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.