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Oglethorpe established this ten-acre experimental garden in 1733, America's first; the Trustees hoped for silk, wine, and olives, but its lasting legacy was the upland cotton and peach trees that spread across the South.
Historical Marker
The Trustees' Garden
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About this site
The Trustees' Garden is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1952. 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 32.0784, -81.0836 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is New World Medical Plants (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Georgia Medical Society, Old Harbor Light, and Savannah's Early Economy.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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