Linky Stone Park

Linky Stone Park (HML19)

Location: Greenville, SC 29601 Greenville County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 50.95', W 82° 24.25'

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The Children's Garden

— History Garden —

Linky Stone Park is home to the Children's Garden today, but it was a very different place in the early 1900s while Greenville was evolving from a farming town to a textile (cloth) producing city. Stone Manufacturing was founded here and its dresses, slips and sleepwear were designed and made in a building that once stood where the park is today. The Stone family later generously granted the land to the City for the enjoyment of all as a park.

The plants here are all used in making and dyeing cloth. Try to find the plants described below. Then try your hand at weaving — pick the tall grasses growing around the weaving loom, and weave them in and out to create patterns. Enjoy!

Black Hollyhock
Althea roses "Nigra"
Growing to 5' tall, lavender and mauve dye is made with these dark purple flowers.

Dyers Coreopsis
Coreopsis auriculata
Yellow, green, and brick red dye is made from these bright yellow flowers and seeds.

Golden Marguerite
Anthemis tinctoria
Covered in yellow daisy-like flowers with lacy foliage, this plant produces yellow, bluff, and orange dye.

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth
Amaranthus cruentus
This plan has maroon leaves and seed heads used to make red dye.

Indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
This plant's peach pea-type blossoms produce short woody pods. When the plant is in full flower, the leaves are harvested for beautiful blue dye.

Weld
Reseda luteda
This plant produces brilliant yellow dye, and when combined with wood, creates rich green dye.

Woad
Isatis tinctoria
This bush has little yellow flowers that produce deep purple pods. The leaves produce blue dye.
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HM NumberHML19
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Placed ByCity of Greenville Parks and Recreation
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 3:40pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 371628 N 3857215
Decimal Degrees34.84916667, -82.40416667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 50.95', W 82° 24.25'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 50' 57.00" N, 82° 24' 15.00" W
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Area Code(s)803, 864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 25-39 Reedy View Dr, Greenville SC 29601, US
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