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By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home This is the first of a series of profiles of the original members of the Bellingrath-Morse Foundation. Walter Bellingrath set up the Bellingrath-Morse Foundation as he approached his 80th year. He…
Editor’s Note: Kip McConnell, Director of Plant Development Services in Loxley, recently spoke at Bellingrath Gardens and Home as part of our Wonderful Wednesdays summer series. His talk, “New, Better, Yours: Plant the Newest, Best Plants,” gave our guests an…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home In 1836, following a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics, the city of Mobile purchased 36 acres to establish the New Burial Ground. Eventually renamed Magnolia Cemetery, the property now covers…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home (This is the fifth in a series of profiles of people who managed the Gardens and Home in the early years.) For more than 35 years, Harry F. "Pat" Ryan's name…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home (This is the fourth in a series of profiles of people who managed the Gardens and Home in the early years.) In 1934, Walter and Bessie Bellingrath hired Albert A. Hunt…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home While some of America’s finest silver makers are well represented in the collection amassed by Bessie Morse Bellingrath, her most prized pieces were British in origin. The oldest of these was…
By Sally Pearsall Ericson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations (This is the third in a series of profiles of people who managed the Gardens and Home after Walter Bellingrath’s death.) For nearly 40 years, Bellingrath Gardens and Home had…
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 Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director For our summer plantings at Bellingrath, we use quite a few varieties of Begonia. Begonias are one of the most interesting groups of ornamental plants, with over 1,000 species distributed throughout tropical and sub-tropical…
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…