Join us for the second Reconnecting Piedmont community meeting where we will be dreaming up a park master plan. If you haven’t already, please fill out the survey HERE. You can learn more about the project here.

This meeting is going to be a community conversation to build a more detailed vision for a River front park. This is a separate plan that expands on the previous plan done by Blake Sanders (During his meetings it was suggested that one of the next steps would be to work with a landscape designer) We are lucky enough to have a Clemson Landscape Architecture masters student who we are collaborating with to make this dream come to fruition. Having a detailed plan adds teeth to the Piedmont Area Plan as well as the plan Blake Sanders completed and will be incredibly beneficial when applying for grants and different funding opportunities as obtaining and installing a new bridge will take millions of dollars alone.  That doesn’t include landscaping and other features. The alliance is thrilled to collaborate on this project and we ask that you join us and support this project.  Please fill out the survey and share! We want as many voices can be heard as possible! This will be the first of three meetings so if you miss this one, hopefully we will catch you at the next one!!

Scan the QR code or visit the link below to fill out the survey. Thanks for your time!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2puWtenW1K5nybpie_t_mH7ILVE26mtj7QaD9Pqusjo2HKg/viewform

Registration begins at 5:45 pm each night. We will be SCUBA Diving into Friendship with God!

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Saving the Seasons: Intro to Preserving Food

A new, experiential learning class given by Farm in the Wildwood

Guest Instructor: Amy Malik, Chef & Owner of Tin Roof Farm

& Danielle Pereira, Farm in the Wildwood

In just a few months, it will be the perfect time of year to store away the rich bounty of the season and we will show you how! Join us for this interactive and informative class focused on introducing the many methods for preserving food.

Canning, pickling, drying, freezing...you can do it all! Preserving food is a worthwhile and rewarding experience, can be accomplished with minimal tools and equipment, is easy to learn, and doesn't have to be intimidating.

Together, we will walk through each method, demonstrating the "what", "how", tools and safety considerations. You'll leave with a familiarity of each food preservation method as well as tips, guides, resources and even our favorite recipes to help get you well on your way to canning, pickling, drying and freezing in your own kitchen.

Please note, that we are not a certified kitchen, so this class is not a "make and take" nor a "make and "eat" scenario. You will enjoy on-the-farm, hands-on learning with plenty of real-life demonstrations and useful hands outs.

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The Uncomplicated Gardener: A Workshop

6 Simple Steps to Find More Joy & Succes Tending Plants

by author and speaker Tiffany Deluccia

What to Expect

This fun and practical class, guided and inspired by Tiffany's recently published book, will walk you through her steps for finding more joy and success in growing plants.

The class will include a Q&A at each section for your specific gardening questions, a hands-on activity that you can take come to enjoy, and a copy of her book to take home and reference for years to come.

About the Author:

Tiffany Deluccia has been writing all her life, and gardening for just over 10 years. Her professional career includes sales and marketing leadership, as well as public relations and corporate communications. She has a degree in Communication Studies from Clemson University, and if she had to choose a major all over again, she would study Horticulture and volunteer at the Student Organic Farm. She lives in Greenville, SC with her husband and two young children.

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Join us for this one-of-a-kind workshop with local artisan Kristen of Indigo Root Textiles. You may know that Indigo is a natural die from a plant that has a rich history with South Carolina agriculture. Come ready for a hands-on experience and learn how to dye with a natural indigo vat as well as using basic Shibori techniques.

During our 2 hours together, each participant will have the opportunity to dye two flour sack towels as well an opportunity to bring one personal item of choice (must be no bigger than a pillowcase and made of 100% natural fiber.) 

Get ready to be amazed by the indigo plant and its history and to enjoy working with indigo to create your own, unique pieces to take home and enjoy.

Class limited to 10 people to ensure an excellent participant experience. Make sure to wear clothing that can be stained!

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This Native SC Plants and Trees class is going to be so packed full of ideas to get you going with creating a beautiful landscape, that you will have all of the native birds, bees and butterflies smiling!

Our beautiful Upstate region has so much to offer for wonderful native varieties that can keep your landscape vibrant and eye-catching year-round, while still building and supporting our ecosystem!

We cannot wait to share with you how and why this matters so much and we will provide you with plenty of resources as well! We can’t wait to see you there!

Please consider donating. This drive helps Piedmont Emergency PERC - The Piedmont Emergency Relief Center make it through the summer months when demand is higher--kids are at home-and donations are lower! Monetary donations welcome-mailing address
PERC
PO Box 424
Piedmont, SC 29673

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Have you been hearing the terms “permaculture” and “regenerative agriculture” being tossed around quite a bit lately in the organic gardening community, and you are curious what in the world all of the hype is about?? Well then, this is the class for you! We are going to go over the basics of what in the world permaculture is and why it could be so useful for how you choose to set up your homestead space.

We will also cover how applying regenerative agriculture principles to your homestead can have such a powerful impact on your family and community as it focuses on rebuilding so much of what we have lost; like healthy topsoil, the connection to our land and those around us. At the end of this class, we will walk through the gardens to see these practices and applications happening right on the farm.

So, please, bring your questions, thoughts and stories about your own homesteading journey! We are so excited to keep building our community around these topics.

The Piedmont Historical Preservation Society is urgently requesting your financial support. Our goal is to occupy the building in September and be open by December.  We have be given a challenge and opportunity with a proposed matching grant up to $40,000 with a time limit of 4/27/24. This is your opportunity to double your contribution. Checks may be made payable to and mailed to:

PHPS, P O Box 284, Piedmont, SC 29673:or you may contribute via Venmo to PHPS2018.  Please designate your funds to Matching 4.27.24.

Thank you

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We are so excited to announce our next children’s class, in which we will learn about native wildflowers and why they are so great for our pollinators!

We will also discuss details about the different kinds of pollinators we have here in the Upstate, and how to recognize them.

This experiential learning class will include a hands-on activity, where we will make seed balls out of clay, dirt and native wildflowers seeds! Your little ones can take these seed balls home to throw into areas that are either hard to reach for planting, or look like they need some wildflower love!

The Birthday Fun

Breakfast
Tin Roof Farm Hot Egg Crumpets (9-11)
Due South Coffee

Lunch
Potts BBQ Truck (11-until)
Live Music with Julia Ruby (11:30-1:30)

All Day
Famous Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Lemon Lavender Cake Cookies

Free Kids Activities:
-Plant a Sunflower
-Make Your Own Garden Marker
-Paint in the Garden
-Farm Fun Temp Tattoo Station

The Plants

80 + varieties of locally grown, chemical free plants!
Vegetable starts
Tomato and Pepper Plants
Herbs
Fruit & Berry
Flowers
Natives
Medicinal

Hanging Flower Basket School Fundraiser:
Support Pendleton Highschool FFA by purchasing a flower basket at their booth!

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Fund raiser for Piedmont Village Christmas Lights and Rose Hill Cemetery, 3/30/24, 11:00-4:00 at Watson Engineering, 1350 Shiloh Church Road, Piedmont, SC

Cars, music, raffles, and The South’s Best Brunswick Stew!

$10.00 Entry Fee per vehicle.

General Admission: FREE

Volunteers are needed:
Set up, take down, gate workers, parking area, raffle ticket sellers, clean up in all areas.

Please consider a $250, sponsorship to have your company listed in the program and bring your tent to represent!

Contact: Jim Worley (864)325-4430 jimw@watsoneng.com

Please support Maria Hollis, the Director of Piedmont Emergency Relief Center as she is one of the honorees!