HELL HOLE HISTORY SERIES

Reservations are required for every event in the series.

Call 843-567-4480 or e-mail hellholecenter@palmettoconservation.org  

Each event will begin at 2:30pm at the Palmetto Trail Hell Hole Outdoor Center at St. Stephen on SC Hwy 45 in St. Stephen and will be followed by a short trip to various points of interest. 

Travel will be by personal car.

BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR EACH EVENT

Botanists of St. Johns Berkeley

When: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008

Details:  Dr. Richard Porcher, botanist, professor, and author, will deliver a talk about local plants and the early botanists of St. John’s Berkeley Parish.  The talk will be followed by a trip to Thomas Walter’s Tomb and the ruins of the Old Santee Canal.

Directions: Hell Hole Outdoor center is located on SC 45 in St. Stephen at the railroad track.

Best non-fiction in the Southeast for 2008

When: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008

Details:  Liz Tucker, author of Pigs on the Patio, (Legacy Publications), will give a talk about her rollicking plantation memoir.  Pigs on the Patio, was named “Best non-fiction in the Southeast for 2008” by Independent Publishers, winning the Gold Medal IPPY Award.  Liz is a first-time author.  She was chosen from 600 entries at award ceremonies in Los Angeles as “reward to those who exhibit courage, innovation, and creativity in Independent Publishing.”  Legacy Publications won the Gold in 2001.  Any notion of Tara is quickly dispelled as, Pigs on the Patio, recounts days gone by; when a historic rice plantation in Hell Hole Swamp, near Charleston, SC roars into life once again as her family moves in.  The different stories are told with nostalgic good humor, a fun, uplifting of one’s spirits in today’s fractious times.  Though set in the Lowcountry, the book can be enjoyed anywhere and it has been warmly received by readers of all ages.  Liz was born and raised in Louisville, KY, but has spent the remainder of her life in the Lowcountry of SC.  She considers both places “home.”   After the talk/book signing, a trip of historical interest is being planned.         

Directions: Hell Hole Outdoor center is located in the St. Stephen Visitor Center on SC 45 East in

St. Stephen, SC at the railroad tracks.

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