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By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home This is the first of a series of profiles of the original members of the Bellingrath-Morse Foundation. Walter Bellingrath set up the Bellingrath-Morse Foundation as he approached his 80th year. He…
Editor’s Note: Kip McConnell, Director of Plant Development Services in Loxley, recently spoke at Bellingrath Gardens and Home as part of our Wonderful Wednesdays summer series. His talk, “New, Better, Yours: Plant the Newest, Best Plants,” gave our guests an…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home In 1836, following a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics, the city of Mobile purchased 36 acres to establish the New Burial Ground. Eventually renamed Magnolia Cemetery, the property now covers…