Spring blooming azaleas fill the air at Magnolia Gardens near Charleston in South Carolina

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Magnolia Gardens near Charleston in South Carolina was established in 1676 along the Ashley River by the Drayton family thirteen generations ago It is the oldest major public garden in America and reatures a petting zoo topiary garden Indian burial mound slave cabins live oaks cypress trees and acres of blooming azalea bushes in the Spring

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Location: Near Charleston in South Carolina USA
Photo credit: © GEORGE AND MONSERRATE SCHWARTZ / Alamy / Afripics
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