Sweetgrass Social Event and Design is a boutique full service event planning and design firm based in Charleston, South Carolina. The company was co-founded in 2009 by Meredith Tanton and Jacqueline Volz. Both Meredith and Jacqueline have a background in events and when they met in Charleston, they knew they would make a perfect pair. The ladies at Sweetgrass Social have been able to combine their event experience to plan extraordinary events through out the lowcountry and beyond. Learn more about full team below.
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GET TO KNOW MEREDITH
Co-Owner & Lead Coordinator
Meredith Tanton was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her passion for events and entertaining has been something that was evident ever since she was a child, and her knack for event coordination became obvious through out her high school and college years. From non-profit and corporate events to weddings, Meredith has experience in a wide variety of event preparation. She particulary specializes in event logistics and coordination.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communications from Elon University. Shortly after graduating, she moved to Charleston, South Carolina to make her dreams of becoming an event planner come true. Before co-founding Sweetgrass Social, she worked as an event assistant to Marlene Hager of Marlene Hager Events in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. During her time as an assistant, she learned what goes into making an event truly stand out. Meredith makes it her personal goal to make her clients’ vision of their event become a reality.
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GET TO KNOW JACQUELINE
Co-Owner & Lead Coordinator
Jacqueline Volz grew up in the town of Florence, South Carolina, and from the time she could talk she was planning all of life’s celebrations! Her greatest influence came from her parents who are the owners of Flowers by Starks. Jacqueline worked with them throughout the years in coordinating and designing many events. She was able to learn her floral skills from true professionals.
In college Jacqueline used her coordination skills by assisting a law firm in organizing their fundraising and promotional events. After graduating college from Anderson University with a B.A. in Communications, Jacqueline and her husband moved to the great city of Charleston, SC.
Jacqueline’s goal is to combine the elegance of Charleston with each client’s individual style to create a unique and chic design that their guests will talk about for years to come. She specializes in event and floral design.
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GET TO KNOW SAMANTHA
Associate Planner
Samantha Scandole was born and raised in Long Beach, New York. In an attempt to escape the cold New York winters she moved down South to attend the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. During her time in North Carolina she interned for a local wedding planner before being hired as their Event Assistant. After graduating with her Bachelors in Event Management and Tourism she packed up and moved to Charleston.Samantha joined the Sweetgrass Social team in the Fall of 2016 as an intern and has since moved on to become an Associate Planner. She specializes in logistics and day of preparation.