Southern Garden History Society 41st Annual Meeting
April 12-14, 2024
The Southern Garden History Society 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in Wilmington, NC, April 12-14, 2024.The Meeting will be headquartered at the Embassy Suites Hotel on the Cape Fear River. The board meeting on Friday morning, and the lectures on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning will all be held at the Embassy Suites.
There will be a walking tour of private gardens and sites of interest in Historic Wilmington on Saturday afternoon. The optional Sunday tour will include private and public gardens with lunch in neighborhoods a bit further afield from downtown.
The Friday night social hour will be held at the Burgwin-Wright House and Garden with dinner at the former St. Thomas church downtown. Saturday evening’s dinner will be on board the battleship USS North Carolina across the river from the hotel affording a beautiful view of the city of Wilmington across the water.
Our meeting will have a maximum capacity of 175. Please remember that registration is open to members only and those members at the Sustainer, Patron, or Benefactor Level will have priority registration. Registration for the Annual Meeting will be opening in January of 2024.
Past Annual Meetings

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2023 Natchitoches, Louisiana
2022 Mount Vernon, Virginia
2019 Birmingham, Alabama
2018 Jacksonville, Florida
2017 Lexington, Kentucky (Photo Gallery) (history of the James farm)
2016 Charleston, South Carolina (Photo Gallery)
2015 Nashville, Tennessee
2014 Savannah, Georgia
2013 Lynchburg, Virginia
2012 Richmond, Virginia
2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2010 Mount Vernon, Virginia
2009 Camden, South Carolina
2008 Athens, Georgia
2007 Annapolis, Maryland
2006 Fort Worth, Texas
2005 Fredericksburg, Virginia
2004 New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Natchez, Mississippi
2001 Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
2000 Mount Vernon, Virginia
1999 Houston, Texas
1998 Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
1997 Tallahassee, Florida
1996 Eastern Shore, Maryland
1995 Mobile, Alabama
1994 Williamsburg, Virginia
1993 Washington/Fayette Counties, Texas
1992 Charleston, South Carolina
1991 St. Francisville, Louisiana
1990 Mount Vernon, Virginia
1989 Savannah, Georgia
1988 Nashville, Tennessee
1987 Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
1986 Montgomery, Alabama
1985 Annapolis, Maryland
1984 Natchez, Mississippi
1983 Atlanta, Georgia
Southern Garden History Society Scholarships
For information about scholarships/fellowships/grants to attend the SGHS annual meeting, click here.