Join Jimmy Brandt, a Brookgreen Gardens horticulturist, for an overview of shade gardening, with recommendations for plant selection and usage. Jimmy will share his experience gardening in shad, highlight plants that perform well in our area, and provide suggestions on how you can transform your shady spaces into beautiful gardens at home!

Free with Garden admission.

A woman moved to Georgetown in 1936, bought a house three miles south of the town of Georgetown, and opened a brothel. She ingratiated herself to the town by having a single location for her business and by not embarrassing the residents. She made a lot of money and she spent a lot of money on Front Street. Her name can be found in the local newspaper as a donor to the March of Dimes and the Easter Seals. She was as generous to Georgetown charities each year as was International Paper. She owned her brothel 33 years, finally closing in 1969 and retiring in the same location. 

Free with Garden admission.

Celebrate World Wildlife Day with us! The Huntington’s are well known for their vast contributions of art and museums, but they also left behind a legacy of stewardship of our natural resources. Ranger Mike Walker will discuss how their love of nature and wildlife guided the development of Huntington Beach State Park, and how the park works with many partners (including Brookgreen Gardens) to keep this legacy alive by protecting threatened and endangered species such as sea turtles, shorebirds, seabirds, wading birds, seabeach amaranth, and more!

Free with Garden admission.

Join Ron Daise, Brookgreen’s Vice President for Creative Education, as he provides dynamic excerpts of quotations from and back stories about Brookgreen’s permanent outdoor exhibit, which features living history narratives of six Georgetown County Gullah Geechee changemakers

Free with Garden admission.

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Phil Wilkinson is a noted Wildlife Biologist who has spent his young years growing up at Hopsewee Plantation on the North Santee River. He was the first biologist to manage the now Yawkey Wildlife Center while it was still owned by Tom Yawkey. Join Phil as he tells you of his life on the Santee Delta and the animals and people who live there. His book Seven Days on the Santee Delta co-authored with John Lane includes his growing up years on the Delta and later years of scientific studies.

Free with Garden admission.

The Grand Strand Shell Club has been around for 31 years. Join our panel of speakers, Vanessa Marion, Carolyn Sandi, Maribeth Gearhardt, and George Hummel, as they talk about the history of the club, our state shell, and the unique items found on the beach. Bring your own shells for identification.

Free with Garden admission.

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Join Lucy Contreras, Assistant Manager of Plant Collections (and fellow transplant!), for a primer to gardening in coastal South Carolina. Lucy shares her experience as a New-Yorker-turned-South-Carolinian and how it translates to the garden. Learn what it means to garden in your zone, what plants work at your new home, and what to expect as you begin digging into your new, southern garden!

Free with Garden admission.

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Enjoy a virtual visit via of a PowerPoint presentation to Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington’s winter estate, Atalaya, with Ranger Mike Walker of Huntington Beach State Park. Learn what first brought them to South Carolina, why they chose this area for their winter home, and how the construction of Atalaya benefited our community during the Great Depression. Atalaya was designed as a place of respite for the Huntington’s, as well as a place for them both to be inspired by nature and work on their respective art forms. This Moorish-inspired building is now considered a National Historic Landmark, along with Brookgreen Gardens.

Free with Garden admission.

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January 10th is Houseplant Appreciation Day! Are you interested in bringing plants into your home, but don’t know where to begin? Join Kerry Rapp, Manager of Brookgreen’s Greenhouse & Nursery Collections, for a presentation about some of the most popular houseplants and how to select and care for them. Inviting plants into your home can reduce anxiety, elevate mood and improve air quality.

Free with Garden admission.

Freewoods Farm, with Jon Smalls

Freewoods Farm is a 40-acre living farm museum that replicates life of African American farmers between 1865 – 1900. Freewoods Farm is in the Burgess Community of Myrtle Beach.

Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium

Free with Garden Admission