Add texture to your early garden with these Southern perennials. We asked the Horticulturist team at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens to share their favorites. It’s time to start planting! These perennials, as well as trees, shrubs, natives, and more, are available for purchase at the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale April 11-13. […] The post Spring is upon us! appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

We stepped inside Diana Jones’s backyard garden and greenhouse to learn about the best ways to keep your garden going in the winter months. One look at Diana Jones’s backyard and her passion for gardening is evident. Raised beds, stacks of terra-cotta pots, and a shed for garden tools connect via paths. In the summer, […] The post Winter Greens appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

Cotton & Quill may be best known for the bright ebullient patterns and colors in its fabrics and wall coverings, but owner and creative talent Mary Catherine Folmar also offers a line of wreath and topiary forms. Here, she shares her step-by-step creation for a topiary centerpiece with persimmons. For more tutorials, visit cottonquill.com. Supply […] The post Making it Bright appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

It doesn’t take much to stir Buffy Hargett Miller’s imagination. A color in nature or a pretty roll of ribbon is enough to ignite a creative musing that allows her to transform everything from a ballroom to a dining room table or empty wall into a captivating canvas. “All of my creative projects use the […] The post Colorful & Creative appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 Bill Brockschmidt, Courtney Coleman, Stan Dixon, Keith RobinsonModerator: Hadley Keller, Director of Editorial, Design Leadership NetworkSponsored by Christopher Collection and Christopher Architecture and Interiors Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman bring to their work a focus on traditional detailing, proportion, materials, and craftsmanship in both architectural elements and […] The post Antiques at the Gardens — The Art of the Home Panel appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

September 28–October 1, 2023 The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens will celebrate the 17th Annual Antiques at the Gardens (AATG) this fall. Presented by O’Neal Industries and featuring design sponsor de Gournay and textile sponsor Cowtan & Tout, Birmingham’s premier antiques show welcomes a lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers, interior designers, landscape architects, […] The post Antiques at the Gardens appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

More than two dozen specialty gardens comprise the nearly 70 acres that make up the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Explore five of our favorites. Southern Living GardenDesigned by Southern Living magazine, this area recalls an intimate Southern home garden. Plantings are inspired by the magazine founder’s love for native plants. Surrounding the pinecone fountain are Piedmont, […] The post A Walk in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

Father Nature Landscapes owner and designer Daniel McCurry shares a few of his favorite projects that help set the mood for entertaining, while offering his best advice for creating your own backyard getaway. The post In the Garden with Father Nature Landscapes appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

Allie Nielsen of Vine and Branch creates one-of-a-kind arrangements designed to enhance any home—no maintenance required! The post Creative Turn to Vine + Branch appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more

Allison Stephens turned her passion for gardening into a hobby that gives back with a protective habitat for monarch butterflies. The post Monarch Waystation appeared first on Birmingham Home & Garden ..read more