Nice small corner park at Ferdinand & Royal Streets. Benches and shade to relax from strolling the Historic District.

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Surrounding the home are some fifty acres of landscaped grounds shaded by hundreds of ancient live oaks draped with Spanish moss and planted from acorns in the 1790s. The boxwood parterres of the antebellum formal gardens and the sunken gardens along the entrance drive are filled with ancient camellias and azaleas of staggering size, as well as sweet olive, magnolia fuscata and other 19th-century plantings. Like all early gardens, this one was so thoughtfully planned that there is nearly always something blooming, nearly always a nice fragrance in the air. Cast-iron urns and benches date from the 1850s, as does the charming Victorian summer house, which has recently been restored. Surrounded by hundreds of acres of unspoiled woodlands, Butler Greenwood has a huge population of birds and wildlife, including herons on the pond, white-tailed deer, fox, bobcats, and chipmunks.   More Information

The gardens were the province of Martha Turnbull throughout her life. The Turnbulls’ honeymoon in Europe included great formal gardens of France and Italy, an influence seen in Martha's activities at Rosedown. The gardens grew out from the house over a span of many decades, to cover approximately 28 acres. In the 19th century, Rosedown was one of the few privately maintained formal gardens in the United States. The 'big house' of Rosedown Plantation and its oaken alley. More Information