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- Enjoying the Children's Garden
News and Special Events
Our Home Site and Botanical Gardens will be closed from July 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010 except for group tours by appointment. The Bulltown Swamp nature trails remain open daily from dawn to dusk with no entrance fee. Absolutely no motorized vehicles allowed on the trails. We apologize for any inconvenience. Only with your support, will we be able to serve our visitors for years to come. View a map indicating which areas are currently open and closed. Check this page frequently for current site conditions and construction progress. Contact us for more information or to schedule a group tour or special event.
Read the latest Coastal Courier article.
Link to WSAV news story about LeConte-Woodmanston.
Check out the Volunteers Gallery.
Harold Reeves, a local nature photographer, took these pictures recently at LeConte-Woodmanston.
Our series of Super Saturday educational programs at Woodmanston is over for now. To get an idea of what we do on Super Saturdays check out the June Super Saturday gallery showing the presentation by Steve Hein, Director of the Wildlife Center and Georgia Southern University's Lamar Q. Ball Raptor Center. Super Saturdays are sponsored by Target, United Way of the Coastal Empire and the Savannah Presbytery.
Coastal Courier archives: April 2010, November 2009, July 2009, April 2009, March 27, 2009, March 11, 2009, January 2009, December 2008, November 2008, October 2008
Additional articles about LeConte-Woodmanston.
Lots of changes are taking place at LeConte-Woodmanston thanks to many supportive individuals and organizations.
Work continues on "The Walk" memorial. Board members and volunteers have provided valuable assistance. A campaign remains in effect for brick "adoptions". Engraved bricks will honor those 6,000 persons claimed as slaves in Liberty County in the 1860 U.S. Census. A $50.00 donation will purchase one brick; a $125.00 donation will fund one square yard of the walkway and both include a 1 year membership in the LeConte-Woodmanston Foundation, Inc. a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt organization. Go to our "Contributions" page if you would like to participate in this campaign or click here for a form you can print and send. See what our financial goal is for the memorial in 2010.
Our Board of Directors research committee is in the process of determining those enslaved in Liberty County and plantations they worked on.
The Flood Gate Narrative oral history project began in September 2009. We are partnering with Dorchester Academy and SCAD to complete this important project.
Read an article about construction of "The Walk" and opportunities for you to provide assistance. If you can help please contact us.
Read about the groundbreaking ceremony for "The Walk" memorial and view a gallery of pictures.
Garden expansion continues. Stacy Ferrier, our current grounds manager, volunteers and board members continue work to improve and expand the gardens at Woodmanston. One recent addition is a Children's Garden, paid for by grants from the Target Corporation. A Camellia Forest and nursery has been added. Thirty-two camellias were rescued from older gardens in the Savannah area and air-layering was done on camellias in the Waycross area. In addition, eighty pre-1840 variety roses were purchased and planted in the formal garden thanks to a donation from the Trustees Garden Club in Savannah.
The Southeastern Camellia Society also plans to assist with our garden expansion.
The American Camellia Society has made LeConte-Woodmanston a part of the National Camellia Trail.
If you would like to donate a camellia please check our Camellia Wish List.
Read a recent article by the Garden Club of Georgia.
The Georgia Iris Society has generously offered to donate iris bulbs for our formal gardens.
The Georgia and Florida Daffodil Societies will help us to locate 36 varieties of bulbs that existed in Louis's historic garden. Read Southern Edition article - "Daffodils in Early Southern Gardens"
If you would like to contribute a plant to LeConte-Woodmanston check our Plant Wish List.
If you want to offer support or volunteer, please visit our "Get Involved" page.
View a list of our current supporters.
To read more about projects and changes at Woodmanston go to our Recent Updates page.