Kingsley Plantation Demonstration Garden - Jacksonville, FL - Demonstration Gardens on Waymarking.com

A brochure for the Kingsley Plantation's audio tour includes the following information about the demonstration garden:

"During the spring, summer and fall the garden provides a first hand look at plantation period cash crops such as Sea Island cotton, indigo, and sugar cane, and daily food crops like peanuts, peas, pumpkins, potatoes, and okra.

By the 1790s, Sea Island cotton was the main cash crop. This cotton grew best on the islands along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and north Florida. Its strong fibers are long and silky, making it very valuable.

The cotton plants grow as high as seven feet, and the cotton was picked daily from late July to December. Slaves also were given the tasks of removing the seeds by hand and packing bales for shipment to market. During the peak of the cotton harvest (October), a task could last all day.

The four marked posts between the garden area and the kitchen house lay our a 1/4 acre. Plantation tasks for field workers were measured in increments of the 1/4 acre."

Address: 11676 Palmetto Avenue Jacksonville, FL USA 32226 Educational programs: Yes Demonstration garden's website:: [Web Link]

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