Author: Margaret Evans

On June 8th, people throughout theLowcountrywill have a unique opportunity to explore, purchase and learn about hemp andCBDproducts – all at one fun, festive and free event. 

“Ladies and Gentlemen. I guess that takes in most of you. This is the opening of a new opera season, a season made possible by the generous checksof Mrs. Claypool. [Applause] I am sure the familiar strains of Verdi’s music will come back to you tonight, and Mrs. Claypool’s checks will probably come back in the morning. And now on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the parlor.”  – Groucho Marx as Otis B. Driftwood in “A Night at the Opera” (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1935)

This year’s Garden a Day event, celebrating National Gardening week, is June 3 to June 7, and features gardens on The Point, Pigeon Point, near town and two on Lady’s Island. The Beaufort Garden Club invites the public to visit five gardens, free of charge, from 9 am to 12:30 pm, rain or shine. 

St. James Orthodox Church seems to be one of the best kept secrets of Beaufort County. But if it is hidden, it is hidden in plain sight. “We are one of only two Orthodox churches in the county, the other one being Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Bluffton. So it isn’t surprising if we aren’t all that well known yet in Beaufort,” offered Father James Bozeman. 

Beaufort became a “Tree City USA” in 1986, an honor bestowed by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The local Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs was instrumental in helping the community achieve this distinguished status. The City has continued to be honored as a recipient of Tree City USA awards over the past years for demonstrating progress in its community in the areas of tree inventory and analysis.

The Beaufort Council of Garden Clubs will hold a horticulture specialty show on Thursday, May 16 at Tabby Place, 913 Port Republic Street in Beaufort, from 9 am to 5 pm. The event is free to the public.