Bellingrath
Gardens and Home.
This
garden in Theodore offers a plethora of varied flora for every
season of the year. Its award-winning rose garden and the Ecological
Boardwalk are among the many highlights to be enjoyed throughout
the year. Open daily at 8:00 am. Tickets are available until
5:00 PM daily (New Year's Day thru Thanksgiving). Bellingrath
Home tours begin at 9:00 AM daily. (Note: Beginning the day
after Thanksgiving through December 31st, the Gardens will remain
open and tickets will be available until 9 pm for Magic Christmas
in Lights. The last Home tour will begin at 8:00 pm each night).
Closed on Christmas Day. See website for admission fees.
Huntsville Botanical
Garden.
Located
in Huntsville, the garden offers 112 acres of beautiful gardens
and walking paths such as the woodland paths through the Dogwood
Trail.
Other attractions include the Seasonal Butterfly House, Spring
Festival of Flowers, Scarecrow Trail and Galaxy of Lights from
Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve. Visit their website for
operational times and admission fees.
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens.
Located
in Dothan, a very large area of these southern gardens include
rose, herb, daylily, camellia, native azalea, meditation and
butterfly gardens plus demonstration gardens, nature trail,
wooded areas and a one acre pond. Operation Schedule: Gardens
open sun up to sun down. Admission free.
The Birmingham
Botanical Gardens.
The
Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a volunteer-based
organization in partnership with Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
It promotes public knowledge and appreciation of plants, gardens,
and the environment and receives, raises and administers resources
for these purposes. Operating hours: Sunrise to sunset, 365
days per year. See website for admission fees.
Mobile
Botanical Gardens
Located
in the heart of the City of Mobile, these gardens offers a rare
blend of cultivated areas and nature trails. Within its 100
acres are native and exotic azaleas, camellias, hollies, magnolias,
roses, ferns and perennials plus a 40-acre longleaf pine habitat.
The Gardens are open year round from dawn to dusk. There is
no admission fee, though donations are appreciated. The office
is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Guided
tours available on request. See website for admission fees.
