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Vital Statistics

Size: 67.5 Acres
Admission: Free
Operating Hours: Sunrise to sunset, 365 days per year
Guests: Over 350,000 annually
Volunteers: 23,000+ hours logged annually

Education:

• Discovery Field Trips - curriculum-based: Served more than 11,000 area students.
• Children's Summer Programs
• Teacher Training - State-endorsed Curricula
• Adult classes, lectures, and workshops

Library:

• Member Library of Jefferson County Library Cooperative
• Largest free-lending Horticultural Library in the Southeast
• Shelves over 6,000 items annually
• Loans over 7,000 items annually

Partners:

• Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens - 14 full-time and 3 part-time employees
• Alabama Cooperative Extension System
• Federated Garden Clubs
• Plant Societies
• Jefferson County Library Cooperative

Meeting Facilities:

• Host to over 1000 public and private events annually
• Utilized by individuals and public and private organizations
• Events include receptions, weddings, meetings, conferences, and lectures
• 250+ Parking Spaces

Gardens of Special Interest:

• Japanese Garden - Internationally known with authentically crafted tea house
• Wildflower Garden - 400+ taxa of Alabama native plants
• Fern Glade - 100+ taxa of ferns
• Garden for Southern Living - Features Southern Living Plant Collection

Plant Collection:

• 3,000+ taxa of plants
• 20+ interpretive and thematic gardens
• Garden Conservatory

Non-Living Collection:

• Herbarium
• 30+ works of outdoor sculpture
• Library

Proposed Operating Budget - 2007 :

• City of Birmingham: $1,900,000
• Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens: $1,800,000