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2012 Festival of Gardens
Columbia Green will feature a variety of landscapes during its 21st Annual Festival of Gardens. An emphasis on evolving gardens, gardens that are not necessarily finished products, as well as those that are completed and perfect will highlight the tour in Columbia’s Hampton Hills, The Preserve and Old Woodlands neighborhoods. This is a new direction for Columbia Green and we are excited at the prospect. In addition to supporting a worthy cause, our generous garden owners have lots of fun…as do their visitors!
The tour will be Thursday, May 17 and Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 10am until 3:30pm. There will be a garden party each day from 3:30 – 5pm at historic Old Woodlands with artists in attendance.
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Soundscapes for Landscapes
Columbia Green invites you to join us on Saturday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Koger Center for the Arts for the SC Philharmonic Concert.
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ALL TREATS...NO TRICKS
Happy Halloween from Columbia Green!!! We're changing the usual process... We don't have an office so we can't give out treats from our doorstep. We decided to treat all of you at once by beautifying a special Columbia landmark.
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Before and After a Columbia Green Grant
This is a before and after picture of Lincoln Park, off North Main Street. The Highland Park/Keenan Terrace neighborhood received a grant to beautify this space in October 2010. This is still a work in progress...but what an improvement! Neighbors also planted many of the river birch trees that Columbia Green was able to distribute last fall...stretching their grant dollars even more to encompass a creek bed that runs through the park. Community involvement and neighborhood improvement are ...
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Columbia Green Sponsored Sites Across the City of Columbia
Check out the list of Annuals for medians across Columbia funded by Columbia Green on a twice-yearly basis. Images of these projects are currently being featured by WACH FOX TV in commercials in support of Columbia Green. Be sure to tune in and watch the beautiful commercials!
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Nine Gardens (and a few homes!) to be featured on 2011 Festival of Gardens
This year is Columbia Green's twentieth annual Festival of Gardens -- and with 20 years of experience in showcasing beautiful landscapes, we know you won't be disappointed! Thanks to an extraordinary group of garden owners, we're opening up some houses as well as exceptional private gardens in the Old Shandon and Heathwood neighborhoods.
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Outdoorlicious! Garden Tours
Timed to perfection, May is prime gardening season in the midlands. Flowers and flowering shrubs are bursting with new blooms. Gardeners are eager to work in their gardens before the heat of the summer approaches. Each May, Columbia Green hosts a garden tour featuring a sampling of Columbia’s most beautiful and interesting private gardens. It is such a treasure to be invited into other people’s private gardens to savor their creativity, vision – and, yes, hard work – in creating their own ...
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How To Plant a Tree
Former Columbia Green board member and Clemson Agricultural Extension agent Don McInnes recommends the following steps to use to plant a tree. Make sure to let us know about the trees you've planted!
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February 2011 eNewsletter
In this edition: Columbia Green partnership with City of Columbia, Updates on Grants, and New Board Members.
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10,000 Trees Program
The City of Columbia and Columbia Green, through the 10,000 Trees Program, aim to bring beauty and life to our communities by increasing shade, improving air and water quality, providing homes for wildlife and reducing our overall carbon footprint.
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Volunteers, donations needed to build house for disabled veteran
On Sept. 21, 2005, Staff Sgt. Ronell Bradley, then 26 years old, gave two legs and part of a hand for his country when the Humvee he was riding in was hit by a roadside bomb.
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2011 Festival of Gardens Announcement
The 2011 Festival of Gardens will be held in Columbia's Heathwood Neighborhood on Thursday, May 19th and Saturday, May 21st. Online registration is now available.
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Columbia Green Announces 2011 Grants
Columbia Green announced $28,000 worth of 2011 grants to be used for plantings at public parks, local schools, and communal settings throughout the Columbia area. Columbia Green, a non-profit organization that promotes beautification through horticulture, has awarded 14 organizations funding that will revitalize and improve a variety of projects, from hanging baskets along Main Street to new trees at Maxcy Gregg Park. In total, $23,000 was awarded as part of the organization's neighborhood ...
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See Great Gardens in Columbia and Lexington
Whether you're looking for inspiration for your own garden or just want to see some lovely outdoor spaces, two Midlands garden tours are just what Mother Nature ordered.
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A Must for Garden Lovers
Give yourself a full day of gardening without the sweat, toil, or thorns. Visitors to the 2010 Festival of Gardens can relax, appreciate, and enjoy the labor of others in a dozen dazzling Spring Valley gardens. Columbia Green hosts the open garden event Thursday, May 20 and Saturday, May 22 from 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
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Gateway Green
Columbia Green works with the City of Columbia Department of Forestry and Beautification to enhance major roadways throughout the city.
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City’s Beautification Worth Noting
Letter to the Editor in "The State" by Past-President Susan Hamilton regarding the city’s beautification worth noting.
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Columbia Green ends year with record grant levels
Columbia Green tightened its financial belt in 2009 and managed to increase its spending on beautification projects last year even though donations and membership levels remained flat.
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Columbia Green completes sponsorship of Seibel's Garden
Columbia Green this month gave the Historic Columbia Foundation $15,000, thus completing its five year pledge of $75,000 toward garden renovations of the Seibels House on Richland Street.
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New Board Members Join Columbia Green
Ann Holtschlag took the helm of Columbia Green's Board of Directors in January, welcoming seven new additions to the 20-member board. Joining the board this year are...
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Canalapalooza Informs Visitors
Canalapalooza, an educational event sponsored by Columbia Green was held last Sunday, October 25, 2009. Approximately 500 people visited the four-hour long celebration of the history of the Fall Line and canal. Attendees learned about the geology, plant life, ecology and history of the water thoroughfare that was built in the 1890s. Participants could tour the old Pump and Turbine House, listen to well-known speakers, kayak in the slow-moving canal, attend informational walking tours or just ...
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2009 Columbia Green Grant Recipients Named
Columbia Green last week awarded $11,000 in neighborhood and tree initiative grants for the coming years for eight different projects throughout the Columbia area. Six groups will receive a total of more than $6,000 in grant monies for the planned beautification of their areas. In addition, two grants of $2,500 each are being awarded in the first year of our Tree Initiative program.
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Nature flows at 'Canalapalooza'
An inch-long scarlet bug with pokey black legs - as vicious looking as it was beautiful - crawled over the back of Ed Vincent's hand.
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Canalapalooza!
An introduction of the Columbia Canal and Fall Line History on Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 1:00-5:00pm at Riverfront Park's grassy area and canal front.
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2009 Columbia Choice Awards
Columbia Green and the Columbia Tree & Appearance Commission sponsor the Columbia Choice Awards for Landscaping and Beautification each year.
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Columbia Green awarded City Center Partnership grant money for plantings on Main Street
Main Street is a little brighter with the addition of 30 hanging baskets and a new "pocket park" near the former Tapps Department Store, thanks in part to a $3,000 grant from Columbia Green.
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2009 Festival of Gardens a Huge Success
With mild temperatures prevailing, more than 300 people enjoyed meandering through the Forest Hills and Tanglewood neighborhoods on May 14 and 16 during Columbia Green's annual Festival of Gardens.
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Another Garden Added to Festival
The 2009 Festival of Gardens will be held Thursday, May 14 and Saturday, May 16 and will feature the 12 gardens listed below - ten located in the Forest Hills neighborhood and two from nearby Tanglewood.
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Canopy Trees to be planted for Doolittle Raiders
Columbia Green announced it is planting canopy trees to honor and serve as an extended reminder of the Doolittle Raiders, who marked their 67th reunion April 16th through 18th in Columbia.
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Rose Sale during Festival of Gardens
There will be a rose sale, courtesy of Roses Unlimited, during the Festival's tea party located at 1318 Westminster Drive.
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Celebrate Earth Day and Benefit Columbia Green
In celebration of Earth Day, Saluda's Restaurant and Mo Mo's Bistro have pledged five percent of their restaurant sales next week to Columbia Green and the South Carolina Ag in the Classroom Fund. Both restaurants are celebrating Earth Day from April 20 through April 26 with a variety of special lunches and dinners that feature organic food and wine as well as locally grown products.
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Tree Workshop a Success
Columbia Green members and guests heard tree care tips during a four-hour symposium at the Robert Mills House on Saturday, April 4th. The symposium, co-sponsored by Columbia Green and Historic Columbia Foundation, was led by trained arborists from one of Columbia's leading tree care firms, Sox and Freeman.
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Gardening Volunteers Needed
In summer 2009, Columbia Parks and Recreation is implementing a pilot gardening/environmental program in 4 city run summer camps!
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Festival of Gardens: May 14th & 16th
As a highlight of Columbia Green's 25th anniversary year, the 2009 Festival of Gardens will showcase beautiful residential landscapes in an historic Columbia neighborhood as well as in one of the city's newest areas. Tours will be held on Thursday May 14th and Saturday May 16th.
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People and Trees...Growing Together Through Better Education
This informative, one-day seminar will be conducted by trained arborists from Columbia's leading tree care firm, Sox and Freeman, and feature three separate workshops.
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Mayor Coble Proclaims 2009 as the Year of the Tree in Columbia
Tree Planting Ceremony to be held at 11:00am Thursday, January 29, 2009 at the Drew Wellness Center (Green Space/Park Area), located at 2101 Walker Solomon Way.
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Columbia Green to celebrate 25th birthday by giving the community gifts
Columbia Green has earmarked $25,000 in grants over the next five years to plant canopy trees. Trees not only enhance the beauty of our city, but they also contribute to a sustainable environment by moderating climate, improving air quality, conserving water and harboring wildlife.
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Arbor Day planting at Ft. Jackson
Columbia Green participated in the Arbor Day planting event at Ft. Jackson on Dec. 6. Not only was this a meaningful tribute to the men and women serving in the military, but also a wonderful way to celebrate Arbor Day.
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Upcoming Project: Boyden Arbor entrance to Fort Jackson
Columbia Green has agreed to take on beautifying the Boyden Arbor entrance to Fort Jackson. This entrance off of Percival Road is used by families and friends of soldiers graduating from basic training at Fort Jackson. Every Friday, approximately 3,000 people pass through this gate to watch the 1,000 new graduates parade across Hilton Field.
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Treasured Tree Awards to honor Columbia Green
The Treasured Trees program is recognizing Columbia Green for trees it planted in 1992 honoring the Doolittle Raiders Friday, Dec. 5 at the Governor's Mansion.
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Columbia Green Awards $12,000 in Neighborhood Grants
Columbia Green has quadrupled their Neighborhood Beautification Grant program this year, awarding close to $12,000 to various projects throughout the Columbia Metropolitan area.
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Dates Set For 2009 Festival of Gardens
May 14 and 16 has been set for the 2009 Festival of Gardens. Check back for more information closer to date.
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And the Winners are...
Five Columbia Choice awards, co-sponsored by Columbia Green and the city's Tree and Appearance Foundation, were awarded on Sept. 25 at the Big Apple on Hampton Street.
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Summer 2008 Newsletter
Columbia Green began some 24 years ago with a small group of volunteers who planted small lots and containers in underprivileged neighborhoods.
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The 2008 Festival of Gardens
More than 350 people, including novice and accomplished gardeners, neighbors, outdoor lovers, Mother's Day celebrants and the frankly curious, visited twelve sites in Columbia's Forest Acres neighborhood. Many were people who drove or walked by these homes on a regular basis and "wanted to know what the rest of the garden looked like."
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Columbia Green Spring 2008 Newsletter
There are a multitude of ways to support Columbia Green without ever opening your checkbook. Columbia Green has been a volunteer-driven organization since its inception in 1984. While we have recently hired a part-time administrative aide to help us stay on top of membership renewals and the demanding day-to-day organizational work, the majority of the work done by Columbia Green is handled by a plethora of volunteers, both on and off our 20-member board.
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Columbia Green Winter 2008 Newsletter
Read about CG's $2500 Beefs up Berms!, Our New Board Members, Arbor Day Tree Planting Event - "GATEWAY TO FORT JACKSON", and Sox and Freeman Donates Trees to Memorial Park
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