Thursday, April 14, 2011

Spring Arrives Early In The South

By Lillian McDonald


In case you have not noticed, flower festivals are popping up all over the place. Once the winter's chill melts into green grass along with budding bushes, the flower festivals always complete a comeback, just like their honorary attendees always do. If you're about to take a spring getaway to Charleston, South Carolina, look into visiting the Summerville Flowertown Festival, which can be found 30 minutes outside of Charleston. The festival will happen from April 1, 2011 until April 3, 2011 - and will host a weekend full of flowers, food and always festivities. It's a perfect area to check out over your Charleston getaway this spring.

Summerville, South Carolina, which can be found 30 minutes northwest of Charleston, is a cozy historic village which boasts pleasant climate and eclectic yet comfortable shopping, dining and landscaping. The oak-lined streets play home to gracious southerners as well as curbside boutiques. The Ashley River keeps the grasses green and gardens full of freshness. The city's annual Flowertown Festival draws in excess of 250,000 tourists during its three days.

The reknowned festival was previously recognized as the Azalea Festival. And even though that nomenclature was around some thirty years ago, many people, for the most part the elder locals, even now mention the celebration by that name. The celebration, which has consistently been called one of the Top 20 happenings in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, acts as both a celebration as well as fundraiser for the YMCA, allowing the group to take part in community outreach initiatives.

The event is held in Azalea Park, and features approximately 200 artists from throughout our nation who are going to demonstrate their expertise. Artist booths house paintings, pottery, sculptures, woodworks, needlework, ironworks, jewelry and several other fine and interesting crafts. If you happen to saunter through the lines of booths, you will also discover cuisine and beverages. There is kids amusement, such as games, rides, special arts and crafts projects and treats, that will go on through the weekend.

Thanks to the warming breeze and sunny skies that accompany South Carolina during April, the Flowertown Festival is a excellent place to spend an entire day, or weekend. Oftentimes, people come back a second day to browse through things they could have omitted or make those last purchases.

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