Over the decades since our founding in 1982, SGHS members have visited scores of landscapes and gardens covering a wide expanse of the southern United States, ranging from Texas to Maryland, Florida to Kentucky and all in between. Some spots have been small and intimate, while others are recognized as internationally important. We are creating and populating this page as a means of recalling those gardens and their significance with those who joined in, as well as with Society members who were absent. As well, some gardens may be those not yet toured but which we hope very much to add to a future itinerary. An additional goal is that any visitor to our website, member or not, will find these verbal sketches, images, links, and book recommendations a welcome boost to their understanding of the richly vibrant garden history of the American South.
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July 27, 2026
Jasmine Hills Gardens and Outdoor Museum, Requiescat in pace | Wetumpka, Alabama
A highlight of the 1986 annual meeting in Montgomery was a Saturday afternoon visit to Jasmine Hills Gardens in Wetumpka,...
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July 15, 2026
Belmont | Nashville, Tennessee
In The Golden Age of American Gardens Mac Griswold refers to the period just before the Civil War as the...
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July 10, 2026
Natchez Cemeteries | Natchez, Mississippi
The Natchez Landscapes post of October 28, 2025, recalled annual meetings held in this famous city on the river, the...
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June 22, 2026
Shadows-on-the-Teche | New Iberia, Louisiana
Society members have toured gardens across a wide span of Louisiana, beginning at St. Francisville in 1991, then New Orleans...
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June 13, 2026
London Town | Edgewater, Maryland
London, Ontario, recently popped into the conversation while this writer was enjoying coffee with a Canadian friend. That, in turn,...
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June 7, 2026
University of Virginia Academical Village | Charlottesville, Virginia
Next year, 2027, will mark the fortieth anniversary of our Society’s tour of the oldest area of the University of...
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May 22, 2026
An Inveterate Traveler: The Self-Education of Frederick Law Olmsted | Part 3
The Gardens post of March 15, 2026, explored that segment of Olmsted’s 1853 visit to the South that included his...
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May 11, 2026
Bonaventure Cemetery | Savannah, Georgia
During two Savannah annual meetings Society members have driven by/walked through the mid-city Colonial Park Cemetery. Beginning early in Savannah’s...
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April 17, 2026
Morley Jeffers Williams | Landscape Archaeology Pioneer
Readers of this page and our SGHS publication Magnolia have encountered landscape architect Morley Jeffers Williams (MJW) several times in...
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March 29, 2026
Founders Memorial Garden Athens, Georgia
Over the afternoon of Friday, April 11, 2008, Society members explored the University of Georgia (UGA) North Campus during that...
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