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A Garden of Delights
Southern Living
|June - July 2025
New reasons to visit a Birmingham gem
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ON AN OVERCAST morning this spring, I drove to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG) to celebrate the renewal of a section that means a lot to this magazine.
As I entered the 67-acre property, which is free and open to the public daily, the place was buzzing with friends taking walks, parents pushing their kids in strollers, bird-watchers toting binoculars, and volunteers armed with garden tools. A half dozen folks were inspecting plants and decor at Leaf & Petal gift shop, and golf carts whizzed around with the staff prepping for the season.
The BBG gets about 330,000 visitors every year, and springtime is their Super Bowl.
This story is from the June - July 2025 edition of Southern Living.
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