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7:00p.m. Welcome reception and dinner at a local restaurant.

 

7:30 am Continental breakfast at the hotel

8:30am - Travel to the Anderson Jockey Lot.
The south's biggest and the world's best flea market! Since its inception in 1974, its grown to 1,500 dealers and 65 acres, attracting 30,00060,000 people each weekend. You'll find items from antiques to clothing to furniture to sporting goods and everything in-between.

 

10am - Back to the bus and make the short trip to Callaham Orchards.

This family owned farm is an adventure for the entire family! Stroll through orchards of inseason

fruits, visit the farm animals that greet you, take a hay ride and play interactive games. Then sit back and relax while you enjoy a cup of homechurned ice cream.

 

11:30am - Arrive at Hunter’s Store in Pendleton.
This 1850 general merchandise store houses the Pendleton District Commission. The store features historical exhibits and changing displays. The entire town of Pendleton is on the National Register of Historic Places.

12pm - Lunch on your own at one of Pendleton’s many unique restaurants on the village green. Follow up your meal with shopping and antiquing on the square.

1:30pm - Tour Split Creek Farm. The Grade A Dairy is in a barn designed and built by the owners to include the milking and cheese operations and a kid nursery. A retail gift shop featuring goat milk products and folk art is open to

the public. Split Creek Farm's certified goat herd produces all the milk used for its cheese and fudge. The dairy goat herd, which is mostly Nubian, competes nationally in the show ring and for milk production records.

 

4pm - Historic homes tour of Woodburn and Ashtabula Plantations.
Both of these 1820’s museum homes contain period furnishings and historic items. The Woodburn Plantation site is also home to the Pendleton Agricultural Museum. See pre1925 farm equipment and tools, along with Cherokee Indian and local history artifacts, in this 6,000 square foot building, resembling a race horse barn which earlier was on this property.

 

6pm - Mystery dinner theatre at the Clemson Little Theatre.
Sit back and enjoy this interactive dinner mystery performance by Anderson County’s own professional traveling troupe “The Show Offs”.

 

8pm - Arrive at the T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena.

One of the premier horse show venues in the Southeast, the Garrison hosts 47 weekends full of shows each year.

 

10pm - Return to the hotel for a punch and cookies.

 

 

8:00 am - Continental breakfast at the hotel.

9am - Explore the South Carolina Botanical Gardens.
Located at Clemson University, this 295acre garden of nature trails, pathways, ponds, niche gardens, and award winning collections is sure to inspire you whether your visit is for an hour or an entire day. Streams, woodlands, well manicured gardens, trial gardens, a geology museum, and a warm visitor center awaits you in starting your journey in nature discovery. The South Carolina Botanical Garden has something for everyone.

 

11am -Tour Collins Ole Towne.
Step back in time as you visit this 1930’s village located in Central, SC. See a depression era general store, complete with authentic merchandise. Then stroll to the barber shop next door that features a motorized barber pole and other memorabilia of the time. See a replica corn mill and saw mill residents would use to cut the materials they needed to construct their buildings and homes. No town would be complete without a little red school house. The school house features a working bell tower. Just tug the rope and get the feeling school’s in session.

 

12:30 pm - Head back home.

 

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Atoms, Plantations and Ghosts

Tasting award-winning goat cheese, viewing amazing nature-based sculptures and savoring fresh ice cream are just some highlights of this adventure.

It’s hard to believe just three miles ago, your motorcoach was zipping along I-85. Founded 20 years ago, Split Creek’s cheese, fudge and milk consistently wins gold medals in national competitions. Your tour will include viewing the goat herd and learning about the different breeds, touring the milking parlor and tasting some of the farm’s products. You can buy some cheese or fudge to enjoy later, not to mention some great folk art at the gift shop. $4/person

Built in 1832 by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, this antebellum mansion has several floors open to touring. The house is furnished with items from descendants of the families that lived in Woodburn. An impressive collection of antiques greets you as you enter the double parlors through the French doors. Also view a log cabin furnished in the early frontier period and a reconstructed carriage house. Woodburn was operated as a stock farm b the Pinckney’s and several other distinguished families from the Low Country of South Carolina. $5/person

Located adjacent to Woodburn, the museum is home to pre-1925 farm equipment and tools, along with Cherokee Indian and local history artifacts. It’s housed in a 6,000 square foot building, resembling a race horse barn which earlier was on this property. Free.

As the hotel’s staff takes your bags from the motorcoach to your hotel rooms, join representatives of the hotel and convention bureau for some refreshments and fun.

From fine dining, to popular chains, to local “meat and three” restaurants, we’re home to menus to satisfy everyone’s palate.

Go for a swim in the pool, converse in the lobby or just rest-up for your busy day tomorrow.

Enjoy the complimentary continental breakfast at your hotel as you fuel up for today’s adventures.

What began in the late 1950's as a camellia preserve on a small parcel of John C. Calhoun's 19th century Fort Hill estate has since grown to 295 acres of cultivated landscapes and natural woodlands. A garden staff member will welcome you and give a brief overview. Sites are accessed by walking-trails throughout the Garden, and many of which are hard-surfaced. History buffs will enjoy the Hanover House (ca. 1716) and the Hunt Family Cabin (ca. 1826). Art connoisseurs will want to experience the Garden's collection of site-specific, nature-based sculptures and the art galleries in the Fran Hanson Discovery Center. Other points of interest include the Camellia Garden, Wildlife Habitat Garden, Wildflower Meadow, Dwarf Conifer Garden, Hosta Garden, Butterfly Garden, the 70-acre Schoenike Arboretum.

Located on the grounds of the Garden, the Geology Museum is home to an extensive collection of gems, minerals and fossils of the region. It boasts an elaborate fluorescent mineral display room and has the only saber-toothed cat exhibit in the Southeast. They also have a terrific gift shop.

Experience an entire town listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A landmark is the Pendleton Farmers Society Hall, built in 1828 by a society begun in 1815. More than fifty buildings pre-date 1850. A guide will lead you on a tour of the town’s historic square.

11:30 Lunch

Take a break in one of the many fine restaurants in the Pendleton area.

Explore this 120 acre orchard, where they grow everything from peaches to blackberries to nectarines to apples. Visit with the barnyard animals, compete in a cow milking contest, enjoy a wagon ride around the orchards, and then enjoy some homemade ice cream.

The city’s historic 1910 railroad depot is home to both of these attractions. The Hall of Fame is one of the finest sports museums in the country. Opened in 1984, it honors the state's top players (both professional and amateur) and tennis officials. Trophies, racquets and other tennis memorabilia from the past are on display. The museum features exhibits on the history of Belton and Anderson County.

3:30 pm Head for Home

Your visit to experience Anderson County’s Farms, Flowers and Fauna is over. Come back and see us soon!

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