Glorious Gardens to Inspire Your Home Search
Handsome Properties March 20, 2020
Handsome Properties March 20, 2020
March is a spectacular month for Charleston gardens. Our mild climate brings springtime blooms and blossoms that beckon you to spend time outside under the sun. Many downtown Charleston homes for sale feature their own private gardens and courtyards.
You can find beautiful gardens in many Sullivan’s Island home for sale, too. In fact, the entire Charleston, SC, real estate market offers homes that showcase our roses, camellias, and other flowering plants and trees. Charleston is blessed with a number of glorious gardens that are open to the public. In celebration of the spring real estate market, get inspired to start your Charleston home search with a visit to one or more of these garden attractions.
Located about an hour and a half from the Isle of Palms, Brookgreen Gardens is worth the drive to immerse yourself in the beauty and splendor of this unique historic site. Spread over more than 9000 acres, Brookgreen Gardens combines outdoor sculpture and stunning garden settings.
Love live oaks? You can stroll through the Live Oak Allée and admire 250-year-old live oak trees. Glean inspiration for your own garden as you view magnificent gardens bursting with roses and perennials. Brookgreen Gardens is open daily from 9:30 AM to 5 PM. Get all the details to plan your visit here.
Travel + Leisure Magazine ranks the gardens at Magnolia Plantation as among the most beautiful in the country. Located just 25 minutes from downtown Charleston, Magnolia Plantation dates back to 1676, making it the oldest public tourist site in the Lowcountry and the oldest public garden in the United States. Azaleas and camellias are two of the most popular and historic flowers in our region, and both are among the most gorgeous garden collections at Magnolia. Get admission information and operating hours here.
You’ll notice many wrought iron gates and fences as you walk through downtown Charleston. Ten of these wrought iron gates link the Gateway Walk from St. John’s Lutheran Church on Archdale Street to St. Philip’s Episcopal Church.
The Gateway Walk is open to the public, but you’ll feel as if you’re exploring a secret garden when you walk it. Created and maintained by the Garden Club of Charleston, the Gateway Walk connects some of Charleston’s most historic sites, including the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Unitarian Church, and the Circular Congregational Church. See a map of the Gateway Walk here.
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