Each year, Wayside Gardens and Park Seed open up our amazing trial gardens to the public. For one day we have our professional horticulturists give guided tours of these beautiful 9 acres of garden. This year we will have over 2,000 varieties of plants at their peak, and anticipate that thousands of visitors from hundreds of miles around will be joining us in our Greenwood home.
This amazing day is called Flower Day, and it is the very soul of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers. It is an opportunity for you to meet many of the people behind this company and to see the passion that we all have for bringing you the finest plants in the world. More importantly, it is a chance for us to meet you, the most important people we know of.
This year we will be featuring Eric Johnson, our Director of Horticulture and Cohost of PBS's GardenSMART, who will be speaking at 8:30 on New and Exciting Plants for 2008. Stephanie Turner, Park Seed's Director of Seed Product, will be giving a presentation on "Great Annuals and Tropicals for Containers."
Most exciting, though, is that HGTV's Paul James will again be joining us for tours of our gardens as well as Q&A Sessions at 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM. If you don't know, Paul is the star of HGTV's Gardening by the Yard, one of the most popular National gardening shows (as well as my personal favorite). He is known for is uniquely oddball and personable approach to gardening advice, so be prepared for anything.
Our gardens will be open from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 21st. I have been attending this event with my family for many years, and I hope that you will join us this year. [Directions to Wayside Gardens]