A Knight with snakes at the Museum
Contributed by South Carolina State Museum
      S.C. State Museum guests will have the chance to have questions answered about snakes by Chief Curator of Natural History and herpetologist Jim Knight at the Snakes Alive program Saturday, April 19. The program, part of Earth Day at the museum,begins at 2 pm and is free with museum admission or me...
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Palmetto Trail is a valuable resource
Story and Photo by Warner M.Montgomery warner@thecolumbiastar.com
      "Since 1989, the Palmetto Conservation Foundation has been working on creating a walking, hiking, and biking trail from the mountains to the sea," began Nancy Stone Collum in her talk to the Greater Piedmont Chapter of The Explorers Club on April 11.
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Garden of the week
Smelling the roses in Spring Valley
Photos courtesy of Satish Prabhu
      Satish Prabhu's rose garden is in Spring Valley. Prabhu has lived in northeast Columbia since October of 1979. This expanded garden was installed in the fall of 1991. Prabhu belongs to the American Rose Society and the Greater Columbia Rose Society. The mission of the Rose Societies is to spread ...
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Plant sale returns to Riverbanks
Contributed by Riverbanks Botanical Garden
      Growing season is in full bloom, and Riverbanks Botanical Garden is offering more than 40 species of garden favorites totaling more than 4,000 plants at the annual Plant Sale Saturday, April 26. The sale will run from 9 am to noon in the Garden's Growing Center located at the end of Seminole Drive...
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