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Springwood cemetery is the final resting ground for some of Greenville’s greatest names. Springwood was once a garden to the Thompson family, and was where Elizabeth Williams Thompson requested to be buried. Even now with its 10,000 plus graves it is known for its beauty. 39: Stradley and Barr Dry Goods Store: Stradley and Barr Dry Goods Store
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates W. Gordon Belser Arboretum: University of South Carolina: Columbia: Brookgreen Gardens: Pawleys Island: Coastal Carolina University Arboretum
In 1930, the Greenville Garden Club began to renovate a Civil-War era rock quarry into the Rock Quarry Garden. The garden won a Better Homes and Gardens award in 1932; but by the 1960s, it was neglected and overgrown. Another renovation project revitalized the garden in the 1980s, and in the 21st century, the Rock Quarry Garden became a popular ...
There’s a lot of opportunity to bring color into your South Carolina yard or garden for winter, Clemson Extension agent says.
Nicholtown is a predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina. [1] Jacqueline Woodson 's award-winning adolescent novel, Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) was based on recollections of her childhood in Nicholtown.
Falls Park on the Reedy is a 32-acre (130,000 m 2) park adjacent to downtown Greenville, South Carolina, in the historic West End district.Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed 26 acres (110,000 m 2) of land that had been previously used by textile mills.
Centered on a mill founded by John T. Woodside in 1902, the district is located just west of the city limits of Greenville and is largely intact despite modernizations made by a succession of mill and home owners. The mill itself is a rectangular, brick, four-story building designed by J.E. Sirrine and built between 1902 and 1912.
Downtown Greenville is bisected by a wooded valley park containing the falls of the Reedy River. The Liberty Bridge is located just downstream from this group of waterfalls, replacing a six-lane highway bridge that was demolished to improve the visibility and accessibility to the falls and adjacent park.