Visitors are invited to take part in the centuries-old tradition of rice cultivation in the Low Country April 23rd & 24th, as Middleton Place embarks on the annual planting of the demonstration rice field.
Costumed interpreters will instruct guests in traditional methods of planting, discuss the history of Carolina Gold rice on Low Country plantations, and explain the African origins of rice and its cultivation in South Carolina in the 18th and 19th centuries. Planting will take place each day at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
For additional information, please visit the website listed above.
Dates
May 15, 2014 - May 17, 2014 April 24, 2015 - April 25, 2015 April 23, 2016 - April 24, 2016
Location
Middleton Place 4300 Ashley River Road • Charleston, SC 29414
, SC
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