Orangeburg

Orangeburg, the Garden City, features the Edisto Memorial Gardens. 150 acres of cypress trees, azaleas,  camellias, and 5,000 rose plants rank the gardens among the top twenty tourist attractions in South Carolina, with 600,000 visitors annually. Included is Horne Wetlands Park, a 2,600-foot boardwalk along the North Edisto River. Garden events include the South Carolina Festival of Roses in April and the Children's Garden Christmas. Orangeburg also features the historic campuses of South Carolina State University and Claflin College, vital to African American heritage, Orangeburg County's Fine Arts Center, the Bluebird Theater, and Robert Stevenson Auditorium, plus many antique shops, historic homes, churches, and cemeteries.