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State’s
first lady is special guest for local event
June
14, 2003
By MAYA
HOLLINSHEAD
Index-Journal
staff writer
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| South Carolina first lady
Jenny Sanford, center, talks to Laura Wingard, left, and
Phyllis Goree Friday at the Festival of Flowers Ladies
Luncheon. The event at American Legion Post 20 was
attended by more than 200 ladies.
| South Carolina first lady
Jenny Sanford was the special guest Friday at the Festival of
Flowers Ladies Luncheon.
More than 200 women from Greenwood
and the Lakelands attended the event at American Legion Post
20.
Many of the women greeted Sanford as they entered the
dining area and throughout the program.
Some wore colorful
dresses with flowers while others wore hats.
Sanford made a
short speech at the beginning of the program. She told the
audience that her family had to make some adjustments when
they moved into the Governor’s Mansion because of the items in
the house and the flowers in the garden.
“We even have to
tell the dog where to go,” Sanford said.
Event Chairwoman
Charlee Marshall presented Festival of Flowers T-shirts to
Sanford and her family.
The T-shirts given to Sanford and
husband Gov. Mark Sanford were decorated with the Festival of
Flowers logo and the shirts for her four sons were decorated
with frogs.
“The boys really like frogs,” Sanford
said.
The women at the luncheon were treated to a buffet
lunch. The menu was chicken divan (a chicken casserole with
broccoli and cheese), rice, Caesar salad, hot rolls, peach
cobbler and peanut butter pie.
Sanford said she does not
garden, but her husband plants trees. She recalled when the
governor got her sons to plant 300 camellia plants.
“They
planted them in a big open field,” Sanford said. “They died in
about six months.”
The speakers for the event were Jack
Jennings of Park Seed and local interior designer and
landscaper Coleman Williamson.
Jennings talked about “the
four seasons of floral gardening.”
In a slide show,
Jennings featured flowers that can be used during the spring,
summer, fall and winter.
He showed roses, tulips, lilies
and sunflowers.
“Daffodils are possibly my favorite flowers
of all time,” Jennings said.
Williamson showed how gardens
can be decorated with ornaments. He showed them bridges, well
houses, birdhouses, fences and urns.
“It’s like food
without the seasoning,” Williamson said of gardens without
ornaments. “They complement each other.”
After the event,
the women got a chance to win door prizes, including the
centerpieces on the tables.
Marshall said the event went
well.
“They were delighted to meet Mrs. Sanford,” Marshall
said. “The food was terrific. We had a lot of attentive guests
with Coleman and Jack.”
Sanford said she thought it was
“terrific” to be around the women of Greenwood and the
Lakelands. “It’s a great festive affair,” she said. “I enjoy
being here and I look forward to coming back.”
Maya
Hollinshead covers Abbeville and general assignments in
Greenwood and the Lakelands. She can be reached at 223-1811,
ext. 3305 or: http://www.indexjournal.com/news/mhollinshead@indexjournal.com
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