My mom, my sister, and I headed to Middleton Place, an 18th century rice plantation right outside Charleston, on Sunday. While the main house was burned by Union troops at the end of the Civil War, a house remains that used to be the “south flanker” which housed offices but was enlarged in 1870 to be the main residential building. The gardens and grounds are the real star of this plantation. They remind me of an English manor house with sprawling forests and gardens, complete with a little cottage by the lake and sheep roaming acres of green grass…just add in some Spanish moss and humidity. The gardens are apparently the oldest landscaped gardens in America and I believe were modeled after French gardens of the time. I hope to return one day when the azaleas are in bloom.
It was such a lovely weekend with my my mom and sister. What a special way to celebrate my mom’s 70th! I love these new girls’ weekends we’ve been having—can’t wait to plan the next one!
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