The Charleston Tea Garden is thrilled to open our doors to our visitors again! It has been a lonely three months without you!! We are excited to share with you how we grow, harvest, and produce our American grown tea! And remember, admission is free!

During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Charleston Tea Garden is devoted to the safety and well-being of our staff and visitors. We are implementing appropriate protocols and policies to provide an enjoyable and memorable visit, while also providing a safe environment to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We appreciate your cooperation with our requests and welcome any suggestions.

The following safety measures are being taken:

  • For your safety and the safety of others, face coverings are mandatory during your visit here. Our associates are required to wear a face mask while working.

  • Hand sanitizer stations are provided throughout the premises.

  • Please be considerate of others by following social distancing guidelines by staying at least 6 feet apart.

  • Admission

    • Once in the parking lot you may proceed to the restrooms, grounds, gift shop/factory tour.

    • Our rocking chairs and picnic tables have been removed from our public areas. If you wish to have a picnic, you are welcome to use our picnic area with your chairs, blankets, etc. There is limited seating on the front porch and tour way for those who need to rest.

    • Restroom facilities are limited to 2 people at a time.

    • The Gift Shop and Factory Tour areas are limited to 20 people at a time.

  • Gift Shop

    • Per the South Carolina Governor’s orders, a maximum number of 20 people are allowed in our gift shop and tour way. Please observe the line markers on the front porch. A greeter will be at the door to answer questions and monitor gift shop entrance.

    • Plexiglas Sneeze Guards have been installed around the cash registers.

    • Cash will not be accepted at this time.

    • Credit card readers and counters will be sanitized after each use.

  • Tours

    • Our video guided factory tour will be running every 15 minutes.

    • The trolley tour is not available at this time.

Thank you for visiting Charleston Tea Garden! We hope you enjoy your visit with us today. Please let us know if we can be of assistance.

The Charleston Tea Garden

 

Welcome to the Charleston Tea Garden!  For tea lovers, we promise a once in a lifetime experience.  We're the only tea garden in North America* where you can see hundreds of thousands of tea bushes stretching out acre after acre for almost as far as the eye can see.  There is no admission charge. The only charge you will incur is one for the trolley tour.

The Bigelow family, William Barclay Hall and the staff of the garden stand ready to bring you the tea experience of your life.  We're located on picturesque Wadmalaw Island in the heart of the lowcountry just a few miles south of the historic city of Charleston.

In addition to our many acres of tea plants, we offer a very educational tour of our tea factory.  You get to walk the entire length of our tea production building where you can see all the equipment it takes to make tea.  Large TV screens along the glassed in gallery describe the entire process.  As mentioned, we also offer a 45 minute trolley ride, which makes a stop at our state of the art greenhouse.  Last but not least is our gift shop, stocked with more tea related items than you can possibly imagine.  Last year some seventy five thousand people from all over the world came to visit us.  We'd love to have you be one of them this coming year.

*There are many hundreds of tea gardens in the world.  With the exception of the Charleston Tea Garden, they're all located in Asia, Africa and South America, many thousands of miles from our shores.

 

 
 
Guests in line to enjoy a scenic trolley tour

Guests in line to enjoy a scenic trolley tour

Tours

Find out about our tours and what you will experience on them. 

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Charleston Tea Garden’s Gift Shop

Charleston Tea Garden’s Gift Shop

OUR PRODUCTS

Are you interested in learning more about our different products? 

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Waddy the Frog

Waddy the Frog

Waddy The Frog

Located on our front porch, Waddy is the mascot of the Charleston Tea Garden. 

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