Roses are not hard to grow. However, selecting the right rose for the right place is essential for an easy-care rose garden. Sheree Wright, retired Furman Horticulturist, will show you the most disease resistant roses in the Southeast, based on national rose trial data. Many of these roses can be grown in containers, planted as ground covers or used in mixed perennial borders. You will learn basic rose care, and good horticultural practices. Please bring your questions and any insect or diseased leaves you have (in a plastic bag please) for identification. A handout will be provided of the roses shown in this program. The class will take a short walking tour through the Furman rose garden during the second part of the class.

*PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WALKING TOURS. THIS REGISTRATION IS FOR TOUR "ONE" WHICH COVERS THE FOLLOWING: 

Springwood Cemetery Walking Tour is literally like walking back through time in our city's history. This tour will include the origins of the cemetery, the Confederate Park and 80 graves of unknown Confederate soldiers, plus more than 2 dozen stories about those who reside in the cemetery for eternity. During our 75-minute walk we will meet the first city leaders, the earliest mayors, those whose legends live on in the street names of Greenville, the legendary businessmen, the good guys, the legends, the scoundrels, and many surprises along the way (many historic photos will be shown during the tour). The walk begins at the ornate historic front gate to Springwood, which is the oldest municipal cemetery in South Carolina. This tour is for those who love the history of Greenville, and the stories of those who created our beautiful city.

Fee of $25 due at the time of the tour. 

Whether you or someone you know, have experienced a loss, each grief is unique and personal. There is no “right or wrong” way to grieve. Mourning too long or not long enough? False or unrealistic expectations can be all over the map.
So what do you do? Or how could you best support those who are grieving?
While facing grief is difficult, learning strategies and behaviors are the key to living life after loss.

This class is not about forgetting, overcoming the loss, or “moving forward.” Rather, you will learn about the complex nature of grief and gain the tools to face the uncertainty and trials of life after loss.

This class is ideal for anyone wanting to understand grief better—whether for yourself or seeking knowledge to support others.

Michele Woodall has been coaching people for over 15 years. As a Certified Life and Grief Coach, Michele's passion is to educate and help people discover there is life after loss.

Join us for a guided kayak tour of Lake Jocassee with Level 2 ACA kayak instructors Kerry McKenzie and David White. The pace is leisurely as we use our pontoon boats to move from one remote and wild paddling location to another around the lake. There will be lots of waterfalls to see and plenty of time for refreshing swims along the way. Bring lunch to enjoy onboard. Paddling time is three hours and is considered a moderately challenging physical activity. Distance from Furman: 39 miles. Tour fee is $125 per person plus a park entry fee of $8 per adult and $5 per senior.

In my book The Keowee Trail: A Deep Map of The Cherokee Path in the History of the Carolinas. I tell the story of the Cherokee Path that connected the low country of colonial Carolina with the Cherokee Nation. The Keowee trail was a busy trading route for a burgeoning deerskin trade between the Cherokee nation and the British Colony of South Carolina. Along this same path, epidemic disease made its way inexorably from the colony toward Cherokee society, reducing their population by more than half. Along this path, warfare was waged in both directions, by Cherokee war parties determined to defend their homeland and by settlers like my Scots Irish ancestors, evermore hungry for land. Dispossession of Native peoples was the necessary prelude to the advancement of slavery across South Carolina and the Southeast and so the enslaved ancestors of African Americans will forge a significant place in this story.
I use a ‘deep map’ approach to the Keowee Trail because it opens up space for multiple viewpoints and perspectives, blending an array of genres and disciplines, including a trail journal of my own pilgrimage along the path. The concept of a ‘deep map’ will assist us in holding together multiple lines of perspective, including, memoir, family history, migration stories, religious history, indigenous wisdom, trauma theory, ghost stories, mythology, archeology, geography, the watersheds, and the flora and fauna of the Southern Appalachians. All of this brings a complex richness and depth to the construction of this deep map.

Stuart Taylor, a Native of South Carolina is a retired Presbyterian pastor who served congregations in Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina. He is co-author of St. Francis and the Foolishness of God.

The events in Margaret Mitchell's epic novel, "Gone With The Wind," were drawn from her own life and helped her create an international phenomenon bar none. We'll see how her fierce independence and determination, so characteristic of the fictional main character Scarlett, as well as the ups and downs of her short life led to her writing an American classic. Carol Nescio, leader of this event, taught high school French & German. She feels this quote describes lifelong learners so well: "When you are curious, there are lots of interesting things to learn and do."

This bonus event will be held at Rolling Green Village. 

Classroom E at Rolling Green