Photo Gallery

See an overview of the best of St. Helena Island people, land and water.

  • Bradley’s Pride owned by James Bradley and James Bradley Jr. is a Shrimping Boat located on St. Helena Island.
  • Shrimp Boats docked in St. Helena Island.
  • Kalila Saunders prepares to transfer young collard greens to a new spot in the garden.
  • Sun and storm meet at the end of the day on the marshes of St. Helena Island.

  • Sara’ Reynolds Green with Jamyah and Jameah Moore at the after-school program that teaches students about raising, cooking and serving traditional Gullah food.
  • Metals and wooden stakes mark the garden rows
  • Chickens and roosters are part of the menagerie at Sara’ and Bill’s 10-acre farm.
  • Joseph “Crip” Legree, 87, has lived on St. Helena Island all his life.

  • Chuck Henry sits on a favorite live oak tree on his family’s land. He bought land on St. Helena Island in 1947, and he has been farming there ever since.
  • Broccoli rows at Chuck Henry’s farm in Frogmore, S.C., on St. Helena Island.

  • A tenant on Ben Johnson’s farm on St. Helena Island, S.C.

  • Bicycles are common transportation on St. Helena Island.
  • A teen forgot boots, but she improvises to get her work done.

  • Sará Reynolds Green, in pink, leads students as they transplant greens. From left are Green, Carolyn Durrance, Taylor Linyard, Jameah Moore, Zariah Green,  Jameka Young, Janice Baker and Kalila Saunders.
  • Zariah GReen, left and Carolyn Durrance work together to remove weeds during the after school program
  • A blue crab is caught in Frank Major Sr. trap in the waters off St. Helena Island.
  • James Bradley’s shrimp boat dock is a landmark location on St. Helena’s Island. The spot has been featured on Nickelodeon’s Gullah Gullah Island TV show.
  • Ben Johnson Jr. grew up on St. Helena, left to build his career , then retired on the island to farm his family ‘s land




  • Ben Johnson and his family sell collards and sugar cane at the Heritage Day Festival.




  • Ben Johnson III  sells vegetables with his family on St. Helena Island, S.C. Most customers are relatives or repeat customers who want to savor a bit of the island.




  • Ed “Lee Man” Atkins is the owner of Atkins Bait Shop one of the oldest businesses in Beaufort, SC.