One
of the oldest surviving gardens in America,
Middleton Place was constructed in the 1740s, when
the Forest and Augustan styles were favored in
England. Its near contemporaries, and closest
English relatives, are Chiswick, Claremont, Rousham
and Studley Royal. Middleton Place is an important,
beautiful and interesting example. A Camellia garden
was begun in the late-eighteenth century and has
been extended.
