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2025 Native Plant Conference
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Ecological Landscapes | Immerse yourself in the ethics and principles of garden design as we “rethink pretty” and explore the ecology of gardening at this year’s Native Plant Conference, Ecological Landscapes. Learn from renowned landscape design experts, horticulturists, conservationists, and visionary thinkers who are shaping sustainable landscapes and offering freshContinue Reading ...
Harvest to Table Dinner
Enjoy a delicious farm fresh dinner at Birmingham Botanical Gardens as part of the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ signature Native Plant Conference.
Spring Wildflower Walk
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Dive deep into some of the intriguing spring-time wildflowers and other showy ephemeral plants in the Kaul Wildflower Garden with Senior Horticulturist Keith Turney. On this stroll through the garden, you will learn about the unique groups of plants that give visual interest and provideContinue Reading ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Creating A Flower Bed
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Filled with perennials, annuals, and blooming shrubs, a flower garden adds color and dimension to your landscape—and provides an inviting habitat for essential pollinators like birds and butterflies. But if your garden is covered in lawn, you might wonder how to start a flower garden.Continue Reading ...
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Thyme to Read | Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Featured Book: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mossesby Robin Wall Kimmerer Become a Friend of the Gardens andContinue Reading ...
Warm-Weather Birding in Alabama
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Spring offers the best season to observe birds in the garden! In addition to the lovely blooms and sweet scents, many of our resident songbirds busy themselves with establishing territories and building nests. In this class, Alabama Audubon Board Secretary Greg Harber will teach usContinue Reading ...
Discover & Explore Media Workshops: Painting with Acrylics and Watercolor
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join teaching artist Erica Scott, owner of Dabble art studio, for the next installment of the Gardens’ Discover and Explore workshops. This series of art workshops encourages participants to try new things and play with various mediums. In this session, participants will learn tips andContinue Reading ...
Vocabby’s World
Woodlawn UMC 139 54th St N, Birmingham, AL, United StatesBeep Beep! Join Vocabby’s World®️ and your ArtPlay friends to learn new vocabulary words! We will explore new words through song, movement and creativity. (Children Ages: 0-5 years) Vocabby’s World is a community vocabulary program in partnership with ArtPlay and sponsored by PNC Foundation. The adventures of Vocabby take pre-K children on travels around theContinue Reading ...
Getting To Know Tomatoes
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Learn the basics of tomato gardening with horticulturists Julia Adams and Katelyn Bahr. This informative class will explore how to select varieties, care for your plants, and troubleshoot threats like insects and diseases. Bring your questions and leave with your own tomato plant to startContinue Reading ...
Creative Movement Class
This energetic class focuses on strength and balance, plus breathing exercises to help foster calm and focus.
Community Spring Planting
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Celebrate Earth Day at the Gardens by joining Specialty Garden Horticulturist Katelyn Bahr and fellow community members for the annual planting of the Bruno Vegetable Garden! We will prepare garden beds, plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and okra, and mulch with leaf litter. Location: Bruno VegetableContinue Reading ...
Earth Day at the Gardens
Join the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, as we cultivate a passion for plants, gardens, and the environment at our annual Earth Day celebration.
Vinyasa Yoga
A vinyasa-style yoga class based on the tradition of combining sequencing of movements with breath.
Wagging Tales Festival 2025
Trussville Public Library 201 Parkway Dr, Trussville, AL, USTrussville Public Library's new animal adoption festival is making its debut! On Saturday, May 3rd, we're inviting 3 local shelters and rescues to bring some of their best companions to the library to find a forever home. Outside the library, we'll have adoptable dogs available for meeting and playing with! Inside the library, we'll haveContinue Reading ...
Saint Paul A.M.E Book Drive
Saint Paul A.M.E Church is creating a mobile library for the community of Fairfield. All ages will be able to check out a book from the church on Sundays after 10:00 am service. To stock the library Saint Paul A.M.E Church is hosting its FIRST EVER BOOK DRIVE! Come by on Saturday, May 3rd atContinue Reading ...
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