SUMTER, S.C. — Swan Lake Iris Gardens is getting a new main entrance. At the center - A 24-foot swan sculpture crafted by world-renowned artist Grainger McKoy, and paid for, in large part, by ...

Swan Lake Iris Gardens is located at 822 W. Liberty Street in Sumter, South Carolina. It is just a little over two hours from Bluffton and is open year-round from 7:30 a.m. to dusk. Admission is free.

Swan Lake-Iris Gardens is one of Sumter’s main tourist attractions and unique features. It is a 165-acre, downtown park featuring all eight known species of swans and roughly 6 million irises.

Remember back in the day when you were a kid going on a school field trip? Or, perhaps more recently when you may have been a parent-chaperone or a teacher ...

Iris Festival Pageant: 8 queens, 2 overall queens, and one Miss Swan Lake will be named at the pageant, held at the Sumter Opera House at 10 am. Thursday, May 15 The Taste at the Gardens : It ...

But, as the population has swelled and businesses have come and gone, there has been one constant – an oasis of serenity called Swan Lake-Iris Gardens, at 822 W. Liberty St..