Monday 16 April 2007

Orton Plantation Gardens

We visited the Orton Plantation on the weekend. Now that its spring and the Azalea festival has just finished its the perfect time to check out a few gardens. We stocked up with drinks and food so that we could have a nice picnic lunch in the gardens (also I didn't want to get stuck way out on the plantation with a hungry baby and thirsty husband). We shouldn't have worried as the gardens are a very easy walk and not as extensive as the name plantation may suggest. The house is off limits as it is a private residence. This is a pity as it a great old Southern mansion spared destruction during the civil war as it was used as a Union hospital. We heard a choir sing in Luola's chapel and gazed at the many colourful azaleas, camellias and pansies. A pleasant lunch time venue.

1 comment:

chan said...

haha - pansies