06/09/2026
Summer in the Lowcountry has always been the slow season. The one that invites you to look closer, stay longer, and remember what's been here all along. This year, we're looking back and celebrating 250 years of history.
Inside, we travel the Hammock Coast from Georgetown to Pawleys Island, tracing 250 years of Lowcountry history through the plantations, ports, and barrier islands that shaped it. We sit down with Nat Bradford, the eighth-generation farmer bringing a nearly extinct heirloom watermelon back from the edge — and discovering what the modern food system traded away along the way. And we follow an architect and a publisher as they embark on cataloging nearly 700 of Summerville's historic buildings, uncovering stories that have been hiding in plain sight.
Plus: Chef Noah Coleman's soul food homecoming on Central Avenue, a family-run fishing charter built on tide and tradition, the 250th anniversary exhibit at Middleton Place, summer page-turners you'll want to pack for the beach or the pool, the humble art of the seafood boil, and more.
You won't want to miss this commemorative edition! Hitting locations throughout the Lowcountry this week.
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