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Herb Garden Chefs
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join us as we explore a scavenger hunt in our new Garden Lab to discover and identify a world of culinary herbs! Chefs will harvest and prepare fresh ingredients to make a special treat. We will discover more as we visit Bruno Vegetable Garden. BecomeContinue Reading ...
Real Food Fake Food
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Linocut Basics: Wildflower Workshop
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Perfect for beginners or those looking to refresh their skills, this workshop offers an overview of single-color linocut printing. Teaching artist Jessica Leitch of The Little Red Print Shop will guide you through the fundamental techniques of carving and printing your own relief prints usingContinue Reading ...
Create Your Own Desert Terrarium
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Take a break from your holiday preparations to create your own mini ecosystem in an engaging make-and-take workshop with Astrid Jerez of Vivatia Plants. You will learn how to craft a desert oasis and make it thrive. This workshop is perfect for low-maintenance plant loversContinue Reading ...
Growing Your Own Mushrooms
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Using logs is a wonderful long-term method for mushroom production. Many types of mushrooms can be grown on logs—Shiitake, Oyster,Continue Reading ...
The Comfort of Crows
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Caring for Your Gardening Tools
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Winter is a great time to restore your well-loved gardening tools. Correctly caring for and maintaining your tools will increase their longevity and the health of your plants. Learn how to properly store, clean, and sharpen your hand tools in this hands-on workshop. Bring alongContinue Reading ...
Discover & Explore: Botanical Still Life
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join teaching artist Erica Scott of Dabble, a Birmingham Arts Studio, in the Gardens’ first Discover and Explore workshop. You will learn drawing techniques using colored pencils and pastels with plenty of time to play! Registrants are asked to bring botanical elements such as prunings,Continue Reading ...
Winter Birding in Alabama
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | You’ve probably noticed that with the arrival of the shorter, colder days of winter, a new suite of birds has likely arrived in your yards. Current Secretary and long-time member of Alabama Audubon Greg Harber will help you learn to identify these winter visitors andContinue Reading ...
Community Seed Swap
Join the Library at the Gardens in celebrating National Seed Swap Day with a community seed swap!
The Weird and Wonderful World of Lichens
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Have you ever seen a lichen and knew that it was a lichen? Not many people know what lichens are, and who would? They seem as though they are from another planet! Lichens are bizarre organisms, and no two are alike. Join Curtis Hansen, CuratorContinue Reading ...
The Twilight Garden
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Taming the Wild: Landscaping with Native Plants
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Alabama boasts of some of the richest native flora out of all 50 states, but often, they aren’t our go-to landscaping plants. In addition to adding beauty to your garden, native plants help support wildlife and are more adapted to our native soil and climate.Continue Reading ...
Mini Makers at the Gardens
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Mini Makers at the Gardens | Join us at the Gardens with Erica Scott, Owner of Dabble Arts Studio, for child-led art playgroups where children can create, explore, and enjoy art. We ask that caregivers stay and assist their children as they experiment with and enjoyContinue Reading ...
Natural Diversity: Highlights from Discovering Alabama with Doug Phillips
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Natural Diversity Highlights from Discovering Alabama with Doug Phillips | Dr. Doug Phillips, Executive Producer and Host of the Emmy award-winning documentary public television series Discovering Alabama and Coordinator for Environmental Information and Education at The Alabama Museum of Natural History, will join us at theContinue Reading ...
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