Torch Lily or Kniphofia uvaria from the South Carolina Botanical Gardens: Photo by Walker Massey
Nature-based Sculptures
A Chameleon Meadow - In Praise of Shadows
Dedicated on June 19, 2007, artists Yvette Dede of Charleston (pictured left) and Hiroko Inoue of Japan spent February 2007 creating this majestic work of art that Clemson University President James Barker remarked as resembling "a fossil rising up from the earth" in his key note address.
What is the SCBG?
The South Carolina Botanical Garden welcomes over 100,000 visitors annually to its 295-acres of woodlands, streams, ponds, nature & walking trails, award-winning niche gardens and a peaceful waterfall.
Picnic with your family or school group next to the beautiful hosta garden waterfall and pond. Sign up for a education program and learn about gardening in this area. Buy plants and support the garden at our plant sales in Spring & Fall... there's something for everyone at the South Carolina Botanical Garden.
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South Carolina Information Hwy
April – June
Deana Chavis Baker
Artist
A native South Carolinian, Deana was born in Newberry and grew up in Bennettsville. At an early age she painted along side her mother and was introduced to oil painting, drawing, sculpture, and set design. She also inherited a love for nature and the beauty of the South Carolina landscape. Today, through self taught techniques, private lessons, research, and community projects involving the visual arts, she is a diversified working artist who enjoys a kaleidoscope of mediums and subject matter.Her artwork has been featured in theSouthern Living®Idea Home,
The Wren House , Clemson, S.C.
spider illustration
Check out Clemson's oldest cat Smilodon - a full size replica of a saber-toothed cat.
