The Southern Garden History Society is a group of enthusiasts and professionals that fosters and shares scholarly research about our historic gardens, cultural landscapes, and horticultural history through educational programs and publications. We celebrate the beauty and diversity of the South’s historic gardens and encourage their preservation and restoration so they may enrich the lives of others.
The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration, by Chris Smith
A native of the UK, seed saver, permaculturist, and writer Chris Smith is obsessed with okra. He is the executive director of the Utopian Seed Project, a crop-trailing non-profit working to support diversity in food... Read More
Heirloom Watermelons
Grappling with the hot, sultry days of summer leads many Southerners to find respite lying beneath a ceiling fan on a screened porch, swimming in a … Read More
Remembering Cornelia Oberlander
Cornelia Oberlander, pioneering landscape architect and visionary, dies at 99 years. Although her long career was centered in Canada, Oberlander was an inspirational environmentalist for the … Read More
Magnolia 2021 Spring Issue
In the latest Magnolia, available for viewing online now and arriving at your mailbox soon, learn about the many lives of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens … Read More
The Kitchen Garden at Magnolia Mound – by Camm Morton
Magnolia Mound’s Kitchen Garden has been a project of the Louisiana Master Gardeners of Baton Rouge for over 15 years. It has seen many changes in those years, the most recent of which is a... Read More
Magnolia – Winter 2021
The latest Magnolia publication featuring Mount Vernon’s very own Dean Norton is now available. If you are a member, your beautiful printed copy will be arriving … Read More
Update on the Hidden Town Project at Old Salem
Featured image: Rena Hill, resident of Happy Hill. Photo Credit: Across the Creek Collection, Old Salem, Inc., Courtesy of Sam McMurray This article is an … Read More
Magnolia – Fall 2020
The latest issue of Magnolia explores Dumbarton Oaks Garden and Park. Read More
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