Join the Friends of Bellingrath or renew an existing membership.
Join today or renew your membership and get a free one-year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens. The offer is valid until September 30, 2011.
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Holiday Parties  November 25
to December 31, 2011
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.
For more information or to make reservations, call Group Tours at 800.247.8420 or 251.973.2217 X 163.
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Save the Date
Kiku Matsuri Mum Festival
Saturday, November 12
Magic Christmas in Lights
Nov. 25 - Dec. 31
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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.
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Fall Floral Showcase Designers
As part of the afternoon program, Walk and Talk with Bill and Benny, participants will be given a special tour of the Bellingrath Museum Home which will feature floral arrangements by some of the region's top floral designers. As a grand finale our special guest Benny Campbell will create a spectacular arrangement for the Bellingrath Home's Formal Dining Room. The Floral Showcase in the Bellingrath Home will continue through Sunday, October 23, 2011.
Designers include:
- Edna Adcox - Belle Bouquet Florist and Gifts
- Ron Barrett - Zimlich's Bros. Florist
- Benny Campbell - Attalla Florist & Design
- LeNea Denson - Cleveland Florist
- Dennis Harris - Zimlich the Florist
- Shannon Pallin - Fiore of Pensacola
- Carol Reeves - Elizabeth's Garden
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Balloon Glow in the Gardens
October 29 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM
Dress up your little goblins and come out 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. This year's event will also include 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. The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint will be in the Gardens selling their one-of-a-kind and national award winning barbeque and live music provided by MudBucket will be on the Great Lawn. The Balloon Glow is free for members and special reduced rates will begin at 5:00 p.m. SPECIAL RATES: Adults $5; children 5 -12 $3 and as always children 4 and under are free.
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Balloon Glow Trick-or-Treat Station Volunteers
Your organization, business or club can participate in the "Glow" by distributing treats and trinkets to the hundreds of trick-or-treaters that attend this family event each year. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to publicize your organization or special event during one of Bellingrath's busiest seasons.
Each participating organization will receive 4 free passes for the event and up to twenty 50% off discount coupons that can be used from October 29 - November 24, 2011. All of those distributing treats and trinkets are encouraged to dress up in costume for the evening to add to the festivities.
If your group can participate, please complete the registration form and forward it to Bellingrath Gardens and Home by Friday, October 7, 2011.
Download a Trick-or-Treat Station Registration Form
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