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By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director In many of the past blogs and newsletters, I have written about using tropical plants in our summer displays. Traditionally, we have always used a wide array of tropical hibiscus, copper and allamandas to…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home Each summer, millions of Americans take to the roads to see natural and historic landmarks across the nation. Most of these vacations last a few days or a couple of weeks.…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director Begonias are one of the most interesting group of ornamental plants, with more than 1,000 species distributed throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. In 1978, Hortus Third, the published “Bible” for horticulture,…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home Almost exactly 100 years ago, Walter Bellingrath commemorated Mother’s Day with a heartfelt tribute to his mother, Catherine McMillan Bellingrath. In a six-page letter dated May 13, 1916, Mobile’s first Coca-Cola bottler…