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National Great Outdoors Month

National Great Outdoors Month is celebrated in June and serves as a reminder to enjoy and appreciate our state parks and wildlife refuges. This observation, begun in 1998, encourages us to explore our parks and enjoy the beauty that awaits us in our natural world.

National Great Outdoors Month is celebrated in June and serves as a reminder to enjoy and appreciate our state parks and wildlife refuges. This observation, begun in 1998, encourages us to explore our parks and enjoy the beauty that awaits us in our natural world.

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The Jamestown Foundation | Making It Grow Spring Flora Botany Class at Riverbanks | Making It Grow

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Spring Flora Botany Class at Riverbanks | Making It Grow
Team "Making It Grow" tags along with The University of South Carolina's Director of The AC Moore Herbarium Dr. John Nelson and his Spring Flora Botany Class. They tour the native plants along the...
The Jamestown Foundation | Making It Grow Sierra Nevada's Sustainability Practices | Making It Grow

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Sierra Nevada's Sustainability Practices | Making It Grow
Clemson Extension Natural Resource Agent Terasa Lott takes a tour with Sierra Nevada’s Sustainability Manager Cheri Chastain at the Sierra Nevada Brewery near Asheville, NC. Their discussion focuses...
Earth Day, Part 5 | Project Discovery 5

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Earth Day, Part 5 | Project Discovery
Episode 5
Rudy Mancke and a park ranger answer questions about the Congaree National Park from students during the original broadcast of the Project Discovery Earth Day special. (Part 5)
Earth Day, Part 10 | Project Discovery 10

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Earth Day, Part 10 | Project Discovery
Episode 10
Some more student questions are answered in the conclusion to Project Discovery's Earth Day special at the Congaree National Park. (Part 10)
Earth Day, Part 2 | Project Discovery 2

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Earth Day, Part 2 | Project Discovery
Episode 2
Project Discovery looks further at the Ccngaree Swamp and how it became a protected park with an excerpt from the documentary "Roots in the River". (Part 2)
Work Ethic 112

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Work Ethic
Episode 112
Pearl Fryar uses The Gates as an example of artwork that celebrates the experience and moment of the creative act. The viewer's opportunity to interact with and be inspired by the art work justifies...
Topiary Garden 102

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Topiary Garden
Episode 102
Pearl Fryar, a local gardener in Bishopville, South Carolina describes the kind of trees and bushes he grows in his topiary garden. Most common topiary plants are evergreen and have small, dense...
Pearl Fryar's Philosophy 109

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Pearl Fryar's Philosophy
Episode 109
Pearl Fryar believes his skills as an artist continues to grow because others take time to acknowledge and encourage his efforts. The idea of making a difference in another person's life, and how...
Topiary Garden Tour 105

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Topiary Garden Tour
Episode 105
One of the oldest sections of Pearl Fryar's garden is anchored around a Christmas tree he replanted in 1982. Success at cultivating the Eastern white pine, a native of the Blue Ridge of South Carolina...
Bishopville Community 110

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Bishopville Community
Episode 110
Pearl Fryar attributes his passion for topiary to art scholars and promoters who had supported his work early in its development. In the past few years, Pearl has been featured on Home and Garden...
Winning Yard of the Month 111

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Winning Yard of the Month
Episode 111
After living in New York and Atlanta, Pearl followed his job with a packaging company to rural Bishopville, South Carolina. Though Pearl had no family in the area, he literally "put roots" down after...
Kneading | A Natural State - Episode 4 What is Natural? | A Natural State 2

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What is Natural? | A Natural State
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The natural world pervades nearly every aspect of the Catawba pottery tradition. Nature-inspired motifs include the turtle, frog, black snake, snail, feather and palm leaf, and are often connected to...
The Land 10

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The Land
Episode 10
The unique geology of the "Fall Line " forms rocky, whitewater rapids typical of the Blue Ridge on the Saluda River near Columbia, South Carolina. Much of the land along this section of river is...
Spotlight | A Natural State 1

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Spotlight | A Natural State
Episode 1
Catawba pottery is recognized as one of the oldest and purest traditional art forms in America. Potters such as Billie Anne McKellar, a fourth generation potter, are often ancestors of a long line of...
Making Pottery 2

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Making Pottery
Episode 2
The potter’s art is a thing of beauty and, seeming, magic. The process looks so easy, but in actuality, years of experience are required in order to work the wheel and apply the right combinations of...
Touch the Earth | A Natural State 3

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Touch the Earth | A Natural State
Episode 3
Herb Parker describes his work as belonging to three distinct realms: architecture, sculpture, and landscape. Passageways, thresholds, oculi, seating areas, and planned spaces of light and shade...