Friday & Saturday, May 3-4, 2013
9 am – 5 pm daily.
Explore seven local private gardens and discover new ideas for your own May 3-4 at this year’s Gallery of Gardens tour! Experience garden diversity as you tour homes in Spring Hill, Old Dauphinway, and Midtown Mobile. This year, the entire street of Flo-Claire is joining in the spirit and sprucing up their front yards for the tour!
As you visit each garden, look for Plein Air artists painting on site, and feature plants that will be available in the MBG MarketPlace. Master Gardeners will be at each location to give visitors descriptions of the gardens and highlight ideas they can use at home.
Tour and MarketPlace hours are 9 am to 5 pm Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of. Advance tickets may be purchased at the Mobile Botanical Gardens office or MarketPlace, or at any of the participating ticket outlets listed below. Group rates are available to groups of ten or more. For more information call (251) 342-0555. To purchase tickets online, click here.
Ticket Outlets
Mobile:
- A Bloom Nursery
- Carpe Diem
- Laura Kay’s Nursery
- MBG Office (M-F)
- MBG Marketplace (Saturdays)
- Spring Hill Ace Hardware
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- Zimlich’s Patio & Garden Center
Eastern Shore:
- Old Tyme Feed (Fairhope)
- Page & Palette (Fairhope)
- Robertsdale Feed & Seed
Florida:
- Duh (Pensacola)
- Garden Gate Nursery (Gulf Breeze)
Mississippi
- Courtney Farms (Ocean Springs)








Children’s Botanical Collagraphy
Artist in Residence Val Webb guides children through the fun process of making botanical prints using natural elements and an etching press. 10 am – Noon, $5/child. Ages 5-12 with adult.