Brookgreen Garden Inspires

I've lived in South Carolina all of my life and like to think I've experienced the best our state has to offer from immense natural beauty to our rich cultural centers. However, on Memorial Day weekend a trip to the Lowcountry of South Carolina proved me wrong. I was fortunate to visit Brookgreen Gardens and was impressed by the immense and varied array of fine American realistic sculpture.

Brookgreen was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and his wife Anna Hyatt Huntington to feature sculptures by Anna and her sister Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor along with other American sculptors. Brookgreen Gardens was opened in 1932, and is built on four former rice plantations, taking its name from the former Brookgreen Plantation.

The outdoor museum is truly unlike anything I have seen in America or even Europe for that matter. Hundreds of works are spread through an immense outdoor garden setting interspersed with smaller museum pavilions. Brookgreen proved to be an inspirational and artistic site worthy of any designer or artist's time, ranking on the level with the Metropolitan Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and many other great store houses of American Art. The gardens also proved to be most child friendly for my 3 and 5 year old sons who remarked it was their favorite place at the beach.

For more information on Brookgreen Gardens visit http://www.brookgreen.org/

Photography by David Locke, Black Truffle Photography at Locke Design

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