Event

Drayton Hall Welcomes Intern Margarita Valencia from French Heritage Society

2012 Internship Project

From June 4th to the 24th, Ms. Valencia will focus on the terraced portion of Drayton Hall’s gardens that are adjacent to the river. She will work on a landscape overlay plan that will make the area more aesthetically pleasing while increasing interpretive opportunities.

Dr. Carter C. Hudgins, director of education and preservation at Drayton Hall, says, “The recent rediscovery of Drayton Hall's 18th-century terraces adds to a growing understanding of the organized nature of Drayton Hall's extensive gardens. Shaped through human labor and accentuated with both local and imported plantings, John Drayton's terraces were one of many features designed to please the senses and broadcast his connections to intellectual pursuits in botany and landscape design. Margarita's work will not only help to redefine the elaborate terraces, but will give such features prominence through the establishment of a planting plan that, once implemented, will return native trees, historic shrubs and their colors to one of early America's most significant estates.”

For more information, click on the Press Release, or call Drayton Hall at 843-769-2600.