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South Carolina became famous for the beauty of the avenues of live oak trees leading up to the mansion house. One of the most noted was the double avenue of oaks at Heyward Plantation, in Bluffton...
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The gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia, sketched here by the artists for "Harper's Weekly," April 15, 1865, when the mansion briefly served as Sherman's headquarters. The maze was...
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The original Middleton Place mansion was destroyed after the Civil War, but the elaborate gardens with their centerpiece "butterfly lakes" designed by John Middleton have survived. (See Middleton...
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Middleton Place gardens along the Ashley River. This photograph around the 1920s shows the grounds at Middleton Place before they were redesigned and replanted. (See Middleton Place) Courtesy of the...
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Camden was famous for its elaborate formal gardens. This photograph of the gardens at Court Inn, around the turn of the century, shows benches placed under an ivy-covered shelter. Courtesy of the...
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A brochure put out by the Southern Railway describes "Camden, SC 1908, A Winter Tourist Resort on the Southern Railway." Photos inside the brochure lure tourists with a description of the beauties of...