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Rice Plantation and Botanical Garden |
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Rice Plantation and Botanical Garden |
The mission of the LeConte-Woodmanston Foundation is to preserve the rich historic, ecological and scientific heritage of LeConte's Woodmanston Plantation, and to provide a public educational and interpretive program.
John LeConte, son of Louis (1818-1891)
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Joseph Leconte, son of Louis (1823-1901) |
These silhouettes (circa 1812-1825) are the only known images of Louis and Ann LeConte. The originals were among the few personal items of the LeConte family to survive the Civil War.
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Three generations of LeContes left a lasting impact on American Science and natural history. Major John Eatton LeConte explored and recorded much of the Smoky Mountains. His brother, Louis, was famous for his botanical garden at Woodmanston Plantation. Joseph and John, Louis' sons, helped establish the University of California at Berkeley. Joseph co founded the Sierra Club with his friend, John Muir. |
LeConte's Woodmanston Rice Plantation, part of the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Liberty County, Georgia. Home of the LeConte family, of Riceboro, Georgia, some of American's most prolific scientists. This 18th and 19th century rice plantation was one of the largest in Liberty County, located in historic Bulltown Swamp, a blackwater swamp ecosystem peculiar to the coastal plains. Its unique inland swamp, gravity flow system of irrigation was seldom used after 1820. Today the LeConte-Woodmanston Foundation is restoring approximately 64 acres of the original 3,300 acre plantation, centered around the 1838 homesite, which contained the botanical gardens, and the rice fields in the heart of historic Bulltown Swamp. |
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm
Admission $2.00 per person. Mailing Address:
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The images on this page were taken from the Illustrated History of the LeConte's Woodmanston Rice Plantation and Botanical Garden. |
Leconte-Woodmanston History