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2612 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, AL 35223 United States Get Directions

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. 

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The Living Art of Bonsai

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

  Curious about bonsai? Experience this fascinating and living artas a part of the Gardens’ Fall Japanese Gardening Series. You will learn to start, care for and train your very own bonsai in this hands-on workshop with Victor Wilson of the Alabama Bonsai Society. Registrants will receive a dwarf Satsuki azalea to pot and beginContinue Reading ...

Watercolor Exhibit at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens – Jane Reed Ross and Adrienne Retief

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Birmingham Botanical Gardens. (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now)   “Life in the Public Space” and “Travel Memories” Watercolor paintings presented by Jane Reed Ross and Adrienne Retief The Birmingham Botanical Gardens October 11th - 30th, 2024 Meet the artists October 25, 5:30 - 7:00pm    

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Antiques at the Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Antiques in the Gardens. (Birmingham Botanical Gardens) Save the date for the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ 18th-annual Antiques at the Gardens show in fall 2024! Created by a committee of 150 dedicated volunteers, Birmingham’s premier antiques show includes talks by internationally acclaimed interior designers, floral designers, architects, and landscape architects. The show also welcomes celebrated antiques dealers fromContinue Reading ...

Antiques at the Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Save the date for the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ 18th-annual Antiques at the Gardens show in fall 2024! Created by a committee of 150 dedicated volunteers, Birmingham’s premier antiques show includes talks by internationally acclaimed interior designers, floral designers, architects, and furniture designers. The show alsoContinue Reading ...

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Symphony in the Gardens

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

This year marks the 26th Annual Symphony Picnic at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The concert is free and picnic meals are sold to raise funds to benefit the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Join us on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for one of Birmingham’s favorite fall family events!

Songs and Sanctuaries

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Fall Plant Sale 2024

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Birmingham Botanical Gardens. (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now) The nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens will host its annual Fall Plant Sale on Friday, September 6–Saturday, September 7. Hundreds of plants—many of which have been nurtured at the Gardens by the Friends’ dedicated volunteer growing groups—will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the sale willContinue Reading ...

Alabama Bonsai 50th Anniversary Spring Show

(Birmingham Botanical Gardens)   Celebrate 50 years of the Alabama Bonsai Society at Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Annual Spring Show. Don't miss out on the chance to see these incredible living works of art. There will be beautiful trees on display and for sale. There will also be vendors selling pots, tools, and soil. This eventContinue Reading ...

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Rosé in the Roses

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Rosé in the Gardens, May 7. (Birmingham Botanical Gardens) Enjoy your beverage of choice + delicious hors d'oeuvres while being immersed in the golden hour + peak of rose blooms at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Cost: Members of Birmingham Botanical Gardens $35 | Nonmembers $40

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Spring Plant Sale

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Enjoy the Friends of BBG’s 2024 Spring Plant Sale!

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Spring Plant Sale

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Head to the Spring Plant Sale to get your garden ready. (Birmingham Botanical Gardens)   The nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens will host its annual Spring Plant Sale on Friday, April 12–Saturday, April 13, in person at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Hundreds of plants—many of which have been nurtured at the Gardens by the Friends’Continue Reading ...

Spencer Lecture: The Gardens of Bunny Mellon

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

  Authors 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 ...

CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

Our 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 ...

Kaul Wildflower Garden Tour

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United States

(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 ...

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