Pawleys Island, Litchfield get high marks in poll of state beachgoers
Two of South Carolina's Hammock Coast beaches got high ratings in a recent survey of newspaper readers. [caption id="attachment_64999" align="alignright" width="613"] Pawleys Island has welcomed families to its friendly seashore for generations. (Photo by Chris Rogers/Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce)[/caption] The Sun News, a McClatchy daily newspaper...
Discover 5 paths to Gullah Geechee culture on the Hammock Coast
Three hundred years ago, Georgetown County, South Carolina, held a claim to fame. More than half of the country’s rice was grown on the county’s 45,000 acres of rice fields. Ron Daise, a Gullah Geechee culture preservationist, explains why: “Here, there was the largest number...
Pawleys Island Finishes Second in Favorite Southern Beach Town Contest
Hammock Coast’s Most Famous Beach Reaffirms Reputation As One Of The South’s Premier Destinations After three weeks and five rounds of voting in Garden & Gun’s “Favorite Southern Beach Town” bracket, Pawleys Island finished second, coming in behind Mexico Beach, Florida, in the championship round. En...
Pawleys Island makes final round in Garden & Gun magazine’s Best Southern Beach Town
(UPDATE, April 2: Pawleys Island has won in the first, second, third and fourth matchups, and is now in the fifth and final round against Mexico Beach, Florida. The winner will be announced April 6.) Many have prepared their college basketball elimination brackets, but the real fun...
Brookgreen Gardens unveiling new Rosen Galleries indoor exhibition space
[caption id="attachment_64339" align="alignright" width="450"] Painting by Seerey Lester titled Black Bear to be displayed at Brookgreen Gardens.[/caption] The Brenda and Dick Rosen Galleries to open Feb. 27 In honor of its 90th anniversary, Brookgreen Gardens will unveil a new indoor art exhibition space, The Brenda and...