Sculptures at Brookgreen Gardens - Repost for summerpics

First I need to tell you a little about Brookgreen Gardens.  Established in 1931 by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, this outdoor museum has majestic oaks and world-renowned sculptures.  There are beautiful gardens, history trails and a zoo.  You can take a tekker excursion, walk around, take a cruise on the tributary creeks of the Waccamaw River on a pontoon boat and enjoy a few days viewing this amazing place.  The price for visiting this magnificent place is really low, the most expensive is $12.00, and this ticket is good for seven consecutive days.  If you are ever in the Myrtle Beach area, this is a must see.  It's nice that you can spend a few hours each day there, taking your time to see what you'd like and then come again any day that you like within that seven day period, or all seven days if you like.  Visit them on the web here to learn more.

I went for the nature part of the area, but there are so many beautiful sculptures that I had to take some photos to share.  I think you'll agree, this is an amazing display of some very fine work.

I loved this one.  Very patriotic.

They all had signs about what the sculpture was and who created it, but I didn't get photos of them.  The article would just be too long.

I found this one very interesting.  Everyone with a camera was taking photos of people sitting on the bench next to the sculpture.

This was really pretty and there were koi in the pond.  (Thanks Moggy for the correction)

There are a few of these little pools in the garden areas.  I suppose the Archers liked Poi and fountains a lot.

This explains about the above sculpture.  I really like this sculpture as you can tell.

The next sculpture is in honor of the slaves who ran the rice paddies.

There is also a list naming all the slaves and a larger map showing where they each lived.  It was very interesting. 

This guy is a favorite with all the children, of course! 

Sorry it got a little cut off, but the essence of the plaque is here.

So this concludes the sculptures I photographed.  There were more and all were very impressive and fit in beautifully with the gardens.  I was going to apologize for the number of photos, but each one is worthy of the space here and I hope you enjoyed seeing these photos as much as I enjoyed seeing the actual sculptures.  Brookgreen Gardens is a must see if you ever come to Myrtle Beach!

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