors came by car and bus load from as far away as Oklahoma to witness one of the Southeast’s largest and most spectacular displays of gardens.The nine-acre spread includes more than 2,000 varieties of flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees. Rose and themed gardens also can be found at Park Seed.

Each year during Flower Day, Park Seed offers guided tours of its renowned trial gardens.

The trial gardens, established in 1961, are where Park Seed tries out plants before they are offered for sale in the mail order catalog. As many as 1,000 flowers and 250 vegetable selections grow there every year. Staff horticulturists guided visitors through the gardens Saturday, offering information about the different varieties of plants and how to care for them.