Mailing
address: PO Box 2337,
Spartanburg, SC 29304-2337
Hatcher Garden to get
birthday present from Southland.
Southland Landscape Corporation will provide 50 man
hours to Hatcher Garden on Saturday, March 1 to assist in preparations for
spring.
“This comes at a great time. As any gardener knows, there is so much to be done to get ready
for spring. Having of team of
professionals come in and lend a hand will give us a big jump on the
season. They will help us with planting,
pruning and general garden care and maintenance,” says Joe Mullinax, Executive
Director of Hatcher Garden.
Chip Key, Operations Manager for Southland, says,
“We’re bringing in 10 or more of our crew foreman to work under the direction
of Hatcher’s horticulturist, Jeff Hall.
We’re treating this as a workshop.
We’re lending a hand but we expect to learn some things as well here at
Spartanburg’s public garden. We want to
be good citizens and give back to the community. We were asked by a board member of Hatcher Garden to give their
staff some assistance and we thought it was a great idea.”
Southland Landscape Corporation services range from
basic grounds maintenance to comprehensive installation. They service the Upstate through their
Spartanburg office.
As their brochure says, “From choosing the right
flowers and color combinations to cutting the grass or installing a beautiful
waterfall, Southland can do it all.” To
learn more about Southland, visit them at www.southlandusa.com.
From choosing the right flowers
This assistance from Southland comes just in time for
our 10th birthday. Hatcher Garden,
though started in 1969 as a backyard project of Josephine and Harold Hatcher,
became a 501(c)3 not-for-profit public garden in 1998, so 2008 is our 10th
anniversary as an organization. “Our
birthday is a celebration of the community that supports this garden,” says Joe
Mullinax, Executive Director. “We
wouldn’t exist without volunteers and donors.
We logged over 3,000 volunteer hours last year and donations are our
largest source of revenue. We certainly
appreciate the helping hands from Southland.”
Hatcher Garden &
Woodland Preserve is a 10-acre public garden located at 820 John B. White Sr,
Blvd, Spartanburg, SC. Open 365 days a
year during daylight hours with no admission fee for families and
individuals. The Garden features a
series of ponds; walking trails; plantings of annuals, perennials and shrubs; a
native woodland of mixed hardwoods; and a diverse population of wildlife. The Garden’s tree collection consists of
over 1,200 specimens representing over 100 species. Hatcher Garden is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
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