In planning an annual meeting based in the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh area, organizers will want to consider a tour of Chapel Hill’s historic university … Read More
Several Society annual meetings have combined visits to remarkable landscapes with equally remarkable weather events. Clearly recalled, for example, was a June 1987 evening when lightning … Read More
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
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
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
Spend a day behind the scenes at Mount Vernon with SGHS Charter Member Dean Norton (and his bugle!) in this spectacular interview with Clemson World magazine. … 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
