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Kitchenware in the Bellingrath Home

The breadbox in the Bellingrath Home kitchen. By Tom McGehee Museum Home Director Following Mrs. Bellingrath’s death in 1943, Walter Bellingrath hired a local antiques dealer to inventory the contents...

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Bellingrath Gardens and Home has a new Executive Director

Dr. F. Todd Lasseigne By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations On July 23, 2020, the Trustees of the Bellingrath Morse Foundation announced that Bellingrath Gardens and Home...

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Hear the voice of Walter D. Bellingrath in 1953

Walter D. Bellingrath with Fred Holder, who became the first Executive Director of Bellingrath Gardens and Home, at Mr. Bellingrath’s 80th birthday party in 1949. By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of...

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Get to know Executive Director F. Todd Lasseigne

F. Todd Lasseigne at Tulsa Botanic Garden, where he has been President and CEO since 2011. By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations For the first time since 1999, a new...

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“A whirlwind of activity:” Dr. F. Todd Lasseigne’s first weeks at Bellingrath

By Dr. F. Todd Lassseigne Executive Director Hello, friends and supporters of Bellingrath Gardens and Home.  I am honored to be writing you as the newly hired Executive Director of this great and...

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The garden in winter: Advice for adding variety and color

By Dr. F. Todd Lasseigne, Executive Director Winter, from a gardening viewpoint, refers to the time when most plants are dormant. However, gardening in the winter months, and selecting winter-interest...

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Greg Hill’s legacy: Magic Christmas in Lights

Greg Hill, May 2020. By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations From routine maintenance chores to major repairs, Greg Hill’s work was almost always behind the scenes at...

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Eagle Scout project: Bat boxes in the Gardens

  By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations Catie Simpson, the first female to earn her Eagle Scout rank in the Mobile Area Council, built and installed eight bat boxes at...

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Camellias, Mr. Bellingrath’s favorite flower

By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations In the 1920s and 1930s, when Bessie Bellingrath wanted to beautify the Fowl River property that we know today as Bellingrath...

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To-do lists at Bellingrath: What we’ve checked off so far

New ground cloth has been installed next to the greenhouses. By Dr. F. Todd Lasseigne Executive Director To me, one of the joys of visitors coming out to Bellingrath Gardens and Home is that they get...

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