Holiday season offers family-fun events on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast®
From parades and home tours to light displays and live music performances, South Carolina’s Hammock Coast® offers a variety of events during the holiday season. Holiday events start in November and continue through Christmas and New Years Eve. Mark A. Stevens, director of tourism development for...
Brookgreen Gardens’ Nights of a Thousand Candles up for national honor
Brookgreen Gardens’ Nights of a Thousand Candles, long regarded as South Carolina’s premier Christmas attraction, has been nominated as one of 20 finalists for the USA Today/10 Best “Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights” contest. The winner of the contest will be determined by an online vote...
Georgetown once again ranks in Best Coastal Small Town contest
For the fourth consecutive year, Georgetown has once again ranked in America’s top choices for Best Coastal Small Town in the prestigious USA Today/10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest. After winning the moniker of “Best Coastal Small Town” in 2018, Georgetown has remained one of the...
Tour de Plantersville exceeds expectations, raises $40K for youth programs
Organizers for the Tour de Plantersville & Cultural Festival, held on Saturday, Oct. 30, on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast®, said the weather and the turnout were better than they had even hoped. [caption id="attachment_65838" align="alignleft" width="591"] Bicycle riders share their enthusiasm for beautiful weather and chance...
Hobcaw Barony, landmark cultural and history center, blossoms in new book
A Pawleys Island woman’s volunteer efforts at Hobcaw Barony have blossomed into a 132-page book that chronicles the flowering plants found at the 16,000-acre cultural and history center. That book, titled “Flowering Plants of Hobcaw Barony,” is the result of collaboration between volunteer Maureen Mulligan, a...