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
Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Fort Worth, Texas
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
Arthur Allen House, “Bacon’s Castle” | Surry County, Virginia
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
Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Birmingham Parks | Birmingham, Alabama
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
Villa Vizcaya (Vizcaya Museum & Gardens) | Miami, Florida
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
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 Winter 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
Magnolia Summer 2024 (VOL XXXVI, No. 3)
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
Renewal Letter from Board President, Derek Wade
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—A Remembrance
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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
Gordon Chappell Named Honorary Member of Garden Club of Virginia
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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
Spring 2024 Magnolia (Vol. XXXVI, No. 2)
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