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By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations For the first time since 1999, a new captain is taking the helm at Bellingrath Gardens and Home. Dr. F. Todd Lasseigne, the former President and CEO at Tulsa Botanic…
By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations On March 12, 1953, Walter D. Bellingrath gave a speech in Montgomery, Ala., to commemorate the 50th anniversary celebration of the city's Coca-Cola franchise. Mr. Bellingrath and his older brother,…
By Tom McGehee Museum Home Director Following Mrs. Bellingrath’s death in 1943, Walter Bellingrath hired a local antiques dealer to inventory the contents of his home. Nell Curran had sold Mrs. Bellingrath a number of pieces in the collection and…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home Mobilians on Saturday, August 16, 1969, awoke to a front page story about a hurricane named Camille. Long before Doppler Radar and spaghetti models, a simply drawn map carried the notation…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director Azaleas have been synonymous with Bellingrath Gardens and Home since its earliest beginnings in 1919, when Walter Bellingrath purchased what was then a rustic fishing camp on Fowl River. His wife, Bessie, who…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director After we shared my blog post about cold damage in palms, within one week I received questions about Mule Palms. To be truthful, I had never heard of this palm. I ran into David…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director During the dog days of summer, we may think we live in a sub-tropical climate, but in reality we are still quite temperate in Mobile. Our horticultural hardiness zone is 8b, meaning the average…
By Sally Pearsall Ericson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations We've certainly had a chilly start to 2018. Chuck Owens, Nursery Manager at Bellingrath Gardens and Home, offers his advice to help Gulf Coast gardeners cope with the low temperatures.…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home (This is the second of a series of profiles about people who managed the Gardens and Home after Walter Bellingrath's death in 1955.) In 1955, George Downing became president of Mobile’s…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home (This is the first of a series of profiles about people who managed the Gardens and Home after Walter Bellingrath's death.) In 1955, the Board of Directors of Bellingrath-Morse Foundation sought…