Tour the Gorgeous Garden at One of Charleston's Most Beautiful Historic Mansions

This lovely historic three-story Charleston home, the William C. Gatewood House, is one of the city's most beautiful. Owner Sarah Horton has done a meticulous, historically thoughtful interior restoration of the home with noted New York architect G.P. Schafer, known for his work on traditional, historic spaces. Like the interior of the home, Horton and husband Ozey's garden is framed by gorgeous old oak trees and planted with an array of classic Southern plants and boasts a garden design created by famed New York landscape designer Deborah Nevins.

The home's allée (a promenade/pathway in a formal French garden bordered by trees or bushes) features enormous potted Meyer lemon trees and a bed of crushed oyster shells. The shells, which are often used for landscaping in Charleston, are priced according to whether they are intact or crushed.

A soft, heritage green complemented with peach and navy unifies furniture, planters and accessories in this guest house courtyard designed by Deborah Nevins.

The 9,500-square-foot 1843 Greek revival Horton home is a classic Charleston sideyard house whose garden occupies one side of the home's lot. A fanciful red and white striped buggy is one way to traverse the city's historic streets in style.