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By Bill Barrick, Executive Director The new Secret Garden, which is under construction now, is located between the Rose Garden and The Great Lawn. Several years ago we planted “Tokyo Delight” hydrangeas in this area. After observing this little garden…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home When Walter Bellingrath purchased his fishing camp, the property had an enviable riverfront location but no modern conveniences. A wood-burning stove occupied the kitchen; lighting was by kerosene; and…
Bellingrath Gardens and Home welcomed Scott Ogden, garden designer and author of “The Moonlit Garden,” for our final Wonderful Wednesday program on July 29, 2015. Ogden gave our guests advice on how to plan their own gardens to enjoy at…
We welcomed Steve Bender, aka "The Grumpy Gardener" at Southern Living magazine, on June 24, 2015, as a guest speaker. Steve gave us ideas on plants that tend to be overlooked in Southern gardens. "We've lost a lot of diversity…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home The elegant Bellingrath Home was created from very humble beginnings: A former fishing camp on Fowl River, built in the early 1890s. The 10,500-square-foot Home was completed in 1936. As we begin our year-long…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home George B. Rogers was already an acclaimed architect in Mobile when Walter and Bessie Bellingrath approached him in 1934 to design their year-round residence on Fowl River. The challenge presented to him was to…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director Although we have been experiencing some wonderful spring-like weather lately, summer is fast approaching. Over the past few weeks, we have been transitioning all of our planting beds from spring to summer. Some of…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director We are fortunate to be living in a climate that allows us to grow tropicals in our Mobile gardens. The addition of tropical plants to any landscape brings an element of the exotic by…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director Over the past few summers we have been using Cane or Angel Wing Begonias in our displays, either planted directly into the ground beds or used as hanging baskets. The term “angel wing” refers…
By Linda Guy, Bellingrath Rosarian During this time of year, the roses bloom in Bellingrath’s Rose Garden and the Gulf Coast is inundated with springtime rains and our notorious humidity. That combination leaves us – and other rose growers – warding…