Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
Photo by Jerry Harpur of Les Quatre Vents, Quebec.
Ben Lenhardt, Chairman of the Garden Conservancy
Benjamin F. Lenhardt, Jr., chairman of the Garden Conservancy and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Botanic Garden, will show more than 250 slides of beautiful gardens around the world while giving a brief history of gardens, beginning with the Garden of Eden.
Lenhardt will then talk about the various roles gardens play in everyday life, farming, and business, while providing beauty and comfort. He will conclude with a description of the Garden Conservancy’s efforts to save and share outstanding American gardens for the education and inspiration of the public. The Garden Conservancy’s new book Outstanding American Gardens will be on sale at the lecture.
When: Monday Oct. 12 at 6:30pm
Where: Charleston Museum Auditorium, 360 Meeting Street, 29403
Price: Free for Members; Non-Members: $15
Sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts.
Lecture Plant Giveaway courtesy of Abide-A-While Garden Center
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At least 13 enslaved men performed those essential tasks: Abraham, Arakias, Azactrias, Ben, Billy, Cimon and his son, George, John, Michael, Quash (foreman), Quash, Sam, Toby, and Tuite.
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3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC 29414
Drayton Hall's main house and landscape are open to the public daily from 9 am to 5:00pm* (gate closes at 3:30 pm). The gate will accept no cash transactions.
