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At the February 1956 meeting the board voted to combine the two offices for the Gardens in the former guest house and eliminate the one at Coca-Cola on N. Royal Street.
The board voted to sell souvenirs in the former Lodge and approved the printing of new brochures featuring the recently opened Bellingrath Home. Approved the purchase of new View-Master reels featuring images of the Home.
Home admission was set at $2.50 while the Gardens was set at $2.00.
On August 2, 1956 the board approved life passes to the close relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Bellingrath. They also approved free admission on August 5th to honor Walter Bellingrath’s birthday.
Then at the November meeting the board approved an annual advertising budget for marketing director Fred Holder in the amount of $60,000. (The equivalent today of over $743,000 ) A 48-page book about Bellingrath Gardens and Home was authorized.
On February 26, 1957, it was announced that a new Camellia Arboretum was being created with Camellias donated from local nurseries.
At the August 27 meeting the board approved $65,000 for the publication of a book on Bellingrath Gardens and Home. The cost to visitors would be set at $1.50 each. They also approved a $2,843 expense to install heating and air conditioning over the garage for the Gardens’ offices. (Previously there had been no air conditioning and the rooms were heated by individual gas wall furnaces.
