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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 ...
Mini Makers at the Gardens
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Mini Makers at the Gardens | This series consists of five one-hour, child-led art playgroups. During these groups, children are given the opportunity to explore and enjoy art with the help of their caregivers. We ask that caregivers stay and assist their children as they experimentContinue Reading ...
Winter Birding Adventure
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Explore forest habitats at the Gardens, seeking what birds and other wildlife need as we take a nature hike. We will learn to identify birds using our senses. We will make birdseed ornaments you can take home to welcome them to your backyard. Become aContinue Reading ...
The Origin and Legacies of the English Arts and Crafts Garden
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Growing out of a late 19th-century reaction to Victorian design and industrialization, Arts and Crafts gardens became some of the most influential, world-renowned gardens of the turn of the century. They continue to have an enormous influence on how we garden today. Contemporary gardening approaches—gardenContinue Reading ...
Mini Makers at the Gardens
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } Mini Makers at the Gardens | This series consists of five one-hour, child-led art playgroups. During these groups, children are given the opportunity to explore and enjoy art with the help of their caregivers. We ask that caregivers stay and assist their children as they experimentContinue Reading ...
The Art and Science of Field Journaling
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | What is blooming? Going to seed? Or budding in February? Teaching artist Melissa Shultz-Jones invites you to get curious about the living world of plants on a leisurely stroll in the Gardens. In this workshop, you will experience the joy and intimacy of recording yourContinue 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 ...
Propagating Woody Plants
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join us in the Japanese Gardens as horticulturist Julia Adams demonstrates methods of propagating woody plants through grafting and air layering. While these horticultural methods require skill and practice, each can be used to propagate plants that don’t root well from cuttings. In this hands-onContinue Reading ...
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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 gardeningContinue Reading ...
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 gardeningContinue Reading ...
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