Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
We invite you to join us for upcoming "Thyme to Read" book club gatherings, hosted monthly by the Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Programs & Events
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Making Homemade Fig Preserves
Learn how to preserve your late-summer fig harvest through water-bath canning with Food Safety and Quality Extension Agent Emily Ferko. Participants will leave with a delicious jar of fresh fig-strawberry preserves. Growers have cultivated and enjoyed the edible fig (Ficus carica), native to the Mediterranean, for centuries. In Central Alabama, fig season extends from July…
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Storytime at the Gardens
Bring your preschoolers and little ones to enjoy a story in the gardens. This storytime fosters a love of reading, creativity, and nature.
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Oak Mountain Sandstone Glade Field Trip
Join naturalist Michelle Reynolds for a guided hike across the rocky ridges of Double Oak Mountain, dotted with sandstone glades, grassy knolls, longleaf pine forests, thickets and oak groves. Participants will have exclusive access to a section of the park closed to the public. A glade is an open area where bedrock lies at or…
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Fall Plant Sale: Members-Only
Fall is a wonderful time to garden! Get ready to plant by shopping the Friends’ Fall Plant Sale at the Gardens. Choose from hundreds of plants specially selected for our region by our dedicated volunteer growing groups. Bring your gardening questions for our experts. Members enjoy priority shopping and receive our 2026 Member Plant Gift! Bring…
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Fall Plant Sale
Fall is a wonderful time to garden! Get ready to plant by shopping the Friends’ Fall Plant Sale at the Gardens. Choose from hundreds of plants specially selected for our region by our dedicated volunteer growing groups. Bring your gardening questions for our experts. Members enjoy priority shopping and receive our 2026 Member Plant Gift! Bring…
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Fall Plant Sale
Fall is a wonderful time to garden! Get ready to plant by shopping the Friends’ Fall Plant Sale at the Gardens. Choose from hundreds of plants specially selected for our region by our dedicated volunteer growing groups. Bring your gardening questions for our experts. Members enjoy priority shopping and receive our 2026 Member Plant Gift! Bring…
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Seed Saving Workshop
Discover the benefits of saving seeds from your own garden! Join Specialty Gardens horticulturist Katelyn Bahr as she demonstrates how to clean, dry and store vegetable, herb and flower seeds and explains the basics of seed saving, including the difference between open-pollinated and hybrid varieties. You'll leave with the knowledge to confidently save and share…
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Storytime at the Gardens
Bring your preschoolers and little ones to enjoy a story in the gardens. This storytime fosters a love of reading, creativity, and nature.
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Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
We invite you to join us for upcoming "Thyme to Read" book club gatherings, hosted monthly by the Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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Thomas L. Woltz, Senior Principal and Owner, and Nelson Byrd Woltz, Landscape Architects
In the century since the Olmsted Brothers drew up a visionary plan for Birmingham, their insight that access to high-quality public landscapes is integral to healthy urban living is more urgent than ever. Join Thomas L. Woltz, Senior Principal and Owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), for a presentation on the influence of…
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Storytime at the Gardens
Bring your preschoolers and little ones to enjoy a story in the gardens. This storytime fosters a love of reading, creativity, and nature.
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Fall Community Harvest
Join us for our end-of-summer community harvest! Harvest time at the Gardens is the perfect time to get your hands dirty and experience the joy of vegetable gardening. In this free community event, Specialty Gardens horticulturist Katelyn Bahr will show you how to properly harvest okra, tomatoes, beans, and peppers that the Gardens has grown…