We invite you to join us for this year's Flower Day on Saturday, June 21st. Tour our theme gardens, hear our professional horticulturists speak on exciting gardening topics, and see over 1,500 exciting new varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, and shrubs being tested in our famous Trial Gardens! If you live in or are visiting the Southeast, you owe it to yourself to see what all the fuss is about! Fun for all ages -- bring the whole family and don't forget your camera! We'll have food, drinks, and ice cream available for purchase on site. Come early for the best selection of our plant, bulb, and seed sale in our Garden Center!
 Founded in 1868, Park Seed Co. has provided generations of American gardeners with the seeds, plants, bulbs, supplies, and know-how to help them succeed in their gardening endeavors. Acquiring Wayside Gardens in 1975 further expanded Park Seed's ability to provide gardeners the newest, most unusual plants from around the world. Every year, as part of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers, Park Seed headquarters in Greenwood, SC opens its 9-acre Trial Gardens to the public on Flower Day.
| 2008 Flower Day Schedule of Events |
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| 8 am - 5 pm: Garden Center open and Trial Gardens available for unstructured viewing and photography |
| 8 am - 4 pm: Seed Sale -- shop directly from stock used to fill catalog and Internet orders |
| 8:30 am - 9:15 am: Eric Johnson, Wayside Gardens Director of Horticulture and cohost of GardenSMART on PBS, presents "New and Exciting Plants for 2008" |
| 9 am - 2 pm: Every 30 minutes, our horticulturists will offer guided tours through the Trial Gardens (last tour begins at 2:00) |
| 9:30 am - 10:30 am: Paul James*, host of HGTV's Gardening by the Yard, answers your gardening questions |
| 1 pm - 1:45 pm: Stephanie Turner, Park Seed's Director of Seed Product, presents "Great Annuals and Tropicals for Containers" |
| 2 pm - 3 pm: Paul James*, host of HGTV's Gardening by the Yard, answers your gardening questions |
| *Paul James will be signing autographs for an hour in the main tent directly after his Q&A sessions |
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