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
Chionodoxa
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If you are like me, you are familiar with Chionodoxa or glory-of-the-snow but have not actually grown it. It is one of the many small bulbs … 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
Magnolia Winter 2026 | Vol. XXXVII, no. 3
The Winter 2026 edition of Magnolia offers a scholarly retrospective on the evolution of the Southern landscape, anchored by a poignant tribute to the late Catherine M. Howett, a … 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
Magnolia Fall 2025 | Vol. XXXVII, no. 2
The fall 2025 issue of Magnolia includes a preview by Judy Perry of the Society’s 2026 annual meeting in Colonial Williamsburg, to be held April 10-12. Elizabeth Bush … Read More
Randy Harelson Scholarship Fund–Phase II
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In the previous issue of Magnolia (Fall 2024), we were pleased to announce success in reaching the initial goal set for the Randy Harelson Scholarship Fund … Read More
Magnolia Spring 2025 | Vol. XXXVII, no. 1
The spring 2025 issue of Magnolia features an in-depth review by SGHS board members Jessica Russell Hilton, Adam Martin, and Eric Jackson of the Society’s recent … Read More
The Plant Reporter: The Renewed Search for Roman Hyacinths
In 2014, a professor encouraged me to submit a scholarship application to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Garden History Society (SGHS), in Savannah, Georgia. … Read More
Magnolia Fall 2024 | Vol. XXXVI, no. 4
The 1990s, in retrospect, can be considered the golden age of the “Restoring Southern Gardens and Landscapes” (RSGL) series of biennial conferences that were held at … Read More