E-Letter Visitor Info Garden Tour Calendar
Events Learning Weddings / Rentals Support the Garden
Press Room Organizations Related Links Employment
       

Annual Events

Spring Festival of Flowers

Wings, Warts, and Wonder

Scarecrow Trail

Galaxy of Lights

 

Events Preview

 
 


April 2010

With thousands of bulbs, colorful spring annuals, a woodland full of wildflowers, magnificent dogwoods and amazing azaleas, the Garden is coming alive around every corner. Gorgeous container plantings and imaginative topiaries highlight the arrival of spring in the Garden.

Group tours available by reservation.

Events

  • Month-long events:

    • Photography Competition
      Photos must be taken at the Garden during the month of April. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place and photos will be displayed at the Garden. Download 2009 rules and entry form. New information will be posted closer to the time of the event.

  • Scheduled events:

    • March 1-April 30: Wildflower Festival

    • April 3: Bunny Bonanza*

    • April 10: Wildflower Photography Workshop*

    • April 15-18: Spring Plant Sale

      A long-established Huntsville rite of spring and the largest in the state, the Spring Plant Sale offers annuals by the flat or pack; ferns, geraniums, a huge selection of herbs, cherished heirloom plants, houseplants, orchids, perennials, old-fashioned roses, vegetable plants, water plants, wildflowers, shrubs, vines, and trees. All varieties have been specially selected to thrive in North Alabama. Master Gardeners will perform soil pH testing. Vendors offer garden accessories.

      Plant sale gift certificates are available by contacting Jean Hairston at (256)773-6526 or jean.hairston@att.net.com

    • April 24: Breakfast with Butterflies*

    • Nature Center/Butterfly House Seasonal Opening

    * Reservations required.

    2009 Photo Contest Winners

 

Huntsville Botanical Garden
4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama 35805
256-830-4447
Contact us
© 2009 HBG