July 2019 – Bellingrath Gardens & Home

Cheers! Alcohol-related objects in Miss Bessie’s collection

July 26, 2019

By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home According to those who knew her best, Bessie Morse Bellingrath “hated liquor worse than God hates sin.” And yet, her collection includes a wide variety of beautiful objects created to serve…

The birds and the bees: Protecting pollinators in the garden

July 2, 2019

By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations Jack LeCroy, an Urban Regional Extension Agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, gave a presentation about pollinators as part of the 2019 Wonderful Wednesdays series at Bellingrath Gardens and…