Art not quite in the Park

The Vereen Park Board of Directors selected artists from several mediums for the first art show at the CB Berry Community and Historical Center. Sunday May 3, 2009

Come join art lovers as they enjoy the afternoon from 2 till 5, showing Artists, Jack Cayton Oil Paintings, Vic Gillispie Acrylic Paintings, Barbara & Ed Streeter Blown Glass Sculptures and Linda Noah Oil Portraits.The CB Berry Center is located at the Vereen Memorial Gardens on the borders of North & South Carolina in Little River SC. The board takes great pride in presenting their first "Occasion for the Arts" & is looking forward to presenting many more.

SPRING TIDE ...A Time for the Inlet

The Beach is the image most visitors have of the Grand Strand of Myrtle Beach SC., but a whole different perspective exists when you travel south along the South Carolina coast. Tidal Flats, marsh grass and countless inlets make up the coastal geography of Murrells Inlet SC., and on southward to Georgetown. There is a timeless beauty to the region, which contrasts greatly to the hustle & bustle of the huge vacation mecca of Myrtle Beach to the north. Here, you can still look over vistas of unspoiled beauty.

Despite the Inlet’s oasis of natures charm, steady advancing development in the area takes it’s toll each year. If not for the efforts of local volunteers who each spring comb the coast, collecting trash and debris, the inlet’s pristine nature would all but fade away. The Murrells Inlet Spring Tide arose out of the need to clean up the area after the devastation of Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Since then, the 3rd. Sunday in April has been set aside each year to groom the area and actively give back to the land.

“After Hurricane Hugo, Murrells Inlet was a mess...,” says Chip Smith, the founder of Spring Tide. “...but the community turned out in force and worked hard to bring back the beauty and ease the scars left by Hugo. The Spring Tide continued to become a great annual event that brings together the Inlet's community spirit and pride in maintaining it's natural beauty. We have fun, work a little bit, and enjoy the day."

Come on out April 26th, and answer the call of Spring. Come early and make a day of it.

WHEN: Sunday, April 26th. 8:30AM/9AM (Official Start)
WHERE: The Hot Fish Club 4911 Hwy 17 Business, Murrells Inlet, SC 843-357-9175
EVENT INFO:Call 843-357-2007

Bring a jacket, comfortable shoes, and an appetite...after the clean-up THE BEST DAMN CLAM CHOWDER CHALLENGE is held. Free for participants, you can judge for yourself who makes the best chowder in the Inlet!
Afterward stay for the party, the music, and auction.

Vereen Garden's

If you happen to find yourself in the Carolina's, I would like to suggest a most wonderful place to visit.



Vereen Memoral Gardens, on the border of North & South Carolina in the Little River/Calabash area is the place to go.

It is a lovely spot. Numerous trails that take you over swashes, walkways to the waterway, & thousands of azeala's, (which are blooming right now), and the fresh air, the faint smell of flowers, and friendly folks with their pets, make it a most pleasant adventure.

I have only discovered this lovely garden having owned by little farm in NC for over ten years, I have decided I need to get out more in my own neighborhood. As my name Beachbumm indicates I love walking on the beach, sitting on the beach reading a book but it gets to hot to take "Kendall" (my Pek) to the beach. But this new find, Vereen Garden's, has brought such happiness to both of us. We are now regulars for the last four weeks, we even know the names of some of the other dogs that visit regularly. Life is good in the Carolina's.....

Victory Garden

I live in North Carolina and South Carolina and today it is raining in both. We have a little farm in North Carolina and this year we are planting a "Victory Garden". Our plans are to plant green peppers, red peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, peas, green pole beans. My main concern is the rabbits I always see skipping around in the yard. I am going to use a new way of keeping the rabbits away from my garden by using a plastic bag attached to stakes in the ground. The wind or breeze constantly moves the bags makes noise and the rabbits are suppose to keep away. Hope it works.
I keep remembering in grade school "April Showers brings Spring flowers", and after this unusally cold winter we are all ready for some warm weather. I love living in the Carolina's because we have four seasons, winter is a little shorter than the other season (thank goodness). Already the Bradford Pear trees are blooming, daffodolis are bursting out, dogwoods popping.Spring is my favorite time of the years. Spring makes you feel renewed.