Over the decades since our founding in 1982, SGHS members have visited scores of landscapes and gardens covering a wide expanse of the southern United States, ranging from Texas to Maryland, Florida to Kentucky and all in between. Some spots have been small and intimate, while others are recognized as internationally important. We are creating and populating this page as a means of recalling those gardens and their significance with those who joined in, as well as with Society members who were absent. As well, some gardens may be those not yet toured but which we hope very much to add to a future itinerary. An additional goal is that any visitor to our website, member or not, will find these verbal sketches, images, links, and book recommendations a welcome boost to their understanding of the richly vibrant garden history of the American South.
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August 11, 2025
Cummer Museum & Gardens | Jacksonville, Florida
SGHS members are particularly drawn to Ellen Biddle Shipman gardens. Although much of her work is found outside of our...
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August 4, 2025
Montpelier | Montpelier Station, Virginia
Twice visited by SGHS, Montpelier was both the plantation home of an American presidential family as well as the early-twentieth-century...
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July 28, 2025
The Hermitage | Nashville, Tennessee
Society members have visited Andrew and Rachel Jackson’s home and gardens twice, the first time in 1988 during a Nashville...
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July 19, 2025
Edenton and Somerset Place | North Carolina
In our February 21, 2025, Tryon Palace “Gardens” post readers were promised a look at the historic landscape of Edenton,...
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July 11, 2025
The John Fairey Garden | Hempstead, Texas
Society members walked about what was then known as Peckerwood Garden during the Sunday tour of the March 1999 Houston...
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July 6, 2025
Kenmore | Fredericksburg, Virginia
Society members visiting Kenmore during the 2005 Fredericksburg annual meeting found a site steeped in the lore of both the...
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June 29, 2025
Afton Villa | St. Francisville, Louisiana
Southern Garden History Society members have visited the Afton Villa gardens during two annual meetings. The first occasion came during...
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June 23, 2025
Old Salem Museums & Gardens | Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Many readers know the importance of Old Salem as the birthplace of the Southern Garden History Society and for decades...
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June 17, 2025
Crowfield Plantation Gardens Site | Goose Creek, South Carolina
Dating to the 1730s, the gardens at Crowfield north of Charleston once ranked among the finest in colonial South Carolina....
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June 3, 2025
Governor’s Palace Gardens | Colonial Williamsburg | Williamsburg, Virginia
In early May 1994, Society members gathered in Williamsburg for our twelfth annual meeting, the first such event held there....
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