There is a low, wet spot on the non-river side of the Plantation House that has a nice show of orange Canna Lilies. Frogs and dragonflies are frequent visitors on the tall lily stems, but on this day it was just the flowers.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
May 24, 2024
Spanish Moss is beautiful, but it can be very harsh looking in winter when there are fewer leaves to absorb or reflect some of the light.
Here, I gave the view of the back of the Long White Bridge a nostalgic treatment to tone the light down a bit.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 25, 2024
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
July 25, 2023
I’ve photographed parts of this scene many times, often with alligators or turtles on the far bank. On this mid-June day there were no creatures about but if felt very lush with all those greens. And two red Texas Star Hibiscus.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023
The sun was working its way up, lighting up this wisteria bloom, though not yet reaching the grounds around the cabins.
These cabins housed enslaved workers when Magnolia was a working rice plantation and are now part of the “From Slavery to Freedom” tour.
This smaller building was likely used for cooking.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 14, 2023
These images were taken on a recent low-light day.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 13, 2023
The view across the big field of the Plantation House. Previous visitors to this location may notice that the hedge to the right of the house and the English boxed garden in front of the house have been removed.
Another view taken a few days later, on a grey afternoon, image cooked up just a bit.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 11 & 13, 2023
Another iconic image at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, this time the Long White Bridge.
Many of the azaleas around this section of the pond were removed or cut way back last year changing the options for getting reflection images.
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
An iconic image at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 5, 2023
Conditions were right on Wednesday for the fire to be set in the Boat Pond at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens to help manage the invading cattails and other reeds. Unfortunately it started to rain before the burn was complete so there will be another session. This morning the perimeter trail was still closed so I couldn’t really see what has happened.
This is what it looked like in September, before the water was drained.
This river-side pond was created as a rice cultivation field, probably in the 1700s. It’s referred to as the Boat Pond because Magnolia offers nature tours by boat around the pond. The channel seen in the second image was dredged and widened three or four years ago.
