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Inspiring contemporary furniture and fine craft Gallery owner Michael McDunn is the Greenville furniture maker and craftsman that rebuilt to original drawings, the table and chairs in Greenville's Frank Lloyd Wright house called Broad Margin. The original table and chairs were sold by a previous owner of the home. The April 2010 issue of G-The Magazine of Greenville, includes a cover story about the Frank Lloyd Wright house. - gs - Women's consignment store is the very idea of reuse and recycle GARDENING & FOOD:
NameThatPlant.net currently features 2559 plants and 8362 photos. For 2405 plants, the website displays maps showing physiographic provinces within the Carolinas and Georgia in which the plant has been documented. Native Plant Society The Greater Greenville Master Gardeners offers training classes for you to become a Master Gardener
Carolina First Saturday Market Downtown Greenville Organic Foods Organization offers great resources, projects and events. G.R.O.W. Gardening & Recycling Organics Wisely DHEC (South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environmental Control scdhec.gov/recycle Slow Food Greenville
Going GREEN in Greenville Sustainable Greenville is an online source devoted to connecting the average citizen of Greenville, SC, to the many sustainable opportunities available here in the Upstate. Focuses on local businesses, organizations and spiritual outlets that believe in improving the quality of life of our commuities through sustainable action. Learn a lot more at sustainablegreenville.com The Cliffs Cottage is the LEED certified Southern Living Showcase house at Furman University. See a slide show of photos during and after construction at Furman Univeristy's website about The Cliffs Cottage Main menu sections of this website Greenville area info | Memo-News | Area photos Email Privacy Policy: Your e-mail is encouraged and welcomed and your privacy is important. This Web site is maintained by one person and your e-mail goes to that individual only. Your e-mail address is not traded, sold, or offered in any way to anyone. You will not receive junk e-mail from this Web site, So fire away. Photos: © 2010 genvillesouth.com
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Award-Winning Program is back for a Third Year! April 2nd marks the kick off of Architecture Month in Greenville County Architecture Month is a month-long celebration organized by a group of architects dedicated to raising public awareness about the art and craft of architecture within Greenville SC. The diverse program of FREE events offers the opportunity to exhibit, learn, experience and discuss the many facets of architecture and design. It was recognized with an AIA Grassroots Excellence Award in 2009. Architecture Month 2010 is sponsored by Clemson University School of Architecture, The Greenville Section of the American Institute of Architects, and the Metropolitan Arts Council. Please visit our website for a full listing of our collaborators. A PDF schedule of events is available for download free at www.architecturemonth.org Join us for this year’s events and visit www.architecturemonth.org for full descriptions of each: April 2-30: Upstate Visual Arts: Architecture + Art / Art + Architecture Photography Competition April 2-9: Clemson University: Alteration 2010, Public Installation April 3: 10am: Greenville Architecture: A Walking Tour April 7: 7-9pm: CAFfeine Explorum Forum: Architecture as Art April 9: 7:30pm: Alteration 2010 Reception + Q/A with Designers April 10: 10am: Lynn Craig, Clemson University; Sketching Urban Environments. LOCATION: Spill the Beans, 912 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601, (864) 220-9300 April 12: 7-8:30pm: Ulrike Heine, Clemson University; Zero Energy House. April 16: 3-5pm: Stoneywall Forge Workshop Tour April 17: 10am: LINKing Logs Kids Event LOCATION: Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC 29601, (864) 242-5000 April 21: time TBD: Visual Acoustics: the Modernism of Julius Shulman, a Film by Eric Bricker where: Location TBD * For time and location of this event, please visit www.architecturemonth.org. April 22: 5:30pm: US Green Building Council, Tour of Cliffs Mountain Park LEED Platinum Home + Earth Day Celebration April 24: 10am: Hays Reynolds, Associate AIA, Craig Gaulden Davis Architects; Architectural Perspective Sketching April 23-30: Clemson University, Computational Design Methods: Architectural Experiments April 29: Greenville County Museum of Art, Shaping Greenville’s Skyline, a Panel Discussion on “A Portrait of Greenville” LOCATION: Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 College Street, Greenville, SC 29601, (864) 271-7570 - - -
Furman University offers Lifelong Learning programs for just about everybody. Here's a sample from their catalog of classes on home & garden. With so much more to do, you'll have to see the Furman LIfelong Learning website and download the full catalog.
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So worth the visit just to see the fabulous examples of home furnishings in studio furniture, turned wood, carving, ceramics, ironworks, paintings, sculpture, and textile.
You can buy locally grown farm-fresh produce, and "You can put a face with the name of the farm that grows what you eat, as well as ask them about their growing practices and cooking tips." Learn more about the 
Organic foods production is based on environmentally sound practices that feed the soil, protect biodiversity, and don't use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides because they degrade the environment and our physical health. Visit the 
