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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…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home The Boehm Porcelain Collection at Bellingrath Gardens and Home, housed in the Bellingraths' former six-car garage and guest house, features 137 rare and early porcelain sculptures by Edward Marshall Boehm. The…
A rose is a rose is a rose -- and at Bellingrath Gardens and Home, each bloom represents months of patient, hands-on care from our longtime Rosarian, Linda Guy. From fertilizing to pruning to spraying, Linda keeps a meticulous schedule…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director One of the great joys of living on the Gulf Coast is being able to garden during winter months. The location of Bellingrath makes it particularly desirable because the microclimate along the Fowl River…
By Dr. Bill Barrick, Executive Director The first time I ever saw cascade chrysanthemums was in 1964 on an Auburn University horticulture class field trip to Bellingrath Gardens. The spectacle of mums hanging from the balconies of the Bellingrath Home…
By Tom McGehee, Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home In 1903, Walter Bellingrath and his brother, William, ventured into an exciting new enterprise when they purchased franchise rights to sell Coca-Cola in Alabama. The brothers bought the Montgomery franchise for…