Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden - Bishopville, SC
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N 34° 12.464 W 080° 16.374
17S E 566982 N 3785428
Pearl Fryer is noted for the Topiary Garden he has created around his home in Bishopville, South Carolina, since the early 1980s.
Waymark Code: WMJ169
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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What started as a personal garden project has grown over the years to a tourist attraction and school field trip destination. It is open from 10:00am to 4:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Visitors can park in a vacant lot across the street. The address is 165 Broad Acres Rd, Bishopville, SC.

The web site has the following history:

"Since the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar has created fantastic topiary at his garden in Bishopville, South Carolina. Living sculptures, Pearl’s topiary are astounding feats of artistry and horticulture. Many of the plants in Pearl’s garden were rescued from the compost pile at local nurseries. With Pearl’s patience and skilled hands, these “throw aways” have thrived and have been transformed into wonderful abstract shapes. Pearl Fryar and his garden are now internationally recognized and have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, television shows, and even a documentary, A Man Named Pearl. Today, the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden draws visitors from around the globe.

Visitors to the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden experience a place that is alternately beautiful, whimsical, educational, and inspiring. Pearl’s garden contains over 300 individual plants and few are spared from his skilled trimming. His extraordinary topiary is complemented by his “junk art” sculptures placed throughout the garden. Pearl’s garden is a living testament to one man’s firm belief in the results of positive thinking, hard work, and perseverance, and his dedication to spreading a message of “love, peace and goodwill.”

In 2006, the Garden Conservancy and the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden, Inc. formed a partnership with Pearl Fryar. Through this partnership, they hope to preserve and maintain the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and to further Pearl’s message of inspiration and hope."

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Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)

Weekday Hours: From: 10:00 AM To: 4:00 PM

Weekend Hours: From: 10:00 AM To: 4:00 PM

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