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 essays linking him to gardens … Read More
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 year’s Athens-based annual meeting.* (A previous … Read More
An Inveterate Traveler: The Self-Education of Frederick Law Olmsted | Part 2
The Gardens post of February 2, 2026, began a review of Frederick Law Olmsted’s (FLO) landscape observations made during his journeys across the American South as … Read More
Anne Spencer Garden 2 | Lynchburg, Virginia
Several Gardens posts have explored the Southern home sites of prominent artists, including Gari Melchers in Falmouth, Virginia, and Eudora Welty in Jackson, Mississippi. This essay … Read More
Anne Spencer Garden 1 | Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg resident Anne Bethel Bannister Spencer (1882-1975) gained widespread fame not only as a poet and avid gardener but also as a NAACP leader and civil … Read More
An Inveterate Traveler: The Self-Education of Frederick Law Olmsted
The Winter 2026 issue of Magnolia features a tribute to Past-President Catherine Howett, FASLA, whose death in November 2025 marked a sad moment for Society members, … Read More
Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes (RSGL) Conference Proceedings
Featured image courtesy of Susan Haltom Visitors to the Events page now have access to three publications that reflect the high quality of the RSGL conference, … Read More
Garden Restoration at Stratford Hall
“In Stratford Hall: An Early Garden Restoration Revisited” Will Rieley, PLA details a project that concluded with returning a significant section of a Colonial Revival garden to a well-informed eighteenth-century configuration. The setting was the