MONCKS CORNER, S.C.- (Thursday, April 18, 2019) Cypress Gardens has seen more than 7,000 visitors at the park since the re-opening on Saturday, April 13, 2019.
The County celebrated the park’s re-opening with a ceremony and ribbon-cutting on Saturday. If you missed the Grand Re-Opening ceremony, you can view it here: http://bit.ly/CGCeremony
Pictures of the Grand Re-Opening can be found here: http://bit.ly/CGReOpening
More than 2,500 people visited the park on Saturday. Sunday saw more than 800 visitors. Nearly 1,100 people visited on Monday, April 15. More than 1,300 people came to the park on Tuesday, April 16. More than 1,300 people visited the park Wednesday, April 17. We anticipate the park will host more than 10,000 people by the end of the day, Easter Sunday, April 20.
Visitors at the park have enjoyed new renovations, improved exhibits, and more. There were improvements made to the boat dock, walkways, bridges, parking lot, ticket booth, visitors’ center, front lawn and much more. Additional playground equipment was also added to the park.
Video showing the progress at the park can be found here: http://bit.ly/CypressGardensReOpening
The majority of work at the park was completed in-house, with help from Berkeley County departments, including Facility and Grounds, Water and Sanitation, Roads and Bridges and others.
Cypress Gardens closed in October of 2015 after the historic floods. Since the closing, funding, timing and weather all impacted the project, and kept the County from reopening the facilities.
Berkeley County would like to encourage residents to visit the park. Berkeley County residents can enjoy free admittance to the park everyday through June 30, with proof of residency.
More information about Cypress Gardens can be found on the website here: https://cypressgardens.info
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– Prepared by the Berkeley County Public Information Office –
