Staci Catron – 2023 Garden Club of America Medal of Merit
On January 9, 2023, the Garden Club of America honored Staci Catron with the GCA Historic Preservation Medal of Merit awarded for outstanding work in the … Read More
Eudora Welty’s Mother Inspired Her Love Of Camellias–And You Can Still Visit Their Garden
Southern Living magazine featured Eudora Welty’s camellias in the January/February 2023 issue. Read the story here by award-winning author Valerie Fraser Luesse, with photographs by Ngoc … Read More
2023 Natchitoches Annual Meeting – Registration Full
Natchitoches and the Cane River 39th Annual Meeting Natchitoches, Louisiana Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26, 2023 REGISTRATION IS FULL Letter from SGHS President … Read More
Remembering Patti McGee
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Patti McGee first appeared on my radar when I was just getting back into the professional world of horticulture after raising two children. I visited her … Read More
Olmsted’s Linear Park: Druid Hills, Georgia
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Documentaries, Instagram content, and newsstand print material are all extensive learning sources for those of us interested in everything garden. During our recent lockdown and isolation … Read More
Swamp Rose Mallow, Hibiscus grandiflorus
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Did you know there is a giant hibiscus native to the Deep South? Neither did everyone else, but don’t feel bad, conservationists have recently (re)discovered an … Read More
Magnolia – Summer 2022
Our Summer 2022 Magnolia underscores how Southern garden history not only looks closely at the American South, but also takes us worldwide and into wild places … Read More
Peggy Singlemann Hosts Virginia Home Grown
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Peggy Singlemann is the host of the television series Virginia Home Grown. She serves on the board of directors for Southern Garden History Society. Peggy was … Read More
Oakland Cemetery’s Summer Bulbs
Late July inevitably guarantees heat, humidity, and afternoon thunderstorms across the South. Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery still has plenty of colors to be appreciated by anyone willing … Read More
Eric Jackson and Forestry in Old Salem
“Land and ecosystem preservation inspired my love of horticulture when I realized just how fundamental plants are to our existence on earth, to the health and … Read More
Elizabeth Lawrence Gardens
Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-1985) is one of the South’s best-known garden writers. Her book, A Southern Garden: A Handbook for the Middle South (University of North Carolina … Read More
2022 Spring Issue of Magnolia
The Spring 2022 issue of Magnolia features the Society’s 38th annual meeting, and the first in-person gathering of SGHS members since the 2019 annual meeting in … Read More