Beautiful Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

One of my favorite stops when we’re doing a road trip down South is Charleston, SC. It’s such a beautiful city with so much to see in the city and in the outskirts as well. During our stop in Charleston this year we visited the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. You know I love my gardens and this was a truly beautiful place. Besides the gorgeous South Carolina Low Country, there were amazing plantings of camellias. There was also a Japanese-influenced garden as well as a collection of azaleas. Unfortunately, it was the wrong season for azaleas but there were several camellias in bloom. Some of the wetland areas had once been for growing rice, which had been the plantation’s main crop and unfortunately, worked by slaves. An exhibit about the plantation’s slave past and laborers was also part of our tour. The hero in Darkness Calls, Southern vampire Ryder Latimer, had once owned a rice plantation but freed his people and instead devoted his life to being a physician. You can find out more about Darkness Calls at https://amzn.to/3S8mOhc.