Southern Garden History Society 40th Annual Meeting

April 12-14, 2024

 

The Southern Garden History Society 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in Wilmington, NC, April 12-14, 2024. The Meeting will be headquartered at the Embassy Suites Hotel on the Cape Fear River. The board meeting on Friday morning, and the lectures on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning will all be held at the Embassy Suites.

There will be a walking tour of private gardens and sites of interest in Historic Wilmington on Saturday afternoon. The optional Sunday tour will include private and public gardens with lunch in neighborhoods a bit further afield from downtown.

The Friday night social hour will be held at the Burgwin-Wright House and Garden with dinner at the former St. Thomas church downtown. Saturday evening’s dinner will be on board the battleship USS North Carolina across the river from the hotel affording a beautiful view of the city of Wilmington across the water.

Our meeting will have a maximum capacity of 175.  Please remember that registration is open to members only and those members at the Sustainer, Patron, or Benefactor Level will have priority registration.  Registration for the Annual Meeting will open January 24 for all members at the Sustainer, Patron, and Benefactor levels.  General registration will open on February 21. Registration is available online or by mail.

REGISTER ONLINE HERE!

REGISTER BY MAIL HERE!

 


Past Annual Meetings

Mount Vernon on the Bowling Green – SGHS Mount Vernon 2022
For information about scholarships/fellowships/grants to attend the SGHS annual meeting, click here.
2023 Natchitoches, Louisiana
2022 Mount Vernon, Virginia
2019
Birmingham, Alabama
2018
Jacksonville, Florida
2017
Lexington, Kentucky (Photo Gallery) (history of the James farm)
2016
Charleston, South Carolina (Photo Gallery)
2015
Nashville, Tennessee
2014
Savannah, Georgia
2013
Lynchburg, Virginia
2012
Richmond, Virginia
2011
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2010
Mount Vernon, Virginia
2009
Camden, South Carolina
2008
Athens, Georgia
2007
Annapolis, Maryland
2006
Fort Worth, Texas
2005
Fredericksburg, Virginia
2004
New Orleans, Louisiana
2003
Atlanta, Georgia
2002
Natchez, Mississippi
2001
Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
2000
Mount Vernon, Virginia
1999
Houston, Texas
1998
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
1997
Tallahassee, Florida
1996
Eastern Shore, Maryland
1995
Mobile, Alabama
1994
Williamsburg, Virginia
1993
Washington/Fayette Counties, Texas
1992
Charleston, South Carolina
1991
St. Francisville, Louisiana
1990
Mount Vernon, Virginia
1989
Savannah, Georgia
1988
Nashville, Tennessee
1987
Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
1986
Montgomery, Alabama
1985
Annapolis, Maryland
1984
Natchez, Mississippi
1983
Atlanta, Georgia
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Southern Garden History Society Scholarships

For information about scholarships/fellowships/grants to attend the SGHS annual meeting, click here.