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Plant ID Tags

The grounds at Pebble Hill are covered with beautiful shrubs and magnificent trees, many planted in the early twentieth century. Guests constantly inquire about these plantings. Other patrons are looking for definitive type and color information when the camellias and azaleas are in blossom. Members of Thomasville’s Briarcliff Garden Club have been gathering information in the plantation’s gardens for well over a year to provide answers. Pebble Hill docents Taylor Littlefield and Hazel Courtney (also a Briarcliff member) have just finished placing identification markers by trees and shrubs around the Main House. Are you interested in horticulture or thinking about upgrading your landscape? To see and learn more, check out the new markers in Pebble Hill’s gardens.

Painting Receives Facelift

If you have visited the Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery in the last month, you will have noticed a good friend missing from the wall of the Main Gallery. John Emms’ wonderful painting of hounds and puppies has been out for a bit of restoration. Yost Conservation, one of the nation’s finest firms, has been repairing a small spot of damage and refurbishing the painting. The handsome painting should be back home for all to enjoy in less than 2 months. The masterful maintenance will have the painting ready to endure another fifty years.

First Graders Visit Pebble Hill

106 first graders visit Pebble Hill. Read More

Taiwanese Rotarians Visit Pebble Hill

Rotarians from Taiwan were in Thomasville this week as part of Rotary’s Group Study Exchange and included Pebble Hill Plantation in their visit. Read More

Antique Car Club Visit

Members of the Horseless Carriage Club of America rolled into Pebble Hill recently and filled the parking lot with their magnificently restored antique automobiles. Read More

Shotgun Dinner Club

The Shotgun Dinner Club recently held an event in a very unique location - the basement of Pebble Hill's Main House. To view a video showcasing this event. . .Read More

Plant Identification Project

Members of the Briarcliff Garden Club are currently out and about at PHP identifying the plantings, many of which were planted when Kate Hanna Ireland Harvey was mistress at the Plantation. Read More

New Watercolor Exhibit Opens

South Georgia, North Florida Reflections, a beautiful exhibit of watercolor paintings by four of the Tallahassee Watercolor Society’s most accomplished artists, opens at Pebble Hill. The artists include Nancy Banks, Rosemary Ferguson, Nina Freeman and Esther Tubbs. The exhibit, located on the upper floor of Pebble Hill's Main House (in The Galleries), will remain open February 17 thru March 31, 2013 during regular PHP hours.