DATE: 10/22/07

CONTACT: Christine Drais, (864) 656-3405; cdrais@clemson.edu

WRITER: Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741; spalmer@clemson.edu

Botanical Garden schedules Ghost Festival Oct. 30

CLEMSON – Ghosts stories, haunted trails and other events to make a chill run down your spine, is planned at the South Carolina Botanical Garden Oct. 30 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. The event is for everyone and admission is free.

Goblins will begin their adventure down haunted trails at the garden parking lot where the red caboose is located.

Several local storytellers will chill your bones with ghost stories at the Hunt Family Cabin while you get to sip hot apple cider by the fireplace. Amateur storytellers will get to share their tales as well.

The event is sponsored by the Sprouting Wings program.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden is located on the Clemson University campus at the intersection of Highway 76 and Perimeter Road. It encompasses 295 acres of gardens, streams and woodlands, and is open year-round from sunrise to sunset, free of charge. Support the Garden, become a ‘FRIEND of the Garden’; contact Christine Drais for more information at (864) 656-3405 or cdrais@clemson.edu or visit the garden website at: http://www.clemson.edu/scbg/.

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