harishforu (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} harishforu) wrote,@ 2005-10-08 21:48:00 |
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Kalmia Gardens - A Jungle in South Carolina
Today had been to Kalmia Gardens - The geological history of Kalmia Gardens is a fascinating one of ancient deposits of sands and clays which now comprise the bedrock under our feet; the advancing and retreating of the Atlantic Ocean to its front door; and the powerful carving of a bluff over the millennia by Black Creek.
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Garden Description: May Coker made the gardens in the 1930's, for a nineteenth century plantation house which is the oldest building in Hartsville. As the name suggests, the main focus is on Kalmia species.
Garden Address: Kalmia Gardens, Kalmia Gardens of Coker College, 1624 West Carolina Avenue, Hartsville, South Carolina, 29550. USA.
Directions for Visiting: Route 151 (60 miles east of Columbia and 3 miles west of Hartsville).
