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Junkanoo Vendor Dolls

Gullah Geechee Junkanoo Festival

Members
Free
Non-Members
Free with Garden Admission
Where

Wall Lowcountry Center Complex

 

Join us for Brookgreen’s Gullah Geechee Junkanoo Festival, a vibrant celebration of West African, Caribbean, and Gullah Geechee heritage. This event will feature presentations, African drumming and dancing, children’s crafts, and delicious food tastings. Enjoy live Afro-Brazilian Jazz by the all-female trio Sisters-In-Song and captivating Gullah storytelling by Veronica Gaillard. Come dressed in colorful, casual, or Afro-centric attire.  

Inspired by the Bahamian Junkanoo festival, our celebration highlights the rich cultural connections of the African Diaspora. Participate in mask decorating, craft activities, and explore exhibits such as “Gullah Geechee Gaardin,” “Seen, Heard, Esteemed,” “Lowcountry Trail,” and “From Chaos to Beloved Community.” Dance to the music, join the Junkanoo Mask Parade, and visit the Artisans Market for unique items. Don’t miss the opportunity to taste traditional Gullah and African-inspired dishes.  

The Gullah Geechee Junkanoo Festival will also recognize the recipients of the Huntington Exemplary Service Award, established in honor of Brookgreen Gardens’ founders, Anna and Archer Huntington. This prestigious award celebrates individuals who have made meaningful contributions to improving race relations in South Carolina, particularly within Georgetown and Horry Counties. The honorees’ commitment to unity, equity, and cultural understanding reflects the very essence of the festival’s mission. 

Highlights:  

  • Presentations on West African, Caribbean, and Gullah Geechee heritage  

  • African drumming and dancing by Wona Womalan  

  • Children's crafts and mask decorating  

  • Gullah Geechee food tastings and desserts  

  • Live Afro-Brazilian Jazz by Banda del Alma 

  • Gullah storytelling with Veronica Gaillard  

  • Exhibits and Artisans Market  

  • Junkanoo Mask Parade  

Celebrate heritage and community at Brookgreen Gardens' Gullah Geechee Junkanoo Festival. We look forward to seeing you there! 

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Share Your History with Brookgreen

Where

Ron Daise Auditorium - Wall Lowcountry Center

 

Bring your family heirlooms (furniture, quilts and textiles, china, silver, jewelry, coins), archival material (photographs, portraits, books, letters, ledgers, receipts, maps, charts), antique weapons, and historic and pre-historic artifacts, especially those that relate to the history of South Carolina.  We will photograph them, create an objects database, and provide an opportunity for you to lend them for a future exhibition.  Experts will be on hand to identify your objects.  For large items, bring good photographs from more than one angle.  Everything from kitchen implements to fine silver and furniture to farm tools will be welcome.  But, no human remains, grave goods, or looted artifacts.  

Contact Kay Filar for an appointment time to bring your objects: 843-235-6034, kfilar@brookgreen.org.  Experts in furniture, fine arts, firearms, weapons, quilts, Asian objects, books, coins, china, silver, and other decorative arts will be on hand.

 

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Members Only Eggstravaganza!

Members
$20 per child
Where

Butterfly Field

 

Guests will enter the showcase of Barnyard Friends, as delightful characters come to life in a forest full of surprises, treats, and fun. The search for treats will feature a trip around the Enchanted Storybook Forest and Lowcountry Zoo. Children and their guardians will receive a map at the registration table leading them to areas where items for their spring baskets can be found. Families will enjoy meeting and taking photos with favorite Barnyard characters, such as a Duck, Fox, Frog, other friendly animals, and of course, a Rabbit! The sightings of live animals throughout the Lowcountry Zoo and playground structures in the Storybook Forest will be fun and exciting for all.

Please remember to bring a basket for each child. We’re sure every child will find lots of goodies! Don’t forget your cameras. 

 Limited reservations are available for this members-only event. The cost for each child is $20 (ages 12 and under, please).

You only need to purchase tickets for the children you will be bringing. 

 

 

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Children's Discovery Room

Where

Open daily from 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm at the Wall Lowcountry Center Complex

The Children's Discovery Room is located at the Wall Lowcountry Center. If offers interactive stations that engage ages  4- to 12-year-old children, along with their required adult chaperones. They reflect on the nature and history of Brookgreen Gardens. It is free with garden admission and children may stay at any Discovery Station for as long as their interest remains. At some stations, they will complete projects that they may take home with them. With ample written and pictorial instructions at each station, children will function independently or with minimal parental involvement. Hours are Noon - 4:30 pm daily (check daily schedule for exceptions).

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Nights of a Thousand Candles Benefit Preview Night

Nights of a Thousand Candles Preview Benefit

Members
SOLD OUT
Non-Members
SOLD OUT

Be a part of the Campaign for the Next Generation at Brookgreen Gardens

The Nights of a Thousand Candles Preview Benefit for 2024 will support our exciting future initiatives.

Each ticket is $150.  A limited number of tickets will be sold, and your ticket price will include beverages (including wine or beer) and heavy hors d'oeuvres, which will be stationed throughout the Gardens. 

This romantic, exclusive evening will be on Friday, November 29, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Ticket sales will close on November 22, 2024, and will not be available for purchase after that date or upon arrival.

All your purchases make a difference and help support Brookgreen Gardens, a 501(c)(3) non-profit

Learn more about the Campaign here!

 

 

 

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