Warm-Weather Birding in Alabama
Spring offers the best season to observe birds in the garden! In addition to the lovely blooms and sweet scents, many of our resident songbirds busy themselves with establishing territories…
Tag: Adults
Around the Gardens Blog
A Beginner’s Guide to Creating A Flower Bed
Filled with perennials, annuals, and blooming shrubs, a flower garden adds color and dimension to your landscape—and provides an inviting habitat for essential pollinators like birds and butterflies. But if…
Cherry Blossom Festival
Join the Japan-America Society of Alabama and the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens in celebrating the Cherry Blossom Festival! This family-friendly event will feature cultural exhibits and activities for all ages.
Garden Spells
We invite you to join us for upcoming “Thyme to Read” book club gatherings, hosted monthly by the Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Featured Book: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History…
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Spring Wildflower Walk
Dive deep into some of the intriguing spring-time wildflowers and other showy ephemeral plants in the Kaul Wildflower Garden with Senior Horticulturist Keith Turney. On this stroll through the garden,…
2025 Native Plant Conference
Immerse yourself in the ethics and principles of garden design as we “rethink pretty” and explore the ecology of gardening at this year’s Native Plant Conference, Ecological Landscapes. Learn from renowned landscape design experts,…
2025 Spencer Lecture
The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is excited to welcome leading interiors stylist Mieke ten Have as the special guest speaker for our annual Spencer Lecture. Mieke will share her expertise for…
The Twilight Garden
Join us for our “Thyme to Read” book club, a monthly gathering hosted by the Library at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.