Keeper's Garden

The Tybee light station gave keepers room for kitchen gardens, where families raised vegetables, fruit, and herbs to sustain themselves in a remote coastal posting far from town markets.

Keeper's Garden is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0223, -80.8451 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tybee Lighthouse, Savannah River Light, and Journal of the Light-House Station.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.