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Last year, we proudly announced the inaugural year of The Great Bellingrath Harvest, a new multi-week event that would run from the Summer Solstice, through October, and into early November. Because of this new event, and the p.r. that we were able to get from it, October 2024 became our best year, in terms of visitor attendance, in nine years. We had almost 6,000 folks come through our gates, and everyone seemed to really enjoy this new festival. We felt that The Great Bellingrath Harvest had legs and that it could continue on into the future.
This year, we are back for more fun with “Round 2” of The Great Bellingrath Harvest! We’ll start by kicking off the 2025 GBH season on September 19-21 with our Fall Plant Market and our brand new NatureNauts STEM Day, followed closely by our popular Scarecrows in the Garden competition and exhibit. And yes, in case you’re wondering, we will have another 5,000(!!) pumpkins arriving and gracing the gardens, even more beautifully than they did last year! Armed with photographs to prove that we did actually have 5,000 pumpkins last year, we think that our pumpkin display won’t remain a “best kept secret” any longer. Actually, it is my hope that we’ll blow past our 6,000-guest total from last October by setting a new attendance record! And just to let you in on the numbers, here goes. If we have over 7,600 visitors in October, we’ll break that 2016 number. But if we have over 8,100 visitors, we’ll break our October visitor count number all the way back to 2002! As Townie himself would say, “You Can Do It!”
However, we have no intentions of letting GBH’s first act – the NatureNauts STEM Day and the Fall Plant Market – steal the show completely. Following on the heels of those two events will be Jack-o-Lantern Jubilee on October 25 and then our 62nd annual Cascading Chrysanthemum exhibit. As our beautiful new logo for the Great Bellingrath Harvest shows, this fall festival is a celebration of everything from pumpkins to chrysanthemums, with so much more packed in-between. And, as all of us along the Gulf Coast know, fall is such a welcome relief after the brutal heat and humidity of summer. Yes, there’s this little distracting thing called “college football,” but we all know that the real action occurs at Bellingrath Gardens & Home! Come on out and see the magic, and we’ll keep surprising and delighting you with the beauty and elegance you’ve come to expect at Bellingrath, while also showcasing the creative spirits and energies of the talented and dynamic staff team that we have here.
With tremendous thanks for the continuing support you give us, Team Bellingrath is happy to welcome you to this second round of The Great Bellingrath Harvest!