A little Southern hospitality goes a long way in South Carolina’s Wadmalaw Island, home of America’s only tea garden, the Charleston Tea Plantation. Cindi Bigelow gives a fun and informative video tour of the idyllic plantation, purchased by the Bigelow family in 2003.

The plantation receives over 30,000 visitors each year, many of whom are curious [...]

The 2008 harvest at Bigelow’s Charleston Tea Plantation was one for the books, including the introduction of five brand new American Classic Tea varieties. As the only location in North America where tea is grown, the Charleston Plantation is located on Wadmalaw Island, just south of Charleston, South Carolina, and it holds a wealth of [...]

America’s Heartland, whose crew travels the country in search of stories celebrating our nation’s agriculture, recently featured The Charleston Tea Plantation, the heartland’s only tea plantation. The video tells a story of how the Bigelow family’s investment brought new life to a tea crop that dates back to Colonial times. It tells of the ups and [...]

In 2003, the Bigelow family bought the historic Charleston Tea Plantation to preserve the heritage of tea in North America. Now just four years later, the plantation is thriving and producing tea. What’s more, with all the tender, loving care that the Bigelow family has poured into the facility, the plantation is now also well [...]

If you are a regular visitor to our blog, you might know that Bigelow is very proud to own the Charleston Tea Plantation. This historic site is the only place in North America where tea is grown today and it has quite a tale to tell!Â
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David Bigelow co-chairs the board at Bigelow and is the [...]

News from the Charleston Tea Plantation: The first tea harvest for 2008 will take place this Wednesday May 7th. We will be building inventory for our First Flush Festival which takes place on May 17th.  Go here for more information.
The weather continues to be dry here on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, therefore the leaves are a [...]

Bigelow Teas Charleston Tea Plantation welcomes guests to celebrate the arrival of the spring season with their Annual First Flush event, a day dedicated to the entrance of the 2008 crop harvest. Taking place on May 17, 2008 on Wadmalaw Island, the 2nd annual First Flush Festival will offer a full day of excitement and [...]

With over forty years experience in every facet of the tea industry, William Barclay Hall knows everything there is to know about tea.  Originally from Canada, Mr. Hall received his formal training in England in the late 1960s:  first with Brooke Bond, LTD, then the largest tea packer in the world and later, with Van [...]

Aaron Lawrence knows…
After winning the R.C. Bigelow Incentive Program, territory rep., Aaron Lawrence was treated to a weekend at the Charleston Tea Plantation, which is the largest tea garden in the country.  As you can tell from the photos, Aaron really enjoyed learning all there is to know about making tea.  Aaron even made some [...]