All staff members participate in garden activities and events and are available to visitors for tours or to answer questions. For group tours or educational field trips, please call 843-383-8145 to make an appointment. For email, click on the name.
Garden Director: Mary Ridgeway
The Director of Kalmia Gardens coordinates and is responsible for all activities pertaining to the gardens, including, but not limited to long-term development, plantings, fund-raising, membership, outreach and the overall day-to-day operations of the Gardens.
Assistant Director: Daniel
Hill
Works with educators and civic groups to schedule,
plan and execute field trips and on and off-site visits and classes;
coordinates with Clemson Extension Agency to host Master Gardener
and Junior Master Gardener classes. Directs "Week in the Wild" summer
camps teaching first to tenth graders about the natural world and
is also responsible in finding and writing grants for educational
programs. Senior Gardener: Stephen P. Ford
Works with volunteers to maintain the gardens; answers gardening questions; researches, plans and executes garden designs; coordinate plant sales.
Gardener: Melvin Poteat
Works with volunteers to maintain the gardens; answers gardening questions; researches, plans and executes garden designs; coordinates plants sales.
1624 West Carolina Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550
Phone: 843-383-8145 | Fax: 843-383-8149
E-mail: kalmia@coker.edu Open During Daylight Hours
No admission fee
Tours available by appointment |
