Our Company

Home / You searched for meadow / Page 2 Our Company Jenks (right) and Tom (2nd from right) own the company. Our family includes relatives, interns, volunteers, part-timers and friends. Over the years, Jenks has developed a vibrant cottage industry – a family of support made up of avid gardeners, like you – amateur and…

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Our Events

Home / You searched for meadow / Page 2 Our Events On-farm or At Your Place, Our Events Teach Through Stories Come Visit Our Farm! Arranging a Lecture or Presentation Jenks’ presentations get hands-on and fun at the EPCOT International Flower Show Presentation Topics Learn More Funky Little Flower Farm Jenks reads passages, discusses plants…

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Lessons from Grass Puppets & Youngsters

The stories we’ll tell….and a brief history of Indonesian shadow puppet theater called Wayang Kulit. . Geoff and I lead a troop of young adventurers down the sand road. We are family friends, unrelated adults, “fun uncles” hoping to inspire wonder in the three young siblings who trail behind. Not so long ago, we all sat…

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What Happens at Camp Creek, Stays At Camp Creek.

What Happens at Camp Creek, Stays At Camp Creek.

Even when it’s this hot, he won’t leave the truck running when we gas up. I’m the driver, but he’s the boss. He’ll tsk and reach his long arm across the vinyl bench seat to switch off the key. “Son you can’t do that. We’ll blow up. It’ says so right there on the pump…

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Shadows and Light in the Garden

Shadows and Light in the Garden

We can feel the heat but the crepe myrtle allee protects us like a cave. Low droopy branches make it dark in here. Stifling but better than roasting under the sun out there. Weeding and pulling up the deflated caladiums that survived the drought, it’s just three of us in the crepe cave. Three guys,…

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Crinum bulbispermum album Walterboro White Wedding Strain

This pure white form has been passed along Carolina gardens for centuries. We selected this one from a churchyard in Walterboro, South Carolina.  This is a seed strain so individual plants vary; all are pure white petals but the keel and the flower center color varies from green to white to pale rose.

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Southern Peat Bogs, Old Men and A New Farm Ethic

Sitting in a rocking chair, a tiny plate of deviled eggs in his football player lap, I guessed he was about 75.  He was almost a stranger yet immediately familiar. He had my father’s brogue, my uncle’s nose, and this family’s skills of storytelling, “Did you know Daddy used to run a peat company down…

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Shadow & Light in The Garden

She made a point of coming by the garden twice a year to see what the old man loved.  She smiles at our secret jargon, Ben and I used only Latin names. No questions, no suspicion just eyes that said, I’m happy ‘cause yall are happy.

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The Crinum of Downton Abbey

Victorian Britain was the epicenter of fashion, trends, politics, and horticulture.  Natural history and plants were serious studies, serious hobbies for the rich. Sailors, explorers, and traders brought plants from all over the world to tempt rich collectors. An abundant supply of coal meant hot-houses and conservatories allowed for tropical plant gardening. Those collectors who…

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Palmettomurder ?

Can someone try to explain this to me?  I’ve worked with a lot of palms and I am sure that these poor palms are embarrassed.   There’s no good reason to do this to beautiful, mature palms. It borders on abuse. It can lead to “pencil pointing”, nutrient deficiency and eventually death.  And if we get…

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