Middleton Place Garden


  • Caption
    View of Pond in Garden
Related person
Henry Middleton (landscape architect)
Date
1741 (began creation);1920 (opened to public)
Location
North and Central America->United States->South Carolina (SC)->Charleston
Description
Middleton Place is one of America's oldest landscapes inspired by four generations of the Middleton family. It is a garden with landscaped terraces, garden rooms and ornamental ponds laid out in a symmetrical arrangement. The garden was conceived of as "the triumphant marriage between man and nature." -- Reference
Style/Period
18th Century (1700 - 1799 CE)
Material
brick
grasses
deciduous shrubs
deciduous trees
water