It’s fall, and that means it’s time for the annual fall plant and flower festivals hosted by the SC Department of Agriculture. Commissioner Hugh Weathers is here to tell us more.

• Now that the weather is cooling down, it is a great time to celebrate the harvest season and find the perfect plants for your home garden.
• Our fall festivals started this past week and will continue for the next few weeks:
  • Greenville: Sept. 22
  • Pee Dee: Sept 29-Oct 1
  • Midlands: Oct 6-8
• There will be a wide variety of vendors selling autumn-appropriate flowers like mums, marigolds and pansies
• This is also a great time to shop for pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, hay, and other fall decorative favorites.
• And of course there’s plenty of Certified SC produce.
• At the Pee Dee festival, you can also visit Aloha Kitchen, an Hawaiian restaurant on site.
• The wide selection of plants will be tempting, so you can bring along a wagon or rent one at the festival to cart along all the flowers and items you pick and choose.
• Admission and parking at the State Farmers Market will be free for this event.
• The festival will be held rain or shine.
• For more information on all fall festivals, please visit our events page at agriculture.sc.gov