Item:                       Press Release

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Contact:                 Holly Glenn

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Chas Fox, president of Park Seed Company and Jackson & Perkins, has been named the 2010 South Carolina Festival of Flowers Chairman. Greenwood is honored that Mr. Fox has accepted the task of ensuring the positive direction and promotion of the Festival. As Chairman, Mr. Fox will organize the 2010 Steering Committee, which is designed to develop and implement projects to attract visitors to the annual South Carolina Festival of Flowers. He will also serve as an ex-officio director for the Festival on the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors.  Mr. Fox comments, “To see the Festival grow like it has over the years from the outside has been fun to watch.  I hope that I can be a part of its continued success and growth.” 

Mr. Fox has a combined experience of twenty-two years in the horticulture industry as an executive, entrepreneur, and developer.  In 1989, He founded Knox Nursery, Inc., a local nursery in the Hodges area. As a result of his hard work and dedication, Mr. Fox was named the South Carolina Young Nursery Professional of the Year in 1996, and was also a former President of the South Carolina Nursery & Landscape Association. In 1997, he became the CEO and President of Southern Sun Biosystems, Inc. Mr. Fox became President of Park Seed Company in 2008, and has helped to organize the direct marketing of Jackson & Perkins, Park Seed Company, and Wayside Gardens. Under his leadership, the companies have led the horticulture industry in internet commerce. As a result, Park Seed Company’s website, www.parkseed.com, has become one of the most trafficked in the horticulture industry.

Mr. Fox looks forward to the challenges that lie ahead for the 2010 Festival. He says, “Leadership and volunteerism has made our Festival one of the best in the entire country.  I hope to do my part to carry the torch.” For more information about how you can become involved with the Festival, please visit www.scfestivalofflowers.org.

Contacts:

Ivana Petrovic                      Holly Glenn                                           Park Seed Company

Public Relations Director    Public Relations Coordinator             1 Parkton Avenue

864-941-4214                         800-622-1012                                         Greenwood, SC

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