2006 RV - Doug & Crystal

Visit America’s newest and most unique major garden and wildlife preserve--hailed by experts and casual visitors alike as the "MUST" vacation experience in the Charleston area. You may agree with this country’s leading garden writer and photographer, Derek Fell, who wrote: "It is without doubt the most important new horticultural planting in North America today"; with Dr. Ellen Henke, known to thousands on national radio and television as "America’s Plant Doctor," who wrote: "It is a magical place!"; with Dr. John Creech, for fifteen years Director of the U. S. National Arboretum in Washington, who gave it abundant praise; or with many other experts who have enjoyed it. But much more important, we hope and believe that your reaction will parallel those of thousands like you who have largely proclaimed it the most outstanding experience of their trip.

The Audubon Swamp Garden rises from 60 acres of black water in a cypress and tupelo swamp on Magnolia Plantation. Its eerie beauty is home to scores of water-loving creatures: bird, mammal and reptile..yes, including alligators! This wild and otherwise accessible area is traversed by boardwalks, dikes and bridges to put the visitor in eye-to-eye contact with its inhabitants; and its natural horticultural beauty has been enhanced by hundreds of species of colorful, year-round blooming plants, both local and exotic, all planted with the taste that has made the 320-year-old historic garden of Magnolia Plantation world famous. Concealed benches enable nature lovers to observe the swamp areas without detection. From its thousands of visitors, only praise has been received.