Trustees Garden

Trustees’ Garden was established in the 1730s by General James Oglethorpe and is recognized as America’s first experimental agricultural garden. Covering ten acres, it was created to test crops that might thrive in the new colony, including mulberry trees for silk, along with cotton, indigo, peaches, and medicinal plants. Silk production never took root, but the garden helped introduce peaches and cotton, which later became central to Georgia’s farming. Over the centuries, the site has served many purposes, yet its legacy continues to connect Savannah to its earliest years and the founding of the colony.