Join Ron Daise, Brookgreen’s Vice President for Creative Education, as he provides dynamic excerpts of quotations from and back stories about Brookgreen’s permanent outdoor exhibit, which features living history narratives of six Georgetown County Gullah Geechee changemakers

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Phil Wilkinson is a noted Wildlife Biologist who has spent his young years growing up at Hopsewee Plantation on the North Santee River. He was the first biologist to manage the now Yawkey Wildlife Center while it was still owned by Tom Yawkey. Join Phil as he tells you of his life on the Santee Delta and the animals and people who live there. His book Seven Days on the Santee Delta co-authored with John Lane includes his growing up years on the Delta and later years of scientific studies.

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The Grand Strand Shell Club has been around for 31 years. Join our panel of speakers, Vanessa Marion, Carolyn Sandi, Maribeth Gearhardt, and George Hummel, as they talk about the history of the club, our state shell, and the unique items found on the beach. Bring your own shells for identification.

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Join Lucy Contreras, Assistant Manager of Plant Collections (and fellow transplant!), for a primer to gardening in coastal South Carolina. Lucy shares her experience as a New-Yorker-turned-South-Carolinian and how it translates to the garden. Learn what it means to garden in your zone, what plants work at your new home, and what to expect as you begin digging into your new, southern garden!

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Enjoy a virtual visit via of a PowerPoint presentation to Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington’s winter estate, Atalaya, with Ranger Mike Walker of Huntington Beach State Park. Learn what first brought them to South Carolina, why they chose this area for their winter home, and how the construction of Atalaya benefited our community during the Great Depression. Atalaya was designed as a place of respite for the Huntington’s, as well as a place for them both to be inspired by nature and work on their respective art forms. This Moorish-inspired building is now considered a National Historic Landmark, along with Brookgreen Gardens.

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January 10th is Houseplant Appreciation Day! Are you interested in bringing plants into your home, but don’t know where to begin? Join Kerry Rapp, Manager of Brookgreen’s Greenhouse & Nursery Collections, for a presentation about some of the most popular houseplants and how to select and care for them. Inviting plants into your home can reduce anxiety, elevate mood and improve air quality.

Free with Garden admission.

Freewoods Farm, with Jon Smalls

Freewoods Farm is a 40-acre living farm museum that replicates life of African American farmers between 1865 – 1900. Freewoods Farm is in the Burgess Community of Myrtle Beach.

Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium

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Red Wolves of the Smoky Mountains with Bill Landry and Lynn Hodges  

Join Bill Landry and Lynn Hodges on an exciting look back into the efforts of wildlife professionals and their attempt to reintroduce Red Wolves into the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in 1991. Learn more about past reintroduction efforts and the red wolf’s embattled road to recovery. Check out the Red Wolf Ridge to find out what is going on now here at Brookgreen Gardens with the most endangered candid in the world.  

About the Speakers:  

Bill Landry is an award-winning TV host and producer, an author, a playwright, an actor and —at his very heart—a storyteller. Bill was the face and ‘talent’ behind The Heartland Series, produced by WBIR television in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Heartland Series covered many topics including the experiment to introduce Red Wolves into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which won an EMMY Award for “Front Runner”.  

Lynn Hodges is an author, environmental educator, and appears as Dr. Energy on public television. His career spans five decades and includes high school teacher and Manager of Environmental and Energy Education for the Tennessee Valley Authority. He served on the team to reintroduce Red Wolves to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and developed educational materials on the Red Wolf experiment.  

Christopher Judge has been studying Native Americans in SC for over 30 years. He is director of the Native American Studies Center at the University of SC in Lancaster. Join us for an informative talk on the native Americans of SC.

Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium

Free with Garden Admission

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Renty’s Bell is a true story of an enslaved African American who became a master builder, building among other notable structures, one of the most elaborate slave chapels ever constructed. His legacy, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable challenges, helped to dispel the stereotype and pave the way for future generations.

Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium

Free with Garden Admission