has finally arrived after a colder-than-usual winter.
After a long, unusually cold winter, Summerville, the Flowertown in the Pines, blooms with excitement as vendors begin to arrive from locations across the country, set up their booths as they get ready for the tens of thousands of visitors to check out their wares and works of art. From furniture and jewelry designers to painters and sculptors there truly is something for every person.
Tens of thousands of people will converge here on April 1 for three days to browse through and buy works of 200 juried artists, community service booths, local business booths, children’s events and of course, food vendors from the Lowcountry’s most popular restaurants. Logan’s Roadhouse is once again the title sponsor of the Taste of Summerville event.
This special section of The Journal Scene is a guide to the Flowertown Festival, with maps, profiles of first time and veteran artists and artisans, a listing of vendors organized according to category and their booth numbers.
The section also includes Festival menus from restaurants featured in the Taste of Summerville. The guide also lists how many $1 tickets each “taste” requires.
The Flowertown Festival – presented again this year by title sponsor Time Warner Cable – is the signature event and fundraiser for the Y. The money raised during the festival allows the organization to provide scholarships for children and families and to maintain the three campuses in fast-growing Summerville. Program scholarships cover after-school care, aquatics, summer camp, gymnastics and youth sports for those who cannot afford the cost. The programs are even more important as many struggle during the difficult economy.
A section of S. Main Street from Richardson Ave. to W. 6th S. Street will be blocked off and turned into a pedestrian path to accommodate the more than 200,000 visitors expected over the course of the three-day festival.
New this year is the UPS booth to make it easier to for attendees to purchase items and ship items home or to friends from the festival site.
The Flowertown Festival beckons. Come out and enjoy the spring, see the artisans as they work or explain their creative process and meet friends as you stroll through Azalea Park which is likely to be in full bloom.
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