Columbia Garden Club

2025-2026 Bill 1085: Columbia Garden Club - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1085
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Devine, Adams, Alexander, Allen, Bennett, Blackmon, Bright, Campsen, Cash, Chaplin, Climer, Corbin, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Fernandez, Gambrell, Garrett, Goldfinch, Graham, Grooms, Hembree, Hutto, Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kimbrell, Leber, Martin, Massey, Matthews, Ott, Peeler, Rankin, Reichenbach, Rice, Sabb, Stubbs, Sutton, Tedder, Turner, Verdin, Walker, Williams, Young and Zell
Document Path: SR-0610KM-AMB26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on March 31, 2026
Summary: Columbia Garden Club
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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3/31/2026

Senate

Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 10
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/31/2026

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE THE COLUMBIA GARDEN CLUB upON THE
OCCASION OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AND to WISH THE CLUB and its members MANY
MORE YEARS OF CONTINUED SUCCESS.

W
hereas, the Columbia
Garden Club was founded on February 27, 1926, with eighty members, consisting
of seventy-three women and seven men, each paying dues of one dollar; and

W
hereas, February 27,
2026, marks the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Columbia
Garden Club; and

W
hereas, for its tenth
anniversary, the Columbia Garden Club donated the wrought iron entrance gates
at the University of South Carolina Arboretum, now known as the W. Gordon
Belser Arboretum; and

W
hereas, in December 1937, the
Columbia Garden Club held the first Holiday House as a gift to the community, a
tradition that led in 1980 to the club decorating the Governor's Mansion for
the annual Christmas Tea and Open House, which remains an ongoing club project;
and

W
hereas, in its second decade,
the Columbia Garden Club began its most famous flower show, the Camillia Show,
which continued until 1963 when it was permanently turned over to the men.
Also, in its second decade the club established Judges Schools to provide
judges for local flower shows; and

W
hereas, from 1964 to 1986 a
major project of the Columbia Garden Club was the Boylston Garden in the
Governor's Mansion Complex. This restful oasis in the heart of the city named
for Sarah Porter Smith Boylston, a charter member and early president of the club,
remains an admired venue for special events and celebrations. In this one
hundredth anniversary year, the club will recognize Mrs. Boylston by installing
a life-sized bronze statue on the Governor's Mansion grounds; and

W
hereas, in 2001, the Columbia
Garden Club began the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree at the
Governor's Mansion and purchasing and decorating the State Christmas Tree at
the State House; and

W
hereas, through
fundraising, educational programing, and dedication to beautification projects,
the Columbia Garden Club has, for one hundred years, graciously benefited and
enhanced the life of the entire Columbia community and the State. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
recognize the Columbia Garden Club upon the occasion of its centennial
anniversary and wish the club and its members many more years of continued
success.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Columbia Garden Club.

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