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                              August 2011

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Membership
Save the Date
Founder's Day
MCIL Party Tent
Fall Floral Showcase
Bellingrath Blooms
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Save the Date 

 

Fall Floral Showcase

Wednesday, October 19

 

Balloon Glow

Saturday, October 29

 

Kiku Matsuri Mum Festival

Saturday, November 12

 

Magic Christmas in Lights

 Nov. 25 - Dec. 31

  

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BellingrathFounder's Day
Mr. Bellingrath's Birthday
August 6    

 

In honor of Mr. Bellingrath's Birthday, admission to the Gardens will be free to all Mobile and Baldwin County residents! There will be an additional charge to tour the Bellingrath Museum Home and/or to take the sightseeing river cruise. 

Emerald Forest Magic Christmas in Lights
Holiday Party Special  
Book now through August 25th to qualify.
 

Everyone loves a holiday party. Make this year's the best! Magic Christmas in Lights creates a perfect backdrop for corporate functions, civic gatherings and family get-togethers.  Right now Bellingrath is offering a 25% discount off the regularly priced rental fee for the Holiday Party Tent for all reservations made by August 25th. 

 

For more information or to make reservations, call Group Tours at 800.247.8420 or 251.973.2217 X 163.      

 

Floral Showcase

Fall Floral Showcase
Featuring Benny Campbell 
October 19th  
                                              $45 

Bellingrath Gardens and Home is pleased to bring Benny Campbell, floral designer extraordinaire, to Mobile on October 19, 2011 to share secrets for creating arrangements in his signature style that is both airy and lush. Using an eclectic array of material and containers, Benny will instruct, inspire, and entertain you with his imaginative ideas for enhancing your fall and holiday tables and home. Benny was a featured seminar speaker on floral design at the 1999 Festival of Flowers and thrilled the capacity audience with his phenomenal talent and ebullient personality. He calls his arrangements "free-flow style with a southern influence."  

 

 Special Floral Presentations


Sophisticated Southern Style for the Holidays: Be inspired and learn from Benny Campbell how to create fabulous arrangements for your home at his presentation from 9:30 a.m. - noon. Continental Breakfast will be served. The presentation will take place at the Mobile Junior League Headquarters, 57 North Sage Avenue.  

 

Walk and Talk with Bill and Benny: Meet at the Entry Building at  

Bellingrath Gardens and Home at 2:30 p.m. to tour Bellingrath Gardens and the Bellingrath Museum Home with Benny and Bellingrath's Executive Director, Dr. Bill Barrick. At the conclusion of the Home Tour, Benny will create a stunning centerpiece for the Bellingrath Formal Dining Room. The afternoon event will conclude with a reception on the back porch of The Home. 

 

Ticket prices:

  • Full Registration - Morning & Afternoon                                      $90
  • Full Registration - Morning & Afternoon (FOB Members)     $80
  • Morning Only                                                                                           $50 
  • Morning Only (FOB Members)                                                         $45  
Space is limited for the morning and afternoon presentations. Reservations are required and will be taken on a first come first serve basis.

 

H GARDENES AND HOME 

Bellingrath Gardens and Home
Operated by The Bellingrath Gardens and Home Foundation, a charitable, not-for-profit organization

12401 Bellingrath Gardens Road / Theodore, Alabama 36582
800.247.8420 / 251.973.2217
www.bellingrath.org