Bellingrath's Featured Plant
YOSHINO CHERRY
Prunus x yedoensis
No doubt you have noticed how glorious the cherries are in Mobile. The pale pink white blooms are Yoshino Cherry - the famous cherry of the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Monument. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Yoshio Cherry being introduced into the United States. Trees were brought into the Plant Introduction Station where they were placed in quarantine. The United States was suffering from Chestnut blight, so unfortunately the cherries were burned. The Mayor of Tokyo was somewhat offended but sent a shipment of cherries two years later to Washington, D.C. The Tidal Basin was being completed and the cherries were planted to provide spring color. We have a glorious specimen of this tree on the North Terrace of the Bellingrath Home. Happy 100th anniversary.
See What Else is Blooming |
|
Membership Bonus
Join or renew your membership in the Friends of Bellingrath between March 15 and June 15, 2010 and you will receive a subscription card for a free one year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens magazine. If you are a current subscriber to Better Homes and Gardens, your subscription will be extended for an additional year - free!
Membership Form | |
|
|
17th Annual Camellia Classic Open Car Show
April 10, 2010 
The Mobile Bay Mustang Club and Bellingrath Gardens and Home will present the 17th Annual Camellia Classic Car Show on Saturday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Over 300 vintage and antique cars can be seen on The Great Lawn at Bellingrath Gardens. Guests are invited to come out and experience the beauty of spring and the nostalgia of antique cars and trucks.
Guests are encouraged to bring a food item for the Mobile Area Food Bank. Each person that brings at least one item will receive a $1.00 discount on their admission to Bellingrath Gardens for the day. Food items that are needed include: canned green beans, canned corn, canned yams, canned sweet peas, canned fruit cocktail, canned pineapple, canned peaches, canned ham, rice and any other nonperishable food item.
The Mobile Bay Mustang Club donates proceeds from the car show to local charities including the Bay Area Food Bank. For additional information about entering a car in the show, please contact The Mobile Bay Mustang Club at www.mobilebaymustangclub.org. |
55th Annual Rose Show Cancelled
The 2010 Spring Rose Show that was scheduled for April 17th and 18th has been cancelled due to the severity of the winter which has caused significant delays in the development of the rose blooms after the annual pruning.
According to Bellingrath Rosiarian Linda Guy; the roses are about three weeks behind their normal growth just like several of our other spring flowers. She expects Bellingrath's first blush to be in mid May.
The Mobile Rose Society presents the Rose Show each year at Bellingrath Gardens and Home the third weekend in April. People that love roses or want to learn to start growing roses are invited to the show. Amateur rose gardeners are also encouraged to enter their best blooms in the show. At each rose show, members of the Mobile Rose Society provide containers and tags as well as assist in identifying each bloom that is entered. Society members are also available throughout the weekend to answer questions about growing and identifying roses. |
|
Mother's Day Concert on Live Oak Plaza
May 9, 2010
Supper, an entire orchestra, and ice cream make this Mother's Day special at Bellingrath Gardens. Bellingrath Gardens and Home is happy to welcome The Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra and their conductor, Rob Seebacher for the Annual Mother's Day Concert Orchestra on Sunday, May 9th at 5:30 p.m.
This year's concert will be held on Live Oak Plaza between the Bellingrath Home and the Boehm Gallery. Enjoy the Gardens and Home throughout the afternoon and then gather at 5:30 p.m. for the late afternoon concert. Bring your own picnic, or pre-order a picnic supper. Bay Gourmet Catering will provide a beautiful box supper and a beverage that you may pick up as you arrive at Live Oak Plaza. You may reserve a table for 4 or for 6 to enjoy your supper and the music. A table for 4, which include table, chairs and a table covering is $10.00; a table for 6 is $15.00. The box dinners are $22.00 per person. Seating will be provided, but you are welcomed to bring your own lawn chairs.
Everyone is invited to an ice cream social on the South Terrace, adjacent to Live Oak Plaza, immediately following the concert. The free concert is included in your admission to Bellingrath Gardens. Beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Mother's Day, admission will be reduced to $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for
children ages 5-12. Children under the age of 5 are always admitted free. This is the perfect way to conclude your Mother's special day.
For more information about the complete menu seo make your table or dinner reservation, please call Bellingrath Gardens and Home at 973-2217ext 110 or Download a Reservation Form. |
|
Upcoming Events
National Public Gardens Day
Friday, May 7th
Mother's Day Concert on Live Oak Plaza
Sunday, May 9th
| |
|
