Brookgreen Gardens’ Harvest Home Weekend offers fun, outdoor activities
Scarecrow building, pumpkin painting and a hay maze will be the highlights of Brookgreen Gardens’ Harvest Home Weekend festival on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast. The event, which celebrates the fall season with fun, family-friendly and safe outdoor activities, will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 5...
Smithsonian ‘Water/Ways’ exhibit opens at South Carolina’s Maritime Museum
[caption id="attachment_6880" align="aligncenter" width="700"] The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit "Water/Ways" has opened at South Carolina's Maritime Museum in Georgetown. (Photo by Clayton Stairs/Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce)[/caption] Water has been the driving force for Georgetown County for centuries, the economic elixir for industry and tourism, business and...
‘Caines Boys’ continue family legacy of carving sought-after duck decoys
As brothers Jerry and Roy Caines work side by side in a small shed on their humble property near Georgetown, an observer might not realize they are witnessing history –– and talent that has survived through three generations on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast. Carving intricate, life-sized...
Four years after fire, new Nature Center opens at Huntington Beach State Park
[caption id="attachment_6841" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Visitors tour the newly opened Nature Center at Huntington Beach State Park following a grand-opening celebration Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (Photo by Clayton Stairs/Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce)[/caption] A new Nature Center at Huntington Beach State Park on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast...
New book explores Sandy Island’s history, culture and natural beauty
Described as “South Carolina’s own Garden of Eden,” Sandy Island, west of Murrells Inlet along the Waccamaw River, could look totally different today if development plans went forward in the 1990s. Instead, it is a shining example of environmental and cultural preservation on South Carolina’s...