Every year, there’s a bounty of beauty to behold at Bellingrath Gardens and Home. From the vibrant spring azaleas to the twinkling lights of the holiday season, there’s always something equally stunning and festive happening at Bellingrath Gardens. Here are some of the most popular times to visit with the most sought after blooms.
Roses at Bellingrath Gardens and Home Spring Event
Winter Camellia and Cold Hardy Annual Displays
January & February
See Bellingrath’s famed camellias and an interesting winter garden filled with the blooms of ornamental kale, cabbages and mustard, pansies and violas, primroses, cyclamen, tulips and daffodils.
Spring Azaleas
March
Enjoy the blooms of more than 250,000 lively azaleas in an explosion of color throughout the 65 acres of Bellingrath Gardens. Hydrangeas, Easter lilies, fuchsia, wave petunias, cape daisies, delphiniums and more will also be featured.
Rose Bloom Out at Bellingrath
April
Tour the award-winning Bellingrath Rose Garden during its first bloom, which features more than 2,000 plants representing 75 varieties. Roses will be available for sale in the Gift Shop. The roses will continue to bloom throughout spring and summer, but the experts at Bellingrath predict that the next full bloom out will be in June.
Wonderful Wednesdays
Wednesdays from June through July
Wonderful Wednesdays aren’t just for the winter! Every Wednesday, enjoy a special program starting at 10:30 am about Bellingrath Gardens and Home with topics about gardening, the Home collections, local history, and nature.
Annual Fall Outdoor Cascading Chysanthemums
November
You'll be amazed by the hundreds of colorful, 4-foot long cascades of chrysanthemums that are displayed throughout the gardens in the fall. This beautiful display, the nation’s largest outdoor cascade chrysanthemums show, takes more than nine months to create by Bellingrath's expert Horticultural Staff.
To see what is blooming in the month you plan on visiting, visit Bellingrath.org/Gardens-Home/Whats-in-Bloom
For more information about visiting Bellingrath Gardens and Home, visit Bellingrath.org.