Drayton Hall will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. We will return to normal hours on Sunday, December 22.
Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.

Blog

Category: Eric Becker


Eric Becker, Horticulture, Landscape, Lenhardt Garden at Drayton Hall

As winter descends upon the Lowcountry not all is lost in the pursuit of outside flowers.  While many are familiar with the fall to winter and winter to spring blooming…

Read More
Distinguished Speakers Series, Eric Becker, Landscape

Mark Laird, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture and historic landscape consultant, will present:  Allées and Theatrical Arrangements in English Gardens, 1740-1840: Painshill,…

Read More
Plantation gardens of Chalreston LEnhardt Garden at Drayton Hall
Eric Becker, Landscape, Lenhardt Garden at Drayton Hall, Sally Reahard Visitor Center

Nearly one year ago the Sally Reahard Visitors Center opened at Drayton Hall along with the Lenhardt Garden which, on its first anniversary, presents a good time to reflect on…

Read More
Eric Becker, Landscape, Staff

By Eric Becker, Manager of Landscapes, Horticulture, and Modern Facilities ­ In 2013, an initiative began to evaluate and produce management plans for the preservation and conservation of some of…

Read More