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Kalmia Gardens (30 acres) is a mature botanical garden located at 1624 West Carolina Avenue Hartsville South Carolina. Part of Coker College it is open daily without admission.The gardens were established in the early 1930s by Mrs. David R. Coker on the land which had become a neglected dump. Mrs. Coker made trails dug a pond and planted ornamental species including azaleas camellias tea olives (Osmanthus fragrans) and wisteria.