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Seasonal Planting Guide and Calendar for South Carolina School and Community Gardens

Bound Book/eBook

Amy Dabbs
Statewide School & Community Gardening Coordinator
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
CHARLESTON

Team Members: Snipes, Z*1, Snipes, Z*2, Ballew, J*3, Last, R*4, Tanner, S*5, Turner, S*6, Whitener, P*7
  1. Statewide School & Community Gardening Coordinator, , Charleston, South Carolina, 29401
  2. Commerical Horticulture Agent, Clemson Extension, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401
  3. Commerical Horticulture Agent, Clemson Extension, Lexington, South Carolina, 29072
  4. Horticulture Extension Agent, Clemson Extension, Barnwell, South Carolina, 29812
  5. Horticulture Program Team Director, Clemson Extension, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634
  6. Horticulture Extension Agent, Clemson Extension, Greenwood, South Carolina, 29648
  7. 4-H Youth Development Agent , Clemson Extension, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601

Abstract

The Seasonal Planting Guide and Calendar for South Carolina School and Community Gardens serves as the textbook for two Clemson Extension statewide online courses: "School Gardening for South Carolina Educators" and "Cultivating Communities: A Clemson Extension Community Gardening Program.”  Authors from the Clemson Extension Horticulture Program Team and 4-H Youth Development Team designed the book as an "easy-to-follow guide that includes gardening checklists, crop profiles, common insect pests, vegetable diseases, a harvesting guide, sample planting calendars, and expanded plans for year-round vegetable gardening in South Carolina."  The workbook format allows gardeners to quickly consult checklists and tables to find answers to common questions. 

The book was designed by Torborg Davern Design. Reviewed by Thomas Litton, Janet Litton, and Dawn Anticole White.  Published by Clemson University Press.