This pond, created to capture the reflections of thousands of flowers each spring, may be older than the US itself. When this garden was built Versailles was the model, the plantation in a backwater marsh and swamp area.

We hit the peak of the blooms, and I guess right before the tourist groups start. I usually avoid this time of year but I did wanted to get the colors while Ellen shot some macro/flash.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the plantation this bright and colorful, I’m planning on going over early morning in a day or so to look around the far side of the ponds near the river.

Middleton Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.