scholarly journals 956 PB 479 A WILDLIFE HABITAT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA BOTANICALGARDEN

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 570f-570
Author(s):  
Stephen Wilson ◽  
Mary Hague
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
The South ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
A Site

America's rejuvenated interest in environmentalism provides landscape designers an excellent opportunity to integrate natural wildlife habitats within the landscape. Due to urbanization and rapid development, niches for many animals are being destroyed. Too often we rely on our state and national parks to replace what is lost, when we really should begin In our own backyards. In conjunction with the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, the South Carolina State Botanical Garden has initiated a program that will create a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. The purpose of my project is to create a garden with ornamental and native flora to attract local fauna, while educating botanical garden visitors to concepts that they can apply In their own back yards, neighborhoods, schools. and communities. My presentation will outline the goals, methodology, and results of the project. In addition, I will discuss the concepts that make a site a Backyard Wildlife Habitat.

Redesigning the Master Plan for the South Carolina Botanical Garden

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 505a-505
Author(s):  
Karl J. Muzii ◽  
Mary Haque
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
The South ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
Site Analysis ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Outdoor Sculpture

In 1997 the South Carolina Botanical Garden determined the need to reevaluate and update the 1989 Botanical Garden Master Plan. The original comprehensive plan presented recommendations for the long-term development of the site and the facilities of the garden. Significant changes and new programs have arisen since the 1989 Master Plan was completed. Because of the new direction of programs such as the South Carolina Heritage Corridor, Southern Living Home, Conservatory and Outdoor Sculpture Program, it was necessary to develop an updated design strategy to incorporate these future plans into the South Carolina Botanical Garden. Programmatically, the idea of the South Carolina Botanical Garden is to find solace in the garden, to find a retreat from the pressures of everyday life and create a somewhat idyllic world while setting an environment for cultural and botanical conservation. The goal was allowing visitors to move throughout the garden without endangering the existing and established ornamental and native flora as well as educating its visitors. It is on this framework that the Botanical Garden Master Plan is based. The design methodology used in the development of the master plan began with staff meetings, research and site analysis. Design concepts, circulation alternatives and final design choices evolved out of subsequent staff meetings and design reviews. A booklet was also published for future development and fund raising. My presentation will outline the goals, methodology, design decisions and concepts that shaped the final master plan for the South Carolina Botanical Garden.

scholarly journals First Reports of Aphelenchoides fragariae on Royal Fern and on Hosta and Other Hosts in South Carolina

Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 593-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Williamson ◽  
J. H. Blake ◽  
S. N. Jeffers ◽  
S. A. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The South ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
First Report ◽  
Symptomatic Leaf ◽  
Aphelenchoides Fragariae ◽  
Foliar Nematode

In September 1999, royal ferns (Osmunda regalis L.) at a South Carolina wholesale nursery were found to be infected by foliar nematodes. Lesions were brown, vein-limited, and often fan shaped. As severity increased, affected leaflets became totally necrotic. Nematodes were extracted by excising and dicing symptomatic leaf sections and placing them in water for up to 24 h. Ten adult nematodes from each of two fern plants were examined microscopically and determined to be Aphelenchoides fragariae (Ritzema Bos) Christie. This is the first report of this nematode infecting royal fern. In August 1996, leaves from several cultivars of Hosta spp. with yellow to tan, vein-limited lesions were submitted from The South Carolina Botanical Garden (Clemson, SC) to the Clemson University Plant Problem Clinic for diagnosis. Nematodes were extracted and examined as described above and identified as A. fragariae. This is the first report of this nematode infecting Hosta spp. in South Carolina. Since 1996, foliar nematodes have been recovered from hostas at several wholesale nurseries in South Carolina. Aphelenchoides spp. also have been detected previously in commercially produced ornamental plants in South Carolina, including a Begonia sp. in 1988; Polygonum bistorta L. ‘Super-bum’ (snakeweed) in 1997; and a Polystichum sp. (holly fern) in 1997. All plants exhibited angular or vein-limited, necrotic lesions typical of foliar nematode infections.

An Example of Site Classification in the Southeastern Coastal Plain Based on Vegetation and Land Type¹

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Van Lear ◽  
S. M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Site Classification ◽  
Land Type ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Disturbed Forest ◽  
A Site ◽  
Hazard Rating

Abstract A site classification system based on vegetation and land type was developed for the Savannah River Plant (SRP) in the upper coastal plain of South Carolina. Different positions of the landscape support distinctive plant communities. Late successional plant communities and their immediate predecessors were identified on eight site types along a moisture gradient ranging from dry, sandy uplands to flooded bottoms. Late successional, near-stable plant communities, even in the highly disturbed forest ecosystems of the Southeast, act as integrators of environmental factors to reflectsite potential. Vegetation can supplement information on soils and topography in the delineation and classification of forest sites. Knowledge of site-vegetative relationships would be especially useful in making management decisions regarding wildlife habitat evaluation, hazard rating for insects, diseases, and fires, and estimating potential uses for recreation. Application of the system by practicing foresters is discussed. South. J. Appl. For. 11(1):23-28.

scholarly journals Enhancing Science Education Experiences through Garden Explorations: An Inquiry-based Learning Opportunity at the South Carolina Botanical Garden

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 566-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Wagner ◽  
Shelley W. Fones
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The South ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
Family Science

Garden Explorations, a continuing program at the South Carolina Botanical Garden (SCBG), Clemson University, promotes science participation among children, families, undergraduates, and teachers. Integrated by themes of Plants and their Partners, Plants and their Environment, and Web of Life, Garden Explorations programs include Summer Science Camps, Family Science Saturdays, and Family and Community Outreach Programs. In these programs, college students (largely education, horticulture, biology, and recreation majors) have the opportunity to learn about and experience natural science and math in the garden, along with elementary school teachers, parents, and upper-elementary age children. These inquiry-based learning opportunities enhance and expand the education and professional preparation of Clemson University students who participate in the program. By involving students in intensive hands-on, inquiry-oriented life science and math activities during Garden Explorations programs, we seek to increase science literacy in our region.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Horticulture Course Benefits Local Youth

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 653f-653
Author(s):  
Mary E. Olien ◽  
Jere A. Brittain ◽  
Brenda J Vander Mey
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
After School ◽  
The South ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
School Gardening ◽  
Hands On

“Garden Experiences in Youth Development” is a two-credit, (one lecture, one lab) 400-level course offered each spring semester by the Dept. of Horticulture at Clemson Univ. For the past 3 years, the course has met the following specific needs: 1) requests by horticulture students for more experiences related to horticulture and human well-being; 2) opportunities for other majors whose careers will or may focus on children to learn and to use horticulture with children; 3) a source of adult leaders for an after school children's gardening program at the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The lecture portion addresses issues related to children in horticulture, planning nature and gardening related activities with children, as well as a general background in gardening for nonmajors. During the lab, the students gain hands-on experience working with children who participate in Sprouting Wings, an after school gardening program offered by the South Carolina Botanical Garden. A multi-source evaluation of the effectiveness of the course and the youth program is being conducted. The poster will present the course syllabus, copies of selected course readings, outlines of student generated projects, and the results of the program evaluation.

Productive Mis-mappings: Critical Disorientations on the University of South Carolina’s Historic Horseshoe

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Rae Cooley
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
College Campus ◽  
The South ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Fire Insurance ◽  
A Site ◽  
The University

Located at the heart of the University of South Carolina campus is the historic Horseshoe—originally the South Carolina College campus (est. 1801)—a site whose construction during the antebellum years relied on enslaved labor. Ghosts of the Horseshoe is a cross-College, collaborative “critical interactive” for iPad that features the Horseshoe campus and endeavors to make visible this unacknowledged history. The application uses as its dedicated navigational interface a historic 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of the site; participants can also activate a Google Map overlay of the site and determine its degree of opacity with respect to the archival map image. Importantly, however, the two maps do not actually “map” onto each other. This serves as a first mis-mapping of several mis-mappings. This article considers how such mis-mappings, involving geo-locative contingencies, representational disjunctions, and potential dis-locations, mediate site-specific explorations and, as such, make possible alternative historiographic understandings of place.

scholarly journals THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF TWO DEMONSTRATIO XERISCAPE GARDENS

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1166d-1166
Author(s):  
Bobby Mottern ◽  
Mary Haque ◽  
Judy Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
The South ◽  
Master Gardener ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Educational Benefit

Two xeriscape gardens have been designed for the purpose of educating the public about the importance of water conservation through xeriscaping. One was designed and implemented for a temporary exhibit at the South Carolina State Fair in October of 1991. The exhibit was cosponsored by the Clemson University Extension Service and Master Gardener programs. The second garden has been designed for the Clemson University Botanical Garden. This will be a permanant addition to the botanical garden soley for display purposes. It is designed to be a model for students, professors, and the general public to observe and study principles associated with water conservation in the landscape.

scholarly journals Promoting the Residential Habitat Garden through Education

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 911F-911
Author(s):  
James Johnson
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Senior Citizen ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The South ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Educational Plan ◽  
Educational Package ◽  
Community Effort ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
Written Materials

As the need to design residential landscapes in an environmentally sensitive manner becomes more apparent, the demand for educational materials and activities that promote the habitat garden is growing. In response to this need, an educational plan, ranging from the publication of a booklet to the implementation of a demonstration garden, has been undertaken. The booklet should serve both the homeowner and the professional designer interested in wildlife-sensitive designs. Horticultural faculty and students are being organized to implement one of my designs on the Clemson Univ. campus to demonstrate the habitat garden concepts found in the booklet. Working with local homeowners by designing and having their yards certified by the National Wildlife Federation as “Backyard Wildlife Habitats” has also served to promote the habitat garden. I am also working with the Dept. of Horticulture and senior citizen volunteers to raise money to build a demonstration garden in the South Carolina State Botanical Garden. The incorporation of written materials, designs, certifications, and demonstration gardens into an educational package has resulted in a community effort to promote the habitat garden.

scholarly journals Designing a Children's Garden for Experiential Learning in the South Carolina Botanical Garden

HortScience ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 810E-811
Author(s):  
Robert F. Polomski* ◽  
Carri Carver Wallace ◽  
Mary Taylor Haque ◽  
Lisa K. Wagner ◽  
James E. Arnold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
After School ◽  
The South ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Site Analysis ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Research Analysis

An interdisciplinary team of Clemson Univ. faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students partnered with the South Carolina Botanical Garden staff and children from the “Sprouting Wings” after-school garden program to plan and design a 2.5-acre Children's Garden. Imaginative and educational, the plans call for a series of outdoor theme gardens. Proposals for 13 theme gardens include a “Dinosaur Dig”, a “Food for Thought Garden”, a “Hide-and-Seek Garden”, a “Terraced Sitting Garden”, an “Ethnobotany Garden”, a “Wonders of Water Garden”, a “Learning from Nature Outdoor Classroom”, a “Carolina Fence Garden”, a “Cottage Garden”, a “Bold View Butterfly Garden”, a “Woodland Wonderland”, a “Playful Plaza Garden,” and an “Arbored Entrance and Exit Garden.” Project methodology included research, case studies, site analysis, program development, preliminary plans, master plan, and individual garden designs with plan views, elevation drawings, detail drawings, and plant lists. Using an experiential learning pedagogy, a design class of 15 students contributed an estimated 2,000 hours of work while learning about landscape design. Results included 30 drawing boards depicting research, analysis, and design proposals, which were presented to the South Carolina Botanical Garden Staff for approval in Fall 2003. Note: This material is based upon work supported by the cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2002-38411-122122. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

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