Atlanta History Center–Goizueta Gardens Swan House | Atlanta, Georgia
The complex of gardens at the Atlanta History Center (AHC) joins Old Salem’s gardens in Winston-Salem as seedbeds where the Southern Garden History Society took root. … Read More
The complex of gardens at the Atlanta History Center (AHC) joins Old Salem’s gardens in Winston-Salem as seedbeds where the Southern Garden History Society took root. … Read More
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden (FWBG) was truly “deep in the heart” of the SGHS April 2006 annual meeting. As such, its impressive lecture hall welcomed … Read More
Bacon’s Castle offers one the most notable garden archaeology examples of recent times. Society members have read about it in two Magnolia articles, including a 1988 … Read More
Founded in 1960 and opened in 1962, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG) is still in its youth compared to many properties visited during annual meetings. That … Read More
Vizcaya* should top any SGHS “must-see” list. To date, however, our only experience with James Deering’s grand Florida summer home and National Historic Landmark has come … Read More
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
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
From the earliest colonial times apples have been crucial to the diet of southerners, whether as cider, cooked up in solid versions, or just eaten as … Read More
Dear Member, Summertime, summertime, summertime. One of the best times of year! Our springtime gardening work is done, new beds were designed and laid out, selections … Read More
Jane Baber White died on June 17, 2024, at the age of eighty-four. Her obituary describes her as a “pioneer, innovator, activist, and community bridge-builder.” Southern … Read More
At its annual meeting in Charlottesville, May 23, 2024, the Garden Club of Virginia bestowed an honorary membership on SGHS honorary board member and landscape architect … Read More
Our spring 2024 issue opens with an overview by William Bartram scholar Brad Sanders of some of the Philadelphia. explorer’s eighteenth-century botanical discoveries. As the reader … Read More