Partner Events

February 2020

 The Birmingham Camellia Society presents

Camellia Show at the Gardens

Saturday, February 15 | 1-4 p.m.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

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March 2020
 


The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Homewood Public Library present

Apollo Moon Tree and Moon Rocks

Friday, March 6 | 1-2 p.m.

Homewood Public Library

Join Jason Kirby, Library Assistant and Archivist for the Library at the Gardens, and Judith Wright, Teen Librarian at Homewood Public Library, as they team up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. Jason will share fun facts about the 1971 Apollo 14 NASA mission that explored the effects of weightlessness on seeds, and the trees— including the Gardens' own Moon sycamore— that grew from them. Judith will show off Moon Rocks on loan through the NASA@ My Library project. Free and open to the public!
 

The Birmingham Fern Society presents

"Using Ferns Indoors Successfully! Demonstrations and Ideas” with Caitlin Hastings of Botanica

Wednesday March 18 | 12:30 p.m.

Hodges Room at Birmingham Botanical Gardens