Welcome to Brookgreen Gardens

In 1931, Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, founded Brookgreen Gardens, a non-profit 501(c) (3) garden museum, to preserve the native flora and fauna and display objects of art within that natural setting.

Today, Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark with the most significant collection of figurative sculpture, in an outdoor setting, by American artists in the world, and has the only zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums on the coast of the Carolinas.

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Recent Awards

2009 Southeastern Tourism Society's "Top 20 Events in the Southeast" for Nights of a Thousand Candles, Brookgreen's holiday festival.

Top Public Gardens - Coastal Living Magazine

2009 Readers' Choice Award- Public Garden Category - Southern Living Magazine

2009 Non-Profit Management Excellence - South Carolina Association of Non-Profit Organizations

2009 Attraction of the Year Award from the Myrtle Beach Herald

2008 Incredible Customer Experience Award from the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce