Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark located on the coast of South Carolina. Founded in 1931 by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, the gardens occupy land that was once used for rice production. Brookgreen offers visitors a chance to view native plants and animals as well as unique figurative sculpture. Through this program, students will learn about the history of the rice planters of the Waccamaw while exploring the remarkable outdoor classrooms of Brookgreen Gardens.
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Brookgreen's story begins more than 250 years ago when Europeans saw the potential for growing rice here and the backbreaking labor of enslaved Africans carved rice fields out of the swamps...
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The former rice plantations of the Waccamaw Neck began selling at bargain prices. A group of sportsmen bought Springfield, Laurel Hill, Brookgreen and The Oaks to use as a hunting preserve. They...
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The sculpture collection at Brookgreen Gardens include works by many great figurative artists of the time like Paul Manship,Paul Jennewein, and Frederick Remington. Anna sculpted her own work...
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Brookgreen Gardens offers a diversity in terms of our sculpture, horticulture, history and ecology. Initially when Brookgreen was first put together, it was a place where the native plants and flora...
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The Huntingtons' commitment to animals lives on at Brookgreen today. Native creatures find a safe home here, and the Lowcountry wildlife area exhibits both wild and domestic animals. The Animals of...
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Brookgreen Gardens offers several interpretative or education programs. Horry Georgetown Technical College uses the grounds and greenhouses for horticultural classes. The sculptures provide art...
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The Huntingtons wanted to really preserve the complexity of Brookgreen, what they saw here in the early 1930s, for their generation and for future generations. That continues to be the mission. They...
