Gardens

Over two decades have passed since members gathered in Natchez in 2002 to celebrate the Society’s twentieth anniversary. More amazingly, it has been forty-one years since … Read More

Previous Gardens page essays have discussed a large group of designed Southern landscapes. Taking a different direction, this post will examine a large group of people … Read More

Less famous than nearby Mount Vernon or Monticello one-hundred miles distant, Northern Virginia’s Gunston Hall nonetheless offers a rewarding opportunity to dig online into the landscape … Read More

The previous Gardens page post discussed the early days of the University of Georgia (UGA) campus, focusing on the quadrangle between Old College and Broad Street … 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

Recently our new Southern Garden History Society administrator Aimee Bonnette Moreau shared a photo of zinnias just cut from the garden of Randy Harelson and Richard … Read More

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

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

“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