Weekend Garden Walks At Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
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The Renaissance of Romance, understanding the romantic garden at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 1:30 PM each afternoon during the month of June.
Join Tom Johnson, Director of Gardens, on an hourly stroll through America's last romantic gardens. Free garden walk with regular gate admission ticket.
Dating from the 1680s, these are among America’s oldest and most beautiful gardens. And among its most famous. Indeed, at the turn of the twentieth century, they were considered among its premier attractions, along with Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls.
Picturesquely set along the Ashley River about 10 miles from Charleston and endowed with a magnificent landscape of ancient live oaks, tall cypress trees, haunting waterways, enchanting forests, and countless blossoms, Magnolia Plantation offers the essence of the southern plantation garden.
The present fifty acres of gardens are within a vast wildlife refuge. They began in the seventeenth century as ten acres of English-style flower beds and landscaped lawns. Over the years, under the care of successive family heirs (from the very beginning the site has been —and continues to be —owned and operated by the Drayton family), the gardens have grown and evolved into a more naturalistic mode. Lakes and pathways have been added, as have countless colorful plantings along the water, in forests, and in meadows.
Join Tom Johnson, Director of Gardens, on an hourly stroll through America's last romantic gardens. Free garden walk with regular gate admission ticket.
Dating from the 1680s, these are among America’s oldest and most beautiful gardens. And among its most famous. Indeed, at the turn of the twentieth century, they were considered among its premier attractions, along with Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls.
Picturesquely set along the Ashley River about 10 miles from Charleston and endowed with a magnificent landscape of ancient live oaks, tall cypress trees, haunting waterways, enchanting forests, and countless blossoms, Magnolia Plantation offers the essence of the southern plantation garden.
The present fifty acres of gardens are within a vast wildlife refuge. They began in the seventeenth century as ten acres of English-style flower beds and landscaped lawns. Over the years, under the care of successive family heirs (from the very beginning the site has been —and continues to be —owned and operated by the Drayton family), the gardens have grown and evolved into a more naturalistic mode. Lakes and pathways have been added, as have countless colorful plantings along the water, in forests, and in meadows.
