Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

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Plantation House Nature Train Nature Boat Audubon Swamp Garden From Slavery to Freedom

About the Gardens The Ashley River The Plantation House The Drayton Oak Flowerdale The Drayton Tomb Cypress Lake The Long Bridge Schoolhouse Pond The Bamboo Pond Biblical Garden The Maze Camellia Collection Historic Azaleas Zoo and Nature Center Cattail Wildlife Refuge Barbados Tropical Garden

From Slavery to Freedom Bird Walks Camellia Walks Daffodil Days Peak Bloom Periods Revolutionary War Reenactment Holiday Celebrations Magnolia Plantation Foundation

Images from the Past Prominent Family Members Early English History The Barbados Connection Colonial Era Revolutionary War Era Antebellum Magnolia Slavery at Magnolia The Civil War Reconstruction and Renaissance 20th Century Magnolia Magnolia Today

Plantation Shop and Gallery Peacock Café

Weddings & Receptions Private Parties

Zoo and Nature Center Peacock Café Audubon Swamp Garden Live Oak Playground The Maze Nature Train Nature Boat

The Nature Boat

Length:	Allow one hour.
Location:	Departs from a dock in the historic Garden.
Times:	Seven days a week from March through November each year. Departure times are 9:30 AM; 11:30 AM; 1:00 PM; 3:00 PM; 4:00 PM.
Cost:	$7.00 per adult; $5.00 for children 6-12; $3.00 for children under 6. Please book in advance at either the Admissions Gate or the Office.

If your children love water, then our Nature Boat ride is the perfect way to enjoy Magnolia Plantation and the Ashley River. Slip back in time as your boat glides through Magnolia’s old flooded ricefield along the Ashley River. While you explore the cattail-fringed canals, your naturalist captain will transport you to the age of rice growing and river-going. Alligators still slip silently across canals as egrets wade along shore, stalking fish or frogs. You might even surprise a flock of wood ducks or spy a grackle building its nest. Today the rice is gone, but the history is still alive.

The boat tour is also a perfect way to take a break from walking. You can cool your heels and enjoy the breeze of the Ashley River as you glide through a water world unknown to most visitors. Come see the wild wetlands as the “locals” do – from the water.

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
3550 Ashley River Road - Charleston, SC 29414
800.367.3517

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