Come join us for a tour of Brookgreen Gardens near Myrtle Beach, SC. Brookgreen Gardens is a 2,500 acre park named one of the to 10 botanical gardens in the US. In addition to botanical gardens, it boasts a collection of over 500 sculptures and 2700 works of art, as well as a zoo for animals that cannot survive on their own, and a boat ride.
Brookgreen Gardens is part of a massive 9000 acre estate originally owned by Archer Huntington, a famous 19th century philanthropist, who bought the property to provide for a winter haven for his wife Anna, who had tuberculosis.
Anna Huntington was a famous early 20th century American sculptor, who gained her fame during a time when very few women were successful artists.
The property went all the way to the beach, where they built their winter home named Atalaya castle. Atalaya castle was designed to pattern the early architecture of the Spanish Mediterranean Coast, and its name actually means "watchtower".
Atalaya castle now is part of the Huntington Beach State Park, where we camped with our RV. The state of SC actually leases the property from the current owners of the estate, and provides access for visitors to tour the castle.
In this video, we give a walking tour of both Brookgreen Gardens and Atalaya castle, and show excerpts from our related videos of Murrell's Inlet, Barefoot Landing, Hunting Beach State Park and Apache Family Campground.
1 авг 2024