Murrells Inlet -- Brookgreen Gardens

Object Details

General: Founded by Archer M. and Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1931, Brookgreen Gardens is both a sculpture and landscape garden and a botanical preserve focusing on plants and animals of the Southeast. Located on the site of former indigo and rice plantations, Brookgreen encompasses over 9,000 acres and includes eight distinct habitat areas: beach and dunes, salt marshes, maritime forest, loblolly pine swamps, long-leaf pine ridges, river terrace, freshwater cypress-gum swamps, and abandoned rice fields. There are over 500 works of sculpture, making it the largest permanent outdoor exhibition of American sculpture in the world. Likewise, the botanical collection includes over 2,000 species and subspecies of plants native and adapted to the Southeast. Ponds and other bodies of water complement the more formal plantings which include several arboreta, a palmetto garden, a dogwood garden, and a magnolia allée. The gardens are open to the public.; Persons associated with the garden include: Archer M. and Anna Hyatt Huntington (former owners, 1930-1973).

Former owner: Huntington, Archer M., 1870-1955; Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973
Collection Creator: Adams, Molly, 1918-2003

Place: Brookgreen Gardens (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina); United States of America -- South Carolina -- Georgetown County -- Murrells Inlet

Topic: Gardens -- South Carolina -- Murrells Inlet; Sculpture gardens -- South Carolina

Former owner: Huntington, Archer M., 1870-1955; Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973

See more items in: Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.; Maida Babson Adams American garden collection. / Series 1: Garden Images / South Carolina

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Maida Babson Adams American garden collection.

Collection Rights: Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Scope and Contents: The folders include worksheets, brochures incorporating a garden map, photocopies of correspondence, a fact sheet about the gardens, and other information.

Collection Restrictions: Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Related Materials: Brookgreen Gardens related holdings consist of 2 folders (34 35 mm. slides (photographs))
See others in: Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].