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Enjoy Brookgreen Gardens in the cool of the evening when the gardens remain open late on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from through August 5. Wednesday and Friday evenings, music fills the air with outdoor concerts, evening boat rides, and on Thursday evenings there are special programs just for kids. Food service is available all three evenings.Entertainment and programs are included in garden admission which is good for seven days! (boat rides are an additional fee – adults $8, Children $4.) Here is the entertainment schedule for the week of June 22-24.

Wednesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. – Paperwork, Pop/Rock band

Thursday, June 23– Family Night  with a “A Pirate’s Journey Along the Creeks” aboard The Springfield. The pontoon boat rides are at 5, 6, and 7 pm. At the end of the trip, you’ll find the treasure chest and kids pick a keepsake coin from the chest to take home. Each child also gets a pirate hat and a treasure map that is theirs to keep. Arrrgh… don’t be a landlubber and miss the boat! (Regular boat ride tickets required) The Children’s Discovery Room is open until 7 pm and has 30,000 LEGO® bricks available for kids to play with during their visit. There will be a LEGO movie showing at 6:30 pm in the Lowcountry Center Auditorium and Nature Connects Art with LEGO Bricks® will be open until 8 pm in the Zoo!

Friday, June 24 at 7 p.m. – Stirling Bridge, Celtic/Rock

Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to Wednesday and Friday performances. The Lowcountry Trail, the Zoo with the new exhibit “Nature Connects Art with LEGO Bricks”, Butterfly House, and Enchanted Storybook Forest close at 8 p.m. The gardens are open until 9 p.m. Pontoon boat rides are available all three evenings at 5, 6 & 7 p.m.Pirate Boat Tour is Thursday evening only.

Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Landmark and non-profit organization, is located on U.S. 17 between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and is open to the public daily. For more information, visit our web site at www.brookgreen.org or call 843-235-6000.

Plantacular Sale April 2 & 3

The highly awaited spring Plantacular sale will be from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. and provide an opportunity to purchase high-quality, hard-to-find plants grown in Brookgreen’s greenhouses and selected nurseries. Brookgreen’s horticulture staff and volunteers will be on hand to offer advice in plant selection and other gardening tips.

“I always tell my friends to resist the temptation to plant too early in the spring,” said Sara Millar, Vice-President of Horticulture. “Often we will get a late cold snap in early spring so this is the perfect time to purchase plants that will bring beauty to your garden all year long.”

Please check the website for a list of the plants on that will be on sale and come early for the best selection. We will have butterfly-attracting annuals and perennials, tropical plants, some herbs, native plants, and some special surprises.

Brookgreen Gardens, a non-profit organization located on U.S. 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina, is open daily to the public. For more information, visit www.brookgreen.org or call 843-235-6000.

In celebration of its 85th anniversary, Brookgreen Gardens will host 12 larger-than-life LEGO® brick sculpture installations in its Native Wildlife Zoo from March 5 – September 5, 2016. Created by Sean Kenney, renowned artist and children’s author, “Nature Connects” is an award winning exhibit currently touring the country. Made from almost 400,000 LEGO® bricks, the sculptures bring nature to life with a 6-foot tall hummingbird hovering over a trumpet flower, a deer family made from 48,000 bricks, a giant tortoise, a 7-foot long giant dragonfly, and more. The exhibit will be open daily and is included in garden admission.

“Nature Connects is a perfect fit for us,” said Bob Jewell, President and CEO. “It combines nature with art in a playful and creative way and its placement in the Native Wildlife Zoo will bring more awareness of that aspect of our mission.”

The exhibit will feature interpretive panels with an educational message for each sculpture to help connect children with the natural world and promote sustainability and conservations. In addition, there will be educational activities such as a LEGO® sculpture building contest, scavenger hunts, and 30,000 LEGO® bricks available for guests to play, build, and use their imagination during their visit.

LEGOS currently is recognized as the number one brand in the world and is guided by the company spirit: “Only the best is good enough”. The company is committed to the development of children and aims to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through creative play and learning.

For nearly a decade, Sean Kenney has been using LEGO toys as a medium for contemporary sculpture. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC news, ELLE, Good Morning America, and he has created pieces for television shows, celebrities, tourist attractions, and fortune 500 companies around the world. Sean Kenney was the first of now only 13 “LEGO® Certified Professionals” worldwide, who are not employees of LEGO, but who are officially recognized by the LEGO Group as trusted business partners because of their building proficiency, their enthusiasm for the LEGO® brick and building system, and a professional approach towards other LEGO fans and the broader public. Each sculpture touches people as both a reflection from their childhood and as a sculptural piece of art. Sean aims to spark creativity in the viewer, especially in the case of a child, who can not only visualize creating something great themselves, but who can actually go home and do so.

Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Landmark and non-profit organization, is located on U.S. 17 between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and is open to the public daily. For more information, visit our web site atwww.brookgreen.org or call 843-235-6000.

The Reign of Rice Lecture Series
Saturday, February 20

Alphonso Brown, will present “Cultural Beliefs and Practices.” Brown is an author and owner and operator of Gullah Tours, Charleston, SC. His lecture is at 1 p.m. in the Wall Lowcountry Center Auditorium and is free with garden admission. “The Continuing Evolution of Rice Heritage” is the theme of the 2016 “The Reign of Rice Lecture Series.” Programs inform guests about the complexity of Gullah Geechee heritage through the production of rice.

Black History Month Program “Freedom Songs: From Civil War to Civil Rights”
Saturday, February 27

Natalie Daise will present “Freedom Songs: From Civil War to Civil Rights” – a 60-minute lecture presentation in observance of Black History Month. The program, at 1 p.m., in the the Lowcountry Center Auditorium, is free with garden admission.

Reservations are required by calling (843) 235-6049. An interactive, a cappella offering of spirituals, coded message songs and freedom songs, the performance also includes stories about the songs and their meanings. Daise developed the program to celebrate the Civil Rights milestones. Daise, a visual artist, storyteller, and creative catalyst, is also co-star of Nick Jr. TV’s “Gullah Gullah Island” TV series of the 1990s. For more than 20 years, Daise has developed and facilitated interactive learning experiences for educators, students, and audiences in schools, universities, conferences, and other venues, both nationally and regionally. Her accomplishments include: 1997 and 1998  IMAGE Award nominations; 1998 Daytime Emmy nomination; Silver and Gold Parent’s Choice awards; South Carolina’s highest honor, The Order of the Palmetto; and South Carolina’s Jean Lacy Harris Folk Heritage Award, given for lifetime achievement and excellence in folk art.