Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Summerville Flowertown Festival

By Lillian McDonald


Just in case you have not noticed, flower festivals are popping up everywhere. When the winter's chill melts into green grass along with blossoming bushes, the flower festivals always make a comeback, just like their honorary attendees always do. If you're planning to have a spring getaway to Charleston, South Carolina, look into stopping by the Summerville Flowertown Festival, which can be found half-hour outside of Charleston. The celebration should happen from April 1, 2011 until April 3, 2011 - and will host a weekend comprised of flowers, food and festivities. It's a perfect place to check out on your Charleston vacation 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 event was previously recognized as the Azalea Festival. And even though that nomenclature was in existence approximately 30 years ago, some people, primarily the elder locals, still mention the event by that name. The festival, which has consistently been called one of the Top 20 happenings inside the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, acts as both a festival and fundraiser for the YMCA, allowing the group to participate in area outreach initiatives.

The festival is held in Azalea Park, and provides approximately 200 artists from throughout the country who wish to demonstrate their skills. Artist booths house paintings, pottery, sculptures, woodworks, needlework, ironworks, jewelry and various other first-rate and interesting crafts. If you happen to walk through the lines of booths, you can also find food and drinks. You can find kids amusement, such as games, rides, special arts and crafts projects and goodies, which 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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