S. M. Garver - South Carolina Views

South Carolina is home to Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden (images on this page and the next) and the Caw Caw Nature and History Interpretive Center (images on the subsequent page).

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Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden - Columbia, South Carolina
May 14, 2010
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Elevated walkway inbound
[A wooden plank bridge with wooden fencing on both sides. There are a series of tall pointy posts which probably go down into the water to support the bridge. On all sides are lots of tally leafy trees.]

One of the beauties in the garden
[Maroon and white lily.]

Part of the sample Latino garden display
[Colorful sun sculpture hanging on a brick wall.]

Asian garden (A peaceful place I sat to enjoy the surroundings.)
[Area with wooden benches and railings with a bubbling water fountain under the cover of trees.]

A place I sat to have fun with the surroundings.
[Me seated in an oversized wooden lawn chair.]

Flower art in the garden
[Three photos stitched together displaying colorful metal art flowers posted in the garden.]

Botanical garden bloom
[A spray of white 4-petal blooms at the end of a branch which has large multi-lobed leaves.]

Another botanical garden bloom
[These red spiny blooms look like bottle brushes rather than flowers. Each branch has its own set of red. The leaves at the tip of the red spines are similar to evergreen tree leaves.]

A magnolia tree loaded with blooms.
[A tree more than 25 feet tall with dark leaves and dozens of large white flowers from the ground all the way to just near the top.]

The inside of a magnolia bloom
[An ultra-close view of a bloom showing the inner part which is a grouping of thin white worm-like things topped by a yellow section which has a bunch of pointy ends. The entire middle part is less than the length of one white petal.]

Rocks were incorporated into the path. (Path added to the forest rather than surroundings removed to create a path.)
[A concrete path poured around small boulders in the forest.]

Remains of the Saluda factory that was rebuilt after Sherman's march across the South burned it, but not rebuilt after a fire destroyed it in 1886.
[Remains of a stone block wall in the forest.]

Tram shuttling visitors between the garden and zoo. (This bridge crosses the Saluda River.)
[Back end of a 3 car tram full of people as it passed me on the bridge.]

Saluda River separates the zoo and the botanical gardens.
[River curving out of sight in the distance. Banks have trees overhanging the water.]

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