Following 2013 flood, Clemson architecture students rebuild the South Carolina Botanical Garden. Just more than one year ago, the summer of 2013 saw a flood wipe away most of the South Carolina Botanical Garden’s nature trails and bridges. But thanks largely to Clemson University architecture students, who spent much of the past nine months rebuilding […]
It came to the attention of the Fairbanks Garden Club that our city was in danger of losing a type of rose that was brought here over sixty years ago. The ‘Pier Bugnet’ rose has proven to be a very hardy one for our harsh environment. It thrives in fifty below zero temperatures in winter […]
Some of the most beautiful gardens I’ve ever seen are located on the exquisite grounds at the Maymont estate in Richmond, VA. The house and surrounding land was owned by James Henry and Sallie Dooley, who resided on the property from 1893 through 1925. After their deaths, the lands were bequeathed to the city of […]
In 1937 Gustav George Gerbing transformed about seven acres of family property along the Amelia River into a public garden, Gerbing’s Azalea Gardens, with plans for massive plantings of azaleas and camellias for viewing and for sale. The entire fifteen-acre holding became Gerbing Gardens, with groves of native trees including cedars, magnolias, bay, pines, live […]