Even More Amazing Planned Communities

If you are looking for something more exclusive than the neighborhoods featured yesterday, perhaps these gated, wildlife preservation, equestrian estate communities will fit the bill.

At the very edge of Mount Pleasant –

"Sewee Preserve is a 500-acre conservation development near Charleston, S.C., located within the Sewee to Santee corridor, which runs from just north of Mt. Pleasant to the Santee River Delta. The property serves as a key link in the preservation of this strip of pristine South Carolina coastline, completing a seamless network of over 300,000 acres in the form of a “greenbelt” from Sewee to Santee, including the Francis Marion National Forest and the Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge.

Developer Dennis Avery has protected more than 400 acres of the property through a conservation easement held by Wetlands America Trust, ensuring that the land will be permanently protected from further development and offering safe haven for the wildlife that will continue to thrive there. The remaining property is divided into just 30 home sites on one contiguous block of 90 acres that runs along the salt marsh of Sewee Bay."

http://www.seweepreserve.com/splash.asp

In Hollywood –

"Poplar Grove offers Lowcountry living the way it should be. We’re convenient to the attractions of Charleston – but like the grand plantations of antebellum times, we’re far removed from urban clatter. All while cultivating a Southern sense of neighborliness thanks to shared facilities like the Boathouse Center, community docks and a community pavilion over the water.

In every way, we let the original landscape dictate the design. Where a grand old oak stood in the path of a road, the road was moved. Where a point of land. Foundation brickwork from plantation buildings was recovered for use in the community boathouse. Irrigation canals that fed the early rice fields were restored to their original profiles. A unique drainage system was installed under roadways to promote a historic, park-like atmosphere and avoid the standard curb-and-gutter look of contemporary subdivisions. These characteristics have drawn people to the Lowcountry for centuries. And we’re making sure Poplar Grove residents will enjoy them for generations.

From landscape materials to our design details and colors, development of Poplar Grove is carefully guided by Lowcountry tradition and the effort to achieve natural harmony. In addition to carefully preserved grand trees and development of a natural, park-like atmosphere, landscape principles rely on a wide variety of plants native to the area. Natural colored paving materials and subdued lighting add to the understated ambiance, and wherever possible, existing habitat for native plants and animals will be protected."

http://www.poplargrovecharleston.com/