Annual Meeting

April 1-3, 2011
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge will host the 29th Annual Meeting of the SGHS, April 1-3, 2011. Louisiana’s Capitol city sits as a crossroads between the Old and the New South. Moreover, the city is a place where Anglo and Franco traditions have merged into new modern landscapes. Participants will see a variety of public and private gardens that reflect these various influences, which merge in the lower Mississippi River valley. The Sunday optional tour will feature outstanding private gardens in nearby Pointe Coupee Parish. Annual meeting organizers are calling for paper proposals on such topics as gardening traditions in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the South, cultural influences in gardening, and newly discovered sources in Southern garden history. Paper proposals should include a two-page description of the paper to be presented, and a biographical statement or brief resume of the speaker. Proposals are due by November 1, 2010 and should be e-mailed to Anne Legett at wlegett@cox.net.

More information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

An annual meeting is held each spring in a different location in the South for the purposes of studying the garden and landscape history of that area, creating further interest in garden history and restoration in the area, and stimulating interchange of information and ideas among members.

Previous meetings have been held in the following locations:

1983   Atlanta, Georgia
1984   Natchez, Mississippi
1985   Annapolis, Maryland
1986   Montgomery, Alabama
1987   Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
1988   Nashville, Tennessee
1989   Savannah, Georgia
1990   Mount Vernon, Virginia
1991   St. Francisville, Louisiana
1992   Charleston, South Carolina
1993   Washington/Fayette Counties, Texas
1994   Williamsburg, Virginia
1995   Mobile, Alabama
1996   Eastern Shore, Maryland
1997   Tallahassee, Florida
1998   Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
1999   Houston, Texas
2000   Mount Vernon, Virginia
2001   Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
2002   Natchez, Mississippi
2003   Atlanta, Georgia
2004   New Orleans, Louisiana
2005   Fredericksburg, Virginia
2006   Fort Worth, Texas
2007   Annapolis, Maryland
2008   Athens, Georgia
2009   Camden, South Carolina
2010   Mount Vernon, Virginia