Admission Rates & Hours of Operations Prices subject to change unless guaranteed through reservation. Regular Admission Rates Gardens and Home Package Adults: $20.50 Children: $12.50 (ages 5 – 12) Gardens Only Package Adults: $12.50 Children: $7 (ages 5 – 12) *Children 4 and under are free *Special Magic Christmas in Lights Rates apply the Friday after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve *Group rates available for groups of 20 or more Hours of Operation Garden Tours Daily 8 AM to 5 PM Museum Home Tours Hourly beginning at 9 AM Last tickets are sold at 3:30 PM Special Extended Hours: Magic Christmas in Lights 8 AM to 9 PM Day after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day Museum Home Tours Hourly beginning at 9 AM Last tickets are sold at 7:30 PM *The Gardens are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Days. 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR Winter Camellia and Cold Hardy Annual Displays Dates: January 1 – February 28, 2015 ● See Bellingrath’s famed Camellias and an interesting winter garden filled with the blooms of ornamental kale, mustard and cabbages, pansies and violas, primroses, cyclamen, tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. Winter Wednesdays Dates: January 7 – February 25, 2015 ● Join us on Wednesdays in January and February for special programs. Topics include gardening, history and the collections in the beautiful Bellingrath Museum Home. Peace at Bellingrath 5K Date: January 24, 2015 ● Bellingrath will host the 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run presented by The Man About Town to benefit a local charity. Immediately following the race there will be light refreshments for all participants and the Gardens will be open for visitors to tour. Spring Azaleas Dates: March 6 – March 31, 2015 (dates may vary depending on the severity of the winter) ​ ​ For precise times of the azalea blooms, please check Azalea Watch at www.bellingrath.org ​ ​ ​ ● Enjoy the blooms of more than 250,000 vibrant azaleas in an explosion of color throughout the 65 acres of Bellingrath Gardens. ● Hydrangeas, Easter lilies, fuchsia, geraniums, wave petunias, cape daisies, delphinium and more will be featured throughout the Gardens. Festival of Flowers Dates: March 26 – 29, 2015 ● Join us at Providence Hospital’s Festival of Flowers that will feature garden displays, exhibits and seminars. Easter Egg Hunt and Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Date: March 28, 2015 ● Grab the kids and come for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. There will be special hunts for toddlers and older kids as well as prizes, candy, activities and pictures with the Easter Bunny. nd ● Join us for the 2 ​ Annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny in the Magnolia Café. ​ Easter Sunrise Service Date: April 5, 2015 ● As the sun rises over Bellingrath Gardens and Home on Easter Sunday, guests are invited to come and enjoy a special Sunrise Service with friends and family on Live Oak Plaza. The service will begin at 6:30 a.m. and is open to everyone in the community. Continental breakfast available after the service. rd 83 ​ Anniversary of Bellingrath Gardens ​ Date: April 7, 2015 ● Bellingrath Gardens and Home was the creation of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bellingrath. The Gardens first opened to the public in 1932 while a national garden club meeting was taking place in Mobile. Mr. Bellingrath placed an ad in the Mobile paper, announcing that anyone who would like to see the spring garden could do so free of charge. After an overwhelming response, the couple decided to keep the gardens open year-round, beginning in 1934. nd 22 ​ Annual Camellia Classic Open Car Show ​ Date: April 11, 2015 ● See hundreds of classic and vintage automobiles from the Model T to the Firebird displayed on Bellingrath’s Great Lawn. Sponsored by the Mobile Bay Mustang Club, enjoy live entertainment throughout the day. ● A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Mobile Bay Area Food Bank. Roses at Bellingrath Date: April 18 – April 25, 2015 For precise times of the blooms, please check Rose Watch at www.bellingrath.org ​ ​ ​ ● Tour the Bellingrath Rose Garden during its first bloom, which features more than 75 varieties of All-American Rose Selections and more than 2,000 roses. ​ Mother’s Day Evening Garden Concert Date: May 10, 2015 ● The Mobile Youth Symphony Orchestra and Bellingrath Gardens and Home present their annual Mother’s Day Concert in the Gardens. Enjoy a late afternoon of music set amidst the splendor of the Gardens. Guests are encouraged to bring chairs and a picnic supper. “Miss Bessie’s” Birthday Date: May 20, 2015 ● Bessie Morse-Bellingrath was born May 20, 1878 in Mobile, Alabama. Help us celebrate her th 137 b​ irthday. The Gift Shop will feature a special “Shop Like Miss Bessie” sale! ​ ​ ​ Wonderful Wednesday’s Dates: Wednesdays from June 3 – July 29, 2015 ● Who knew Wednesday could be so wonderful? Every Wednesday, enjoy a special program about Bellingrath Gardens and Home, gardening, local history and nature. Topics include summer gardening, horticultural production techniques and the collections in the Bellingrath Home. Founder’s Day Date: August 6, 2015 th ● Walter Duncan Bellingrath was born August 6, 1869. Celebrate Mr. Bellingrath’s 146 ​ Birthday ​ with us. Free Gardens admission for local residents (Mobile and Baldwin Counties). ​ Balloon Glow in the Gardens Date: October 24, 2015 ● Dress up your little goblins and come to enjoy beautiful hot air balloons glowing on the Great Lawn. Multiple hot air balloons are scheduled to “glow” for us this year weather permitting. … The Balloon Glow includes a selection of scary and fun inflatables glowing throughout the Gardens. There will be plenty of treats and trinkets from area organizations and businesses for our trick-or-treaters to enjoy. Discount admission begins at 4:30 PM. nd 52 ​ Annual Fall Outdoor Cascading Chrysanthemums ​ Dates: November 7 – November 20, 2015 For precise times of the blooms, please check Mum Watch at www.bellingrath.org ​ ​ ​ ● See America’s largest outdoor display of chrysanthemums. Garden mums are featured in the floral borders, containers and terraces of the Gardens. See fantastic cascade mums on bridges, balconies and in baskets in the fall colors of red, yellow, bronze, orange and white throughout the Gardens. th 20 ​ Annual Magic Christmas in Lights ​ th Dates: November 27 – December 31, 2015 (Closed December 25 )​ ​ ​ ● Enjoy one of the most popular holiday events in the Southeast. Stroll through the gardens with more than three million twinkling lights in over 1,000 custom designed set pieces in 14 scenes. Tour the Bellingrath Home decorated in its holiday finery. Extended hours to 9:00 PM. Photos with Santa on weekends and the week of Christmas. Complete your holiday shopping in the beautiful Bellingrath Gift Shop! Annual Blooming Schedule January Flowering kale and cabbage, pansies, camellias, Taiwan cherries, snapdragons, Japanese magnolias, dianthus, dusty miller, violas and cyclamen, paper whites, parsley and winter berries. February Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, pansies, camellias, Japanese magnolias, ornamental kale and cabbage, foxglove, delphinium, violas and poppies. March Easter lilies, azaleas, pansies, flowering kale and cabbage, tulips, snapdragons, hydrangeas, impatiens, hollyhock, petunia cascades, violas, salvia, marigolds and dianthus. April Bellingrath's award-winning Rose Garden and the Harrigan/ExxonMobile Bayou Boardwalk are among the many highlights of this season. Spring annuals include: Delphiniums, Fuchsia, Cape Daisy, Easter lilies, Hydrangea, Geraniums, New Guinea Impatiens, Mexican Heather, Firecracker Plant, Marigolds, Ageratum, Dianthus, Petunia, and Begonias. May Roses, Southern Magnolia, Begonias, Yellow Shrimp Plant, Pink Shrimp Plant, Salvia, New ​ ​ ​ ​ Guinea Impatiens, Yellow Elder, Coleus, Cape Jasmine, Verbena, Impatiens, Calibrachoa, Ruellia, ​ ​ Pentas, Bacopa, Angelonia, Caladiums, Cleome, Petunia, Fuchsia Geraniums. June Roses , Pink Shrimp Plant, Frangipani , Star Flower, Croton, Yellow Shrimp Plant , Yellow Elder, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Salvia, Spiral Ginger, Coleus, Hibiscus, Cape Jasmine, Dragon Wing Begonia, Southern Magnolia, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Caladiuml Zinnia, New Guinea Impatiens, Allamanda ​ ​ ​ ​ July-August Tropical beauties including allamanda, Star Flower, Hibiscus, Coleus, diplodinia, bougainvillea, ​ ​ mandevillias, copper plants, tibonchina, crepe myrtle, chenilles, bottlebrush, roses and summer annuals continue. See the beautiful butterfly garden in full bloom. September Tropical flowers give their last bloom and announce the approach of Fall. Roses, hibiscus, allamandas, copper plants, Salvia leucantha (Mexican Sage), Vinca, Encore Azaleas and more. October Early-garden style chrysanthemums, Roses, Dianthus, Celosia, Salvia Leucantha (Mexican Sage), Ticomeria (Cape Honeysuckle), Tibouchina, Melampodium, Sweet Cream Marigolds, Tecoma Stans, Alamanda, Hibiscus and Copper Plants November Camellias begin their winter show as the Outdoor Cascading Chrysanthemum Display comes to peak. Shades of white, lavender, copper and yellow flow from every balcony and bridge. Salvia madrensis, Cassia Golden Showers, Zinnia angustifolia are also featured. Later in the month there are snapdragons, pansies, kales, dianthus, and dusty millers also in bloom. December Graceful displays of poinsettias in shades of red, pink, white, yellow, green and marbled effects. Displays are both indoor and outdoor. Snapdragons, pansies, kale, flowering cabbage, violas, and dianthus are also in bloom. Bellingrath Gardens and Home Fact Sheet ● Bellingrath