The Brookgreen Bulletin – January 11, 2022
The Brookgreen Bulletin
Vol 3, Issue 2 – January 11, 2022
Special Events
The Camellia Walk is starting to flower! This classic southern plant provides big, gorgeous blooms to brighten the winter months.
Check out all the of the seasonal blooms HERE.
New Year, New Garden – Part I: Determining Your Space
New Year, New Garden – Part II: Deciding What to Plant in Your Space
Brookgreen’s volunteer program is essential to its operation and continued success. Volunteers serve in all areas of the gardens in over 50 different volunteer opportunities. Flexible volunteer schedules are available.
Brookgreen Home School Programs
Lowcountry Center
Kitchen Scrap Gardening
JANUARY 27 / 28
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Learn about fruits and vegetables as we take a tour of Bethea’s Garden. We will teach you to grow vegetables and herbs from items you’d normally throw in your compost bucket or trash. With little effort and a pinch of creativity you can create very imaginative indoor gardens from your kitchen leftovers!
Indigenous People: Culture, Sculpture, and Proverbs
FEBRUARY 10 / 11
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Tour our sculpture garden and Sensory Trail to discover more information about the indigenous people of South Carolina. Through sculpture and proverbs, we will learn about hunting and gathering, their culture, and how it connects to the Lowcountry today.
Exhibits
ON DISPLAY:
Lowcountry Rhythms; Resilience and Perseverance
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022 to THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
The Art of Alvin Glen
Open Daily 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Learn about and enjoy native animals including otters, bald eagles, and foxes.
We are expanding! Coming soon to the Lowcountry Zoo – a Red Wolf exhibit.
This habitat will include breeding space to assist the efforts of the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan to expand the population of Red Wolves in North America.
If you would like to get involved or donate CLICK HERE.
COMING SOON:
American Animalier: The Life and Art of Anna Hyatt Huntington
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 to SUNDAY, APRIL 24 2022
The Rosen Galleries
A retrospective of the work of award-winning sculptor and patron Anna Hyatt Huntington.
Winter Quarter 2022
Reign of Rice Lecture Series, 2022 Cultural Environments that Sustain Rice Heritage
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022 – 1:00 PM
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
Register HERE
The Grand Strand Shell Club
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022 – 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
Register HERE
Seven Days on the Santee Delta
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022 – 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
Register HERE
BROOKGREEN 101 – January
Brookgreen 101 is a public information program offered once a month. The topics may cover various aspects of Brookgreen Gardens including the collections, property history, people, poetry, art history, corporate history, the founders, and Brookgreen purposes.
Recent Art and History Acquisitions
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium
Martha Wallace Master Sculptor Program
Feb 21 – 25
Animals in Bas-relief with Rod Zullo, FNSS, $650 plus materials fee.
Mar 21 -25
Developing the Sculptor’s Eye with Simon Kogan, FNSS, $650 plus materials fee and model fee.
Apr 4 – 9
Designing the Figurative Pose with Alicia N. Ponzio, FNSS. $650 plus materials and model fee.
Apr 11 – 14
Sculpting the Portrait with David Simon. $650 plus materials and model fee.
email: kfilar@brookgreen.org for more information
Upcoming Schedule
The Gardens is open to normal business hours of 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM everyday.
The Old Kitchen is open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and serves beverages, homemade soups, cold sandwiches, quiche, and desserts.
Harvest Restaurant is closed and will reopen at the end of January.
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