For guests visiting the Lowcountry Zoo at Brookgreen Gardens, that feeling of being certain you'd found the right place had always been a bit of a struggle. Using traditional Lowcountry construction materials including old solid brick and oyster shell tabby, Environmental Concepts defined the sense of...
Spanish Goats were first brought to the United States in the 1500s by Spanish explorers. They served as a source of milk, meat, wool, and pelts for early settlers. They were the only goats known across the Southern United States for more than 300 years...
Working closely with Brookgreen Gardens' staff and the design/build team, Environmental Concepts is honored to have been a part of the eponymous pavilion project. In addition to Site Development Plans, Environmental Concepts helped with locating and sizing the pavilion, named for Trustee Emeritus Don Leonard. Adjacent and...
A large version of Anna Hyatt Huntington’s sculpture Fillies Playing was cast only once during the artist's lifetime. In 2010, Brookgreen Gardens was fortunate to acquire a modern-day casting from a bronze studio that created new molds from the original model. Directly adjacent the colonnade which joins...
Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966) was commissioned to create Time and the Fates of Man, the 80-feet tall sculptural centerpiece for the 1939 New York World’s Fair - the white plaster sculpture was the largest sundial in the world. A smaller bronze version of the sculpture was subsequently acquired...
The Chanticleer Gateway Plaza and Concourse serve as the main pedestrian gateway into the TD Sports Complex and the unifying circulation corridor through the athletic district on Coastal Carolina University's Campus. Sporting a life-size statue of the university's mascot, Chauncey, the plaza design promotes public art, team spirit,...
A favorite for many Lowcountry Zoo visitors, the otter exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens is approximately 1,200 square feet in size and features an 8,000 gallon above-ground pool made from clear acrylic panels. Inside the pool, replicas of river banks provide the otters with places to...
Sponsored by the Myrtle Beach International Airport and Brookgreen Gardens, this exhibit featured the sculpture Mountain Fishing by Rosetta. Brookgreen’s concept of landscape design is exemplified by the use of native plants and exotics adapted to this climate -- this exhibit utilized Norfolk Island Pines, Angel...