Learn essential strategies for planning and implementing a water-efficient landscape in Alabama's summer heat. Join Regional Extension Agents Bethany O’Rear and Jacob Turner to explore drought-tolerant landscape plants perfect for your garden.
Join us each week with your preschooler for a story followed by a nature activity at the Gardens!
Join us each week with your preschooler for a story followed by a nature activity at the Gardens!
Join us for our "Thyme to Read" book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Charles Murray and Louise Billings of the Birmingham Fern Society will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various hardy ferns, spotlight their favorites, and share important lessons they have learned in the garden.
Test your knowledge of Alabama’s flora and fauna with naturalist Henry Hershey. Enjoy complimentary drinks and compete for a chance to win a captivating prize!
Join us each week with your preschooler for a story followed by a nature activity at the Gardens!
What grows best in a fall garden? When is too late to plant? Learn best practices forgrowing fall greens and root vegetables in central Alabama. Regional Extension AgentHolt Akers-Campbell will share tips for garden preparation, planting dates, and maintenance particular to these cool-season vegetables. A demonstration and discussion will take place in Bruno Vegetable Garden…
Harvest time at the Gardens is the perfect opportunity to get your hands dirty and afun way to contribute to our community! Join Specialty Garden Horticulturist Katelyn Bahr in the vegetable garden for our end-of-summer harvest. Produce goes to The Foundry Ministries, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Location: Bruno Vegetable Garden
Join us each week with your preschooler for a story followed by a nature activity at the Gardens!
Join us each week with your preschooler for a story followed by a nature activity at the Gardens!
Passalong plants span generations as they are shared among neighbors, friends, and family members. Director of Longleaf Botanical Gardens and Urban Regional Extension Agent Hayes Jackson will showcase an array of passalong plants and work with participants on dividing, taking cuttings, and growing seedlings in this hands-on workshop. Registrants will receive a plant to take…
