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Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections. The Gardens’ 67.5 acres contains 25+ unique gardens, 30+ works of original outdoor sculpture and miles of serene paths.
The Gardens features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S., conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house. Education programs run year round and over 10,000 school children enjoy free science-curriculum based field trips annually.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the most visited free attraction in Alabama, is open daily, offering free admission to more than 350,000 yearly visitors.
Women of Kaul Wildflower Garden
Birmingham Botanical GardensTravel through time and nature to celebrate Women’s History Month with us! Join horticulturist and landscape designer, Molly Hendry as she shares the rich history of the Kaul Wildflower Garden, a 4-acre garden created here in the mid-1960s by a passionate group of women who set out to pay tribute to Alabama’s remarkable biodiversity.Continue Reading ...
Japanese Garden Tour
Birmingham Botanical GardensWe are excited to shine a spotlight on the impact and benefits of membership by hosting our much-anticipated March Membership Month! Throughout the month enjoy special perks for new, renewing, and current members, including this free member-exclusive Japanese Garden Tour with Julia Adams, horticulturist for the Japanese Garden. Registration required. Free and exclusive to membersContinue Reading ...
Kaul Wildflower Garden Tour
Birmingham Botanical Gardens(Birmingham Botanical Gardens) Kaul Wildflower Garden Tour We are excited to shine a spotlight on the impact and benefits of membership by hosting our much-anticipated March Membership Month! Throughout the month enjoy special perks for new, renewing, and current members, including this free member-exclusive Kaul Wildflower Garden Tour with Keith Turney, horticulturist for theContinue Reading ...
CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Birmingham Botanical GardensOur annual Cherry Blossom Festival (sakura matsuri) is held in spring each year at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We have a variety of performances, food, and Japanese cultural activities to add to your Hanami (flower viewing) experience! Cherry Blossoms, or sakura, only bloom for a few weeks each year. In Japanese culture, sakura represent mortalityContinue Reading ...
Cherry Blossom Festival
Birmingham Botanical GardensThe Japan American Society of Alabama is proud to partner with the Birmingham Botanical Gardens to host the 17th annual Cherry Blossom Festival this March! Join us for a day filled with cultural performances, activities and food from our vendors as well as the chance to tour the gardens. This is a free, family-friendlyContinue Reading ...
Spencer Lecture: The Gardens of Bunny Mellon
Birmingham Botanical GardensAuthors of “Garden Secrets of Bunny Mellon,” Thomas Lloyd and Bryan Huffman, will join us to talk about the amazing legacy that Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon left to the world of style and horticulture, including designing the White House Rose Garden, and assisting with the restoration of the Potager du Roi (King’s Kitchen Garden)Continue Reading ...