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Firework by Scott Wallace. Image provided.

NEWS BRIEFS: Wallace abstracts on display in January

Staff reports  |  Works by local abstract artist Scott Wallace will be on display through the end of the month at a free show at the Park Circle Gallery, 4820 Jenkins Ave., North Charleston.

by · 01/04/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
Photos courtesy Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

FOCUS: Staff craftsmen to fix Magnolia’s iconic white bridge

Staff reports  |  It will be another two months before visitors can walk over the iconic white bridge at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.  It will take that long for skilled staff craftsmen to fix it after a tree fell on it last week.

“It was a maple tree at the water’s edge and obviously it was bad on the inside,” said attraction director Tom Johnson.  “With all of this rain and stuff, it kind of half uprooted and fell on our bridge.”

The tree had not been on the staff’s radar screen as being a potential problem so it was a pretty big surprise when it fell, Johnson said.

Fortunately, most of the damage was superficial.  The much-photographed bridge, built back in the 1840s, remains structurally sound.  

“We pulled the decking off and found the main structure is solid,” he said.  “It’s made of 1-foot-by-1-foot cypress posts driven 16-feet down into the ground.  Can you imagine that — 16 feet that far back?  There’s been some extra bracing done since Hurricane Hugo” 31 years ago.

Johnson said his team had planned to restore the bridge prior to last week’s damage because some of the railing had loosened.

by · 07/13/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
NEW for 7/13: Magnolia repairs bridge; Innovation report; Palmetto Poem

NEW for 7/13: Magnolia repairs bridge; Innovation report; Palmetto Poem

IN THIS ISSUE
TODAY’S FOCUS: Staff craftsmen to fix Magnolia’s iconic white bridge
COMMENTARY, Brack: Beware of an October surprise from pandemic 
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
PALMETTO POEM, Mungin:  Jim Crow
NEWS BRIEFS:  Trident Literacy Association gets major grant 
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Some kind of construction going on
CALENDAR:   Hendrix to talk about new book on 6 p.m. Thursday Zoom call
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles Townes with an “s”

by · 07/13/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
FOCUS: Magnolia to present Aug. 20 program to help bridge generation gap

FOCUS: Magnolia to present Aug. 20 program to help bridge generation gap

Staff reports  | Neal Glatt, a nationally-recognized workplace team coach, will show young and old mid-level managers Aug. 20 how to effectively bridge the generation gap to solve “people problems” in the office environment.

This four-hour workshop at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is being offered to help Baby Boomers and Gen. Xers understand how to collaborate with Millennials as they rise to management positions, Glatt said in a press release.

Tom Johnson, Magnolia’s executive director, invited Glatt to Magnolia. Earlier this year, Johnson attended Glatt’s presentation at the Gulf States Horticulture Expo in Mobile, Ala. 

Tom Johnson, Magnolia’s executive director, invited Glatt to Magnolia. Earlier this year, Johnson attended Glatt’s presentation at the Gulf States Horticulture Expo in Mobile, Ala. 

by · 07/22/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
GOOD NEWS: Celebrating azaleas, history and sweet tea in Summerville

GOOD NEWS: Celebrating azaleas, history and sweet tea in Summerville

Staff reports  | The Rev. John Drayton Azalea Chapter of the American Azalea Society and Magnolia Plantation and Gardens will host the society’s 2019 convention on March 14-16 in Summerville.

“We are honored to have some of the top azalea experts coming to Summerville to experience the beauty of the gardens we have in the Charleston area,” said Tom Johnson, Magnolia’s executive director who also is president of the local azalea chapter.

by · 02/18/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs
FOCUS: Magnolia Plantation to host Underground Railroad conference

FOCUS: Magnolia Plantation to host Underground Railroad conference

By Herb Frazier   |  Scholars, living historians and enslaved descendants will gather Nov. 3 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens to show that the Underground Railroad was more than a network of secret routes to northern states and Canada that enslaved Africans followed to freedom.

Through exhibits, performances and demonstrations, presenters will reveal that the Underground Railroad also included rebellion, maroon communities and people escaping south to Florida and beyond.

“We Are One”
“Uncovering the Underground Railroad: Perspectives in Freedom” will be held Nov. 3 at Magnolia. The Slave Dwelling Project, South Carolina Humanities and the National Park Service have joined with Magnolia to sponsor this event designed to dispel commonly-held beliefs about the Underground Railroad.

by · 10/15/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
"We Are One"

10/15, full issue: Magnolia conference; At the border; more

IN THIS ISSUE  | Oct. 15, 2018

FOCUS: Magnolia Plantation to host Underground Railroad conference
COMMENTARY, Brack: Big border wall might mean bigger ladders
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston International Airport
GOOD NEWS: League to host two candidate forums
FEEDBACK: Send us your comments … share your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO:  Pastoral scene
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Miles Brewton
CALENDAR: Several events ahead

by · 10/15/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
Along the Ashley River at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, outside Charleston, S.C.

GOOD NEWS: Magnolia Gardens to undergo $3.2 million habitat restoration

Staff reports  | Ducks Unlimited has received a $1 million federal grant to launch a habitat enhancement and restoration project at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, according to a press release. The goal is to improve the flow of water through the various impoundments and ponds on the 500-acre Magnolia property to raise the diversity of plants and animals.

Funding from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) will be combined with $2.2 million in matching funds from federal, non-profit, state and private sources, said James A. Rader, manager of conservation programs in Ducks Unlimited’s South Atlantic Field Office in Charleston. The first phase of the two-year project will begin in the spring.

PHOTO ESSAY: Magnolia’s blooming azaleas

PHOTO ESSAY: Magnolia’s blooming azaleas

YOU DON’T EXPECT to see azaleas bloom with the deep, rich color of a South Carolina peach, but you can find them at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens along the Ashley River west of Charleston. The attraction, which is attracting more visitors than ever, has more than a half million azaleas on its grounds, according to director Tom Johnson.

by · 04/04/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Photos
FOCUS: Bees bring a hive of possibilities to Magnolia Gardens

FOCUS: Bees bring a hive of possibilities to Magnolia Gardens

By Herb Frazier | Bee hives soon will give Magnolia Plantation and Gardens a new buzz to highlight the insect’s role as pollinators and the human threat to them.

Tori Johnson, Magnolia’s student and youth group coordinator, recently earned her wings as a certified beekeeper after completing a two-day introductory beekeeping course sponsored by the Charleston Area Beekeepers Association.

by · 03/21/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news