Wadmalaw Island

This is a photograph painted with watercolor pencils and digitally enhanced. I took the original photo on property owned by friends I was visiting.... more

by Sarah Loft

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Wadmalaw Island

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Sarah Loft

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Photograph - Painted Photograph With Digital Enhancement

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This is a photograph painted with watercolor pencils and digitally enhanced. I took the original photo on property owned by friends I was visiting. This was lush, virgin forest along the water's edge. The colors are my bit of "poetic license".

Per Wikipedia: Wadmalaw Island is an island located in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. Wadmalaw Island is located generally to the southwest of Johns Island and more than halfway encircled by it.

Wadmalaw Island was landed upon by Captain Robert Sandford and the crew of the Berkeley Bay in mid-June 1666 after an excursion up the Bohicket Creek. It is believed that Sandford landed where Rockville, South Carolina now sits. On June 23, 1666, Captain and crew carried out the ritual of turf and twig, claiming the land for England and the Lords Proprietors.

In more recent times, The Lipton Tea Company operated an experimental tea farm on Wadmalaw Island from 1960 until 1987, when it was sold to Mack Fleming and Bill Hall. These gentlemen converted the experimental farm into a working tea plantation. The Charleston Tea Plantation utilized a converted cotton picker and tobacco harvester to mechanically harvest the tea. The Charleston Tea Plantation sold tea mail order known as American Classic Tea and also produced Sam's Choice Instant Tea, sold through Sam's Clubs. American Classic Tea has been the official tea of the White House since 1987. In 2003, Bigelow Tea Company purchased the Charleston Tea Plantation and temporarily closed the plantation in order to renovate it. The plantation reopened in January 2006. Tours are now offered of this last remaining working Tea Farm in America. Wadmalaw now produces Firefly, a sweet tea flavored vodka. It is popular throughout the Southern United States because of its recognizable flavor and cultural significance.

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