Wooops! A bit late.

The Hedge Garden

Today has kind of slipped by me. So, here is today's image. Again it is from the Rose Hill Plantion park near Union, SC. This is from the hedge garden again, but a bit more conventional in it's processing than the earlier image.

Now, what am I going to do for next week's images? Hmmm ... going to have to think about that.

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Lost in the Hedgerow

Lost in the Hedgerow

The English-style garden at Rose Hill Plantation made me think of all of the ghost stories I have heard or read that where set in similar hedgerows. With those impressions in mind, I tried to make this image express those suppressed feelings we have about being lost in unfamiliar places. I'm not sure that I was successful at it, but at least I am starting to expand my processing beyond just being a recording of what I saw at the time.

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Off the porch

Irises and the Porch.

A shot of a couple of iris blooms near the back porch of Rose Hill Plantation. It seemed as if we were at the plantation between blooms. The roses had not yet come out in full, the dogwoods were loosing their petals, the magnolias either had not yet bloomed or had long lost them. However, there were a few irises along one of the walkways near the back porch. It kind of makes you think back to those days doesn't it?

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Rose Hill Plantation

Rose Hill Plantation

Edit: I fixed the link to the larger image above.

This weekend we visited Rose Hill Plantation near Union, South Carolina. It was the home of former SC Governor William H. Gist. Gov. Gist was a staunch proponent of Southern States' secession from the US which eventually led to the Civil War. Because of this, he is known as the "Secession Governor". More after the jump.


Rose Hill Plantation got it's name from the rose and hedge garden that the governor planted around the house. It is indicative of the English box-hedge style garden which was popular among the wealthy of the period. Another distinctive feature of the gardens are the large magnolia trees which now obscure the front facade from the driveway. The trees are thought to be either children or grandchildren of original magnolias brought to the US and which now line the drive at the Augusta National Golf Course. When they were brought to the country, it was believed that they would only grow to about 15 feet high. The governor might not have planted them if he had known how tall they would have grown.

The plantation is now part of the South Carolina state parks system. There are tours of the house, several period out-buildings, a nature trail and large open lawns. A picnic shelter is available for rental as well.

I will post more photographs from the visit throughout the week.

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