Helping children preserve and protect the gifts of family, nature, and literacy

Places To Go

1. Nature Walks and Centers
   
   

   • Take a trip to a park, take a hike on a nature trail, or simply explore a small space in your back yard together.

   
   
   

   • Take a trip to a butterfly garden.

   
   
   

   • Plant milkweed in your back yard or at your school.

   
   
   

   • Start your own Monarchs and Milkweed club.

   
   
   

2. Other local points of interest:

• Atlanta Botanical Gardens

  • www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
    Find information on the Fuqua Conservatory, the Garden, the Children's Garden, the Fuqua Orchid Center and more for the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta!

• Audubon Society, South Carolina

  • www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/beidler

• Callaway: Gardens, Resort, Preserve, Community

  • www.callawaygardens.com
    Collections: Butterfly, Display Garden, Herb, Native  Publications: Inside Callaway (quarterly publication). Conventions: Southern Gardening Symposium (Annual 
    Callaway Gardens ®

• Discover Many of the Finest Public Botanical Gardens of the World

  • www.thewisegardener.com/Links/Public_Gardens.htm
    San Antonio Botanical Gardens. South Carolina Botanical Gardens (Clemson, SC).
    State Botanical Gardens of Georgia (Athens, GA). Strybing

• Discover South Carolina - PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.

  • www.discoversouthcarolina.com/stateparks/parkdetail.asp
    One of the oldest protected areas in the state is gaining
    popularity as a beautiful retreat in a metropolitan area.

• Furman University, Greenville, S.C.

  • http://facweb.furman.edu
    Furman University, Greenville, SC. This website has beautiful photos of the monarch lifecycle.

• Gardenscape.com Gardens

  • www.gardenscape.com/GSGardens.html
    The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. ... Carolina Botanical Garden - Clemson University, South Carolina.  The American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

• Greenville, South Carolina - City Guide, Travel, Tourism

  • www.discoverourtown.com/TownPage.php
    Highway, Greenville, SC 29601, Roe Art Building, Furman University, 864-294-2074.  Artists, as well as the works of university faculty and parks, gardens & zoos.

• PMSP Friends

  • www.pmspf.org/new/pages
    Based in Greenville, SC, the Paris Mountain State Park FRIENDS was formed to utilize the park for educational programs, to help improve the park's physical...

• Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, S.C.

  • www.riverbanks.org

• Roper Mountain Science Center

  • www.ropermountain.org
    Provides information on programs for students, a calendar of events, and facts about the science center.

• South Carolina Aquarium

  • www.scaquarium.org