Charleston Tea Plantation History

This wine & tea lover’s dream is a great way to see the lowcountry sights outside of charleston.

Charleston tea plantation history. They planted the tea at middleton’s plantation. In the 1670’s, english planters began to migrate from barbados to the area now known as charleston, south carolina. A brief history of plantations in charleston south carolina.

Charles shephard founded the pinehurst tea plantation in summerville, sc and for the first time, tea was being grown in the united states. In 1963, the lipton tea company, worried about the instability of the third world countries that produce tea, paid to have the surviving tea plants at pinehurst moved to a former potato farm on wadmalaw island. In the 1700’s, the camellia sinensis plant first arrived in the united states from china.

We were fortunate to arrive on a day when they had just done a harvest and were processing tea leaves for green tea. Charleston tea plantation admission with winery & distillery tour cancellation policy: The charleston tea garden, formerly known as the charleston tea plantation, is a great way to spend a couple of hours.

Located on wadmalaw island, southwest from charleston, is america’s only tea plantation. Bigelow, inc., grows tea in the united states of america. They founded the city, then called charles town, and set up large plantations around the outskirts.

The charleston tea plantation was established in 1960 on a tract of land on wadmalaw island. En route, we will make a stop to photograph the angel oak tree. Experience the only tea plantation in north america, which is about 30 minutes outside of downtown charleston.

Capturing south carolina style, character, and beauty for more than 40 years, charleston magazine is the authority on living well in the lowcountry. The tea plants are absolutely gorgeous. In the late 1700's tea bushes arrived from china.