Located about 40 minutes from Kiawah Island is the beautiful Magnolia Plantation. Magnolia is one of the most frequented tourist attractions in Charleston. With it's beautiful gardens, plantation home, swamp garden, fantastic function space, petting zoo, and a train ride, how can you not want to make a stop here? The current main house – the core of which was built prior to the Revolutionary War and floated down the Ashley River to Magnolia after the Civil War — gives a glimpse of plantation life in the 19th century and beyond. Ten rooms are open to the public, furnished with early-American antiques, porcelain, quilts, and other Drayton family heirlooms.
You can make a full day or a half day out of Magnolia Plantation. The beauty of the gardens is unbelievable. We once took 2 and a half hours of walking through, marveling at all of the wildlife, in just the swamp garden. I think I took over 120 pictures that day.
Make sure you stop by the petting zoo. Yes, you can be above the age of 6 and still enjoy the peacocks, and the pigs, and roosters.
A fun fact about the garden? Some of the gardens are over 325 years old, making it the oldest, unrestored garden in the United States. If you can, go there in April when the azeleas are blooming. You will not be disappointed.
For more information about the plantation, visit their official website at http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
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