Visit the 2009 Aiken Garden Show to find that perfect gift for
Mom on Mother's Day weekend, or that one-of-a-kind plant or piece of garden art for yourself.

You also will be delighted by the landscape and garden exhibitions located on the Museum grounds. Plan to spend some time visiting the exhibitors to learn about the latest landscaping and gardening tips.

As we book vendors for the show, their information will be added to the web site.

INFORMATION FOR VENDORS

If you would like to sell your plants or products at the 2009
Aiken Garden Show, please e-mail us to reserve a space.

The price of a 12' x 12' vendor space is $150. You must provide your own shade. Click here to complete and print a "AGS Vendor Agreement" that you can send with your payment to reserve your spot.

Show hours are 9 am--5 pm, Friday and Saturday, May 8-9, 2009. Vendors are requested to be set up by 8:45 am on Friday. Set up will be available on Thursday afternoon from 4-6 pm if needed. Security will be provided for Thursday and Friday nights after the show closes.

2009 Vendors

Aiken Garden Club Council • 803-643-9542 • indoor and outdoor plants • pamkolb@atlanticbb.net

Amish Heirloom Furniture • 803.643.4117 • handmade furniture for adults and children

Bricko Farms, Inc. • 706.722.0661 • premium organic plant foods including Compostost®, Kricket Krap® and PansyMate® • brickofarms@aol.com

Fort Farms • 803-263-4566 • Hostas • fortfarms@tds.net

Humble Acres Organics • 803-259-8633 • organic compost

John Gordon and Ted Fussell • 803-642-0624 • wheel thrown pottery

Laurie Adams • 706-627-0380 • artful mosaics for home and garden • mausketeer@aol.com

Live Oak Farms • 803-649-5481 • moss topiaries • liveoaksfarm@bellsouth.net

Mary’s Cottages • 404-298-0308 • concrete cottages and flower pots • braswell0308@bellsouth.net

Oasis Garden • 706-364-0169 • organic and natural garden products • oasisgardenga@gmail.com

Oriental Rug Specialist • 803-642-5540 • indoor/outdoor area rugs

Papa’s Shop • 706-595-3912 • iron garden art and gates • bracton@hotmail.com

Shady Characters • 803-269-3309 • plants for the woodland garden • shadycharacters@att.net

Tom McRee Arts • 803-648-7914 • Aiken logo items, bead and glass jewelry • jotojamc@gforcecable.com

Native Orchids by Carl Tilson • [Saturday only] • 803.520.6426 • hardy orchids for the southern garden• cltilson@yahoo.com

LANDSCAPE EXHIBITORS

The Aiken High School FFA teamed up with show volunteers to create a “Victory Garden.” This sample vegetable garden is intended to demonstrate vegetables that grow well in our area and the size of these plants at this time of the year. Built as a raised bed garden to facilitate soil warming and discourage encroachment of weeds and their seeds, the garden features inert building materials for the sides and corners to increase longevity and make questions about safety of produce due to wood preservatives easy to answer. This garden promotes victory over high food budgets and is a great way to teach children the joys of gardening, where their food comes from, and that “they are what they eat.”

"Ann & Andy’s Garden Party" ~ Andy’s Unique Landscape Design (Andy Craig • 803.645.0121) pairs with Ann Baker’s figurative, garden sculptures (Annbclay.com • 803.642.9403) to create his newest garden displays. Find ideas for elegant nooks, serene fountains, and whimsical garden rooms, all inspired to create your own unique garden retreat. Enjoy your own garden party every day!

Karen Jeffcoat of Cote Designs is a regular “winner” for the Aiken Garden Show and other area garden shows because her designs and ideas are tops. Karen will amaze you with her creativity and combination choices. You won’t forget her display and will probably go home trying to figure out how you can achieve the same effect - or hire her to do it for you! Special thanks to Cold Creek Nurseries for supplying the plants for Karen’s exhibit.

Let Mike Fulmer (Aqua Design • 803.663.7850) create a relaxing oasis in your garden by building a pond or other water feature to add the soothing sound of water and the visual elegance of a naturalistic pond, complete with plants and fish. Mike will be doing a small water feature for the show that will demonstrate how home owners may enjoy water features in small areas like courtyards, patios, and decks. He will be available to show photos of water features he has installed and answer your questions about ponds.

"Perennial Favorites" by Layman Nurseries - a wholesale nursery based in Trenton - is famous for their perennial plants not only in our area, but they ship to happy retailers throughout the Southeast. Their exhibit garden will feature a multitude of their blooming perennial plants that you might find in your local garden center and would make perfect Mother’s Day gifts. Come see how the experts who originate and grow these long-lived, multi-seasonal plants design a garden to feature them!