Official sponsors of the 2015 Come-See-Me Festival are Carolinas Healthcare System, The City of Rock Hill, Comporium, Rock Hill Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and Williams & Fudge, Inc. Come-See-Me debuted spring of 1962 as a community project to encourage tourists, relatives and friends to visit Rock Hill during its most beautiful season.
Begun as a weekend event, its popularity grew and allowed the festival to expand to its current length of 10 fun-filled days.
“Icky” Albright, former Rock Hill Mayor and State Senator, Come-See-Me also was nurtured by another Rock Hill resident, the late Vernon Grant, nationally acclaimed illustrator and creator of Kellogg's® celebrated gnomes, “Snap, Crackle and Pop®.” Grant created the Festival's mascot, “Glen the Frog”®, of which Grant designed more than 30 different styles.
A central focus of the Festival has always been the historic, award-winning Glencairn Garden, created by Dr. David A.
Camellias, dogwoods, wisteria and a variety of flowers and trees surround more than 3,500 azaleas with a cascading lily pond (with live frogs!)