Purchase TicketsA Birthday Salute
In 1949 invitations were sent for an 80th birthday party for Walter Bellingrath. A makeshift stage of bamboo held Mr. Bellingrath and some family members backing up to the Home while nearly […]
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Leaving Your Own Bellingrath Legacy
Steve Crawford spent decades serving as a Board Member and Board Chair of the Bellingrath-Morse Foundation. Out of his love for the Gardens and Home, he included a $25,000 gift […]
Walter D. Bellingrath: A Visionary Civic Leader
On August 8, we will celebrate Mr. Bellingrath’s birthday. Born in Atlanta in 1869, 157 years ago, his mark and legacy lives on with Bellingrath Gardens & Home, the estate […]
Alabama’s Wild Carnivorous Plants
Most locals of a certain age in Lower Alabama remember the days when the fields you’d see driving through the country were covered in dense prairies of native wildflowers, or […]
Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival Round 2
Hello, everyone! I hope that you are enjoying your summer break now that school is out. Here at Bellingrath, we’re happy to have our second year of the Gulf Coast […]
Four Campaigns for Our Future
Since we relaunched the Friends of Bellingrath newsletter with a new look in the fall of 2024, each issue has featured a different fundraising campaign. We’ve used an integrated digital […]
A Special Anniversary
On July 4, 1936, Walter Bellingrath noted in his guest register that on that day they had their first meal inside their new home. Ninety years later we celebrate that […]
Bringing the Bellingrath Home into the Digital Era
It goes without saying that the Bellingrath Home has one of the most impressive and important collections of antique furniture, silver, and porcelain in the South. Mrs. Bellingrath’s generosity […]
Momentum to the Eighth Power
Hot off the heels of talking about two projects in my e-newsletter column last month, I now want to update you on a plethora of other projects that have been […]
Fixing Our Front Porch on the Fowl River
As summer approaches, Bellingrath is turning its attention to the Fowl River. Every fisherman who passes by reminds us of Mr. Bell and Mr. Frank, and the waterskiers are following […]