Middleburg Plantation: A cultural and historical investigation into the formal gardens

Elizabeth Brabec, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Mike Appel
Katie Davidson
Sarah Faiks
Bonnie Ion
Jarrett Kest
Geoff Lewis
Mimi Mather
Dave Pollock
Clea Rome

Abstract

This report details the remaining remnanats of the formal garden at Middleburg Plantation, one of the oldest intact plantation sites in the lowcountry of South Carolina. In private hands, the plantation house grounds are well preserved. The report presents both the historical documents and references as well as the existing conditions and makes recommendations for stabilization of the historic landscape remnants.

This report was the result of a field studies class held at the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, in Landscape Architecture. Led by Professor Brabec, the class travelled to the site for the week of August 26th to September 2nd, 2000.