2008 Camellias Festival
January 19 – February 17

For more than 100 years, Charleston has been the winter destination for flower lovers and visitors from around the world to enjoy its winter gardens. The beautiful gardens of Charleston provided visitors with a break from the dull, dreary days of winter. Magnolia on the Ashley is bringing back those days with our 2008 Winter Garden Festival.

Saturday Jan 19, 2008 • Festival Opening 

Plein Air Painting all day in gardens
Join artists from the Charleston area as they paint scenes from the winter garden. Classes show how to bring the colors of winter to canvas.           

10:00am (- 1pm) – Children Art Workshop
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
2:00pm – Floral Design with Camellias
3:00pm (- 6pm) – Art Exhibition Wine and Cheese Reception

Week of January 21, 2008 – January 26, 2008

Sunday:
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Monday thru Thursday:
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Monday thru Wednesday:
10:00am (- 3pm) – WORKSHOP: Oil painting with Laurie Meyer

Friday:
10:00am (- 3pm) – WORKSHOP: Watercolor with Helen Beacham
10:30am – Registration and Welcome
11:00am – John Newsome: Home Decorating Using Camellias
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Mark Crawford: Camellia Culture for Everyone
2:00pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
3:00pm – Camellia walk with Miles Beach, 
Director of the Camellia Collection at Magnolia

Saturday:
10:00am (- 3pm) – WORKSHOP: Watercolor with Helen Beacham
  Coastal Carolina Camellia Show at Citadel Mall
7:30am (- 9:30am) – Bloom Entry and Placement
10:30am (- 12:30am) – Judging
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
1:00pm (-9:00pm) – Camellia Show at Citadel Mall open to the public.
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff.

Week of January 27, 2008 – February 2, 2008

Sunday:
1:00pm – Bhakhang Tulku Rinpoche: Meditation Workshop
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Monday thru Friday:
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff.

Saturday:
10:00am (- 3pm) – Colored Pencil with Jackie Wakula
10:30am – Registration and Welcome.
11:00am – Marcus Jones: 
Ancient Camellias of the Norfolk Botanical Garden
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Sabrina Canter
2:00pm – Camellia walk with Magnolia Garden staff.

Week of February 3, 2008 – February 9, 2008

Sunday:
All day event – Historic Charleston Foundation
10:00am (- 3pm) – Colored Pencil with Jackie Wakula
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Monday thru Friday:
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff.

Monday & Tuesday:
10:00am (- 3pm) – WORKSHOP: Pastels with Ben Nita McAdam

Saturday:
10:30am – Registration and Welcome.
11:00am – Historic Perspective of Drayton Hall.
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Drayton Hall Discoveries
2:00pm – Camellia walk with Tom Johnson, 
Director of Horticulture and Facilities at Magnolia.

Week of February 10, 2008 – February 16, 2008

Sunday:
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Monday thru Friday:
11:00am – History of Camellias at Magnolia
12:00pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff
1:30pm – History of Camellias at Magnolia
2:30pm – Camellia Walk with camellia garden staff

Saturday:
10:30am – Registration and Welcome
11:00am – Bobby Green: Preservation of ancient camellias 
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Martin van der Giessen: Unusual Azaleas of the Lowcountry
2:00pm – Camellia Walk
4:00pm – Great Gardens of America Preservation Alliance Meeting