Join us for a field trip to the flower farm! We are thrilled to offer this special tour of the flower farm of one of Charleston’s most sought after wedding florists, Feast & Flora. Owner Laura Mewbourn will guide us through how to have a successful spring cutting flower gardening of our own.

Click HERE for full details & to register.

You have bought your plants and put them in the perfect spot.

Now is the time to get out the fertilizer. Clemson Extension Agent Chris Burtt will discuss soils, soil health, what fertilizers to use and how to determine what is needed.

Register HERE.

Our CHS Hort Lecture series returns to the Charleston Museum on Monday, May 9 at 6:30 for our final lecture of the season.

We are pleased to welcome Landscape Architect Thomas Woltz, owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.

Over the past two decades of practice Thomas and his team have infused narratives of the land into the places where people live, work, and play, engendering stewardship and inspiring connections between people and the natural world.

Woltz was educated at the University of Virginia and holds master’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and Architecture. He also holds an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the State University of New York, Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. He was recognized with the Land for People Award by the Trust for Public Land in 2019 and as one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2017. Woltz currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Cultural Landscape Foundation and the University of Virginia School of Architecture Foundation.

At present, Thomas is leading NBW in the design of significant public landscapes across the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, including Rothko Chapel and Memorial Park in Houston, Centennial Park in Nashville, Cornwall Park in Auckland, and Mt. Cuba Center and Winterthur in Delaware.

Take a road trip this spring and join us for an expert guided tour of the Bartlett Tree Research Lab in Charlotte, NC. Or come a day early and enjoy an optional guided tour of Wing Haven.

Tours limited to 40 participants. Full details & registration HERE.

Join us for a field trip to the flower farm! We are thrilled to offer this special tour of the flower farm of one of Charleston’s most sought after wedding florists, Feast & Flora. Owner Laura Mewbourn will guide us through how to have a successful spring cutting flower gardening of our own.

This date is sold out! Click HERE for join us on Saturday, May 14 at 9am.

Join us at 222 Romney Court on Saturday, April 23 for our monthly RUG Workday! Bring your garden gloves and come mingle with other garden enthusiasts while helping to maintain one of Charleston’s beautiful urban gardens.

We are thrilled to be receiving a generous donation of two Big Yellow Bags from Soil3 to help us rejuvenate the long garden beds! We need you to come out and help us move and spread it!

This month we will have a special presentation all about growing and using herbs with Sandy Pait. Sandy will also bring some treats to enjoy that use herbs that thrive in Charleston!

We are thrilled to be participating in the Kiawah Conservancy’s 25th Annual Earth Day Celebration at Night Heron Park.

Join us for this free outdoor event on beautiful Kiawah Island.

Click HERE for all the details!

On April 7, our virtual workshop series, Hot Topics in Charleston Gardening, continues with Clemson Extension Agent Chris Burtt guiding us to the plants that thrive in our sometimes challenging Lowcountry environment. Workshops are $10 each for CHS Hort Members or you can purchase the entire year for $100 (one class free!).

Click HERE for full details & to purchase. **Classes purchased after 2pm on April 7 will receive the video link on Monday but NOT the Zoom link.**

Register now to join us after hours at beautiful Meeting Green in downtown Charleston as owner Kendall Lenard teaches why and how to attract a wide range of pollinators to our gardens.

Full details & register HERE.

Join us at 222 Romney Court on Saturday, February 19 for our monthly RUG Workday! Bring your garden gloves and come mingle with other garden enthusiasts while helping to maintain one of Charleston’s beautiful urban gardens.

Join us on March 15 at beautiful Yeamans Hall for a luncheon and lecture with Longwood Gardens Karl Gercens. Karl will take us on a coast to coast tour of America’s greatest gardens from Maine to Miami to Seattle to San Diego. We will look at the diverse garden climates including foliage and flowers that are sure to inspire gardeners from across this land.

Click HERE for full details & registration.

Gardening for Pollinators: Why it is important and how we can make a difference

Our March lecture speaker is none other than author and photographer Charlotte Caldwell. As an author, photographer, naturalist and preservationist, Charlotte uses her photography as a springboard for sharing and storytelling. Charlotte is a resident of Charleston and is the author and photographer of several non-fiction coffee table books. Learn more HERE.

Many CHS Hort members who completed our highly respected and popular Docent Course have requested a follow up course. For the third year now we are pleased to offer our advanced educational course Digging Deeper. This course will meet four times in the month of March 2022 on Tuesday afternoons with an optional add-on event throughout the course’s run. The program will be taught by our Docent Course instructors Susan Epstein and Beverly Rivers. Register HERE.

We are thrilled to announce our new virtual workshop series with Clemson Extension Agent Chris Burtt - Hot Topics in Lowcountry Gardening.

In March, Clemson Extension Agent Chris Burtt will provide a complete walk through on how to prune, what to prune when, and how pruning can help create an even more vibrant spring.

 Workshops are $10 each for CHS Hort Members or you can purchase the entire year for $100 (one class free!).

Click HERE for full details & to purchase. **Classes purchased after 2pm on March 3 will receive the video link on Monday but NOT the Zoom link.**

**Class is sold out. Email office@chashortsoc.org to be added to waitlist.**

Join Beverly Rivers for this in-depth class covering helleborus (aka Lenten Rose) care. Click HERE to register!

Join us at 222 Romney Court on Saturday, February 19 for our monthly RUG Workday! Bring your garden gloves and come mingle with other garden enthusiasts while helping to maintain one of Charleston’s beautiful urban gardens.

This month, we are excited to welcome Edelle Gaillard and Reagan Pickering from New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church (NIREC) to give a brief history of the garden and why it is so important to the community today. We will also have coffee from Harbinger Cafe on hand to keep you warm!

This month we are spreading mulch and preparing the garden for spring! This is a great service project to include your children or grandchildren - they are GREAT weed pullers and love all the worms in our compost bin!

Belvidere: Evolution of a Plantsman’s Garden
Join us at the Queen Street Playhouse for our February lecture speaker Andrew Bunting, Vice President of Public Gardens and Landscapes with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. A recognized and accomplished leader in public horticulture, Bunting has also held senior leadership positions with the Chicago Botanic Garden and Atlanta Botanical Gardens. LEARN MORE

All lectures are free for CHS Hort Members. Non Member Tickets are $10 at the door.

We are thrilled to announce our new virtual workshop series with Clemson Extension Agent Chris Burtt - Hot Topics in Lowcountry Gardening.

If you enjoyed our year long What to do in Your Charleston Garden series, this year’s series offers a deeper dive into topics most relevant for Lowcountry Gardeners.  Get your questions answered by Chris during our live sessions (or submit them to office@chashortsoc.org in advance if you can’t make the live session).

 Workshops are $10 each for CHS Hort Members or you can purchase the entire year for $100 (one class free!).

Click HERE for full details & to purchase. **Classes purchased after 2pm on February 3 will receive the video link on Monday but NOT the Zoom link.**

Join us at 222 Romney Court for our first work day of the year! We will be finishing moving woodchips into the garden to help with year round weed control and any other tasks that need to be completed. Bring your garden gloves and come mingle with other garden enthusiasts while helping to maintain one of Charleston’s beautiful urban gardens.

As a special treat, Edelle Gaillard and Reagan Pickering from New Israel Reformed Episcopal Church will be on hand to tell us about the history of the Romney Urban Garden and why it is important to the community today.

Molly Hendry toggles the worlds of design and plants as both a trained horticulturist and landscape architect. As the Garden Assessment Project Leader for the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens she is facilitating a comprehensive review of more than 2 dozen individual gardens that are featured on the 67.5 acre property. She is also a key support player in the renewal of the Gardens' master plan, in addition to managing design development and review of ongoing garden projects. In this lecture, Molly will share about her time spent in England at Great Dixter, and how those experiences influenced her design aesthetic when applying to her southern garden designs.