Bonaventure Cemetery

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04/29/2026

The hours where it all softly blends, the world, an impression not fully formed by the day ahead.

Another wonderful day out with guests in Bonaventure Cemetery!
04/29/2026

Another wonderful day out with guests in Bonaventure Cemetery!

On April 21, 1846, what was once a private plantation overlooking the Wilmington River began its transformation into one...
04/21/2026

On April 21, 1846, what was once a private plantation overlooking the Wilmington River began its transformation into one of the most beautiful and storied cemeteries in the South. Originally part of the Bonaventure Plantation, the land was acquired first by the Evergreen Cemetery Company, and then eventually by the City of Savannah in 1907, when it officially became the Bonaventure Cemetery we know today.

Over those 180 years, these sacred grounds have been a place of remembrance, reflection, art, and quiet wonder. So much life, grief, and history has been witnessed beneath the moss and oak limbs, and amongst the azaleas and tombs.

In his "A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf", John Muir wrote that Bonaventure Cemetery "is an ideal place for a penniless wanderer" and that "if that burying-ground across the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in Scripture, was half as beautiful as Bonaventure, I do not wonder that a man should dwell among the tombs." Over 180 years later, that statement still rings true.

From poets, musicians, and naturalists, to everyday lives woven into Savannah’s rich past, Bonaventure has been, and continues to be a living memory, landscape of legacy, and a place where time gently pauses.

Happy Birthday, Bonaventure Cemetery!

04/05/2026

Thanks to Hannah Welling for the original footage!

"Shall we ride to Bonaventure and get idlewild?" Coupling will likely always be part of the cemetery's life rythym. It's...
04/04/2026

"Shall we ride to Bonaventure and get idlewild?" Coupling will likely always be part of the cemetery's life rythym. It's hard to say whether photographer, J.N.Wilson staged this couple or brought them along for the shoot. Perhaps they wandered into the scene which may explain the woman's phantom legs as she did move when the photo was taken. If one squints hard enough there's a sense of her wearing a tall riding hat, perhaps a Buckram or bustle style. He's certainly outfitted in a taller hat, maybe wool felt and Equestrian. Hard to say. The couple is looking in the direction of the early Clinch family vault hidden a bit behind the trees. Interestingly Major Clinch, invented a mechanism for a sulky that isolated the horse for a smoother ride and a push carriage for transporting children. The patent issued 2 days before his death at 55 which by measure of how wounded he was left at Ft. McAllister in 1864 and still refused to give up command, it's amazing he survived that late in life. He was a living legend among Northern & Southern ranks and I suspect our couple in the photo knew of him by at least reputation. One wonders if they, too, are now buried nearby and whether or not couples taking notice of their headstones.

Nearly a decade back, mapmaker, Michael Karpovage of Roswell, turned out The Bonaventure Cemetery Illustrated Map. This ...
03/24/2026

Nearly a decade back, mapmaker, Michael Karpovage of Roswell, turned out The Bonaventure Cemetery Illustrated Map. This weekend at Macon, GA's Cherry Blossom Festival, in conjunction with Rose Hill Preservation & Restoration, Inc., they'll be unveiling The Rose Hill Cemetery 1840 Illustrated Map. Famed for The Allman Brother's Band related burials, this cemetery garden landscape is one of the more epic in The South, if not the whole of the U.S. Unlike the flatland of Bonaventure, the Italian terrace style of Rose Hill Cemetery 1840 proved to be an amazing challenge to capture all in one map, but with high powered drone flying and thousands of photos, what seemed impossible, was accomplished inside of a very rewarding project over 8 months. Michael works with a combination of graphic design and hand illustration and has the patience of a 10th century monk! Get your map or 18 x 27 poster version at www.rosehillcemetery.org 100% of sales goes entirely back to Rose Hil Cemetery 1840!

03/23/2026

When Bonaventure Cemetery wakes us all up for Spring!

Great imagery!
03/23/2026

Great imagery!

Beautiful imagery!
03/15/2026

Beautiful imagery!

Some of those 1950s & 60s postcards just fell flat printing wise but mailed with no less of a sentiment. When "Bobbie" w...
03/15/2026

Some of those 1950s & 60s postcards just fell flat printing wise but mailed with no less of a sentiment. When "Bobbie" was but 28 years old in 1958 he sent this sweet postcard to his mother (Alma) and father's (Edwin) modest home in Parkville, MD. You can detect the love and affinity and it no doubt made them smile. From the sound of it, this future phone technician was taking a job in Savannah "I have it soft down here. I have a desk job with AC." He was a National Guardsman and according to family he loved crabbing and fishing and one wonders if he did some from the old docks at Greenwich. He was also an avid oil painter so perhaps Bonaventure and Savannah became his inspiration and study. 1958 was also pivotal as somewhere there was a girl, and their son, "Bobby, Jr.," would be born to them although details are fuzzy from here as his "wife Janice of 27 years," wasn't born until 1965. So, yes, he would marry eventually and a woman, 30 years his own junior from which there would be a flock in the way of 4 grandchildren and 6, great grandchildren. Bobbie spent years involved with The Boys Brigade and Little League coaching. He was an active member of The Mount Carmel Methodist Church in Harford County where he is buried in their very historic cemetery. Thanks for going down another Bonaventure Cemetery postcard distraction road with us!

03/12/2026

The eternal mist across Bonaventure - with flowers.

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Savannah, GA
31404

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