Preserving the Land We Love
Reclaimed wood, native landscaping, and local art - home to the Lowcountry Land Trust.
Where the tide meets the land, conservation comes to life. Along the river’s edge sits the Lowcountry Land Trust’s new center for stewardship, education, and advocacy on the banks of the Ashley River. Since 1986, the organization has protected over 163,000 acres around South Carolina by acquiring parcels big and small, including the iconic Angel Oak Preserve on Johns Island and, recently, Little Goat Island, a barrier island off the coast of Isle of Palms.
Soon, we will all be invited to enjoy the property. This year, the Stone Creek County Park will open the rest of the acreage, featuring walking trails.
Some evenings, I sit still and listen to the tide move through the marsh grass.
It’s not loud. It’s more of a whisper — a soft pulling and settling, like breath. If you’ve lived here long enough, you know that sound. You know the way the air shifts just before dusk. You know the smell of pluff mud at low tide - the smell of home.
The Lowcountry is not just where we live.
It’s who we are.
And that is why conservation isn’t some distant debate. It’s personal.
