Note Date Change: Classes now begin May 22 & 23.

Cost: $65 for MBG members; $85 for non-members

Become a member!

Instructor: Bill Finch

Session IX (now registering)
5 Tuesdays
May 22 – June 18, 2012, 1-3 p.m.     <–New Dates

Session X (now registering)
5 Wednesdays
May 23 – June 19, 2012, 6:30-8:30 p.m.     <–New Dates

This five week course not only teaches you how to think like a gardener – it teaches you how to get the most from gardening in one of the world’s most distinctive gardening environments. When you complete this course, you’ll know what plants need to thrive in the seasons and soils of the Gulf Coast; how you can get 12 months of bloom; and how you can make peace with and even enjoy our exuberant garden life. We teach gardeners how to think for themselves, but we also provide proven formulas and techniques that will dramatically improve the success of both beginning and experienced gardeners.

Space is limited, and registration is required. Please email mbg2@bellsouth.net to register, or call 251-342-0555, ext. 3.

Next session offered August, 2012.

Saturday, May 12, 9 am – 12 pm

$25 members; $35 non-members
no cost for accompanied children 12 and under.

If you’ve ever been to a pitcher plant bog (or even to the MBG Plaza), you know how unique and fascinating these plants are, especially to children. Take advantage of this workshop to bring a little bit of the bog home!

Participants will learn about the soil composition and conditions necessary to maintain bog plants, and create their own dish garden of pitcher plants, sundews, and more!

Nature Hikes – Scavenger Hunts – Nature Art in Various Media
Games & Activities – Nature Journaling

Presented by Mobile Botanical Gardens
and Mobile Museum of Art

June 11-15, 2012
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM Daily
$175 per child

Transform your child’s summer with an exciting week-long adventure! Planned for rising third and fourth graders, and supplementing the science and fine arts standards for Alabama, this program is designed to instill a love of outdoor adventure and an appreciation of nature and art in nature.

Mornings are set amidst the 100-acre mobile Botanical Gardens, a rich, ecologically diverse site perfect for discoveries and exploration, and afternoons in creative activities at the adjacent Mobile Museum of Art in Langan Park.

Paid registrations due by June 1

Click here to download an application form

Calling All Gardeners – MBG Marketplace opens April 14!

April 14 – June 30, 9-11am

Every Saturday until the end of June, you can buy native plants, get great ideas from experts and support the Gardens. The Marketplace is located under the trees at the end of the uphill parking lot. Look for the white tent! Check back for weekly specials.

Members $25 – Non-members $35

Spend less time worrying about your lawn and more time enjoying it! Practical advice on starting or maintaining a manageable, affordable lawn, including types of grass, fertilizer, watering and mowing tips.

$25 members; $35 non-members

Increasingly, Grand Bay is becoming the Gulf Coast’s model for how the region once operated, and what it originally looked like. This long and complex intersection of forest, marsh, open water and seagrass supports what may be one of the best preserved and most diverse maritime forests and shallow-water marine environments along the entire Northern Gulf Coast. The spread of it is breathtaking – marsh and native tidal forest as far as you can see.

Grand Bay is home to some very beautiful and interesting plants you are unlikely to see anywhere else in the wild, including the rare golden canna and the Florida soapberry tree. We’ll wade through all these beautiful environments, from the longleaf pine savannas with their pitcher plants, down through the tidal slash pine grasslands and oak cheniers, and out into the open marsh and salt pannes, where the willets make their strange, operatic calls.

Come prepared to hike and to get wet, up to your knees or so. Open sandals are NOT allowed, and rubber boots are a nuisance. We highly recommend sturdy old tennis or athletic shoes that drain reasonably well. Hats, sunscreen and mosquito repellant recommended. MBG will provide water and light snacks.

Size is limited, and pre-registration is required. To register, please email mbg2@bellsouth.net or call 251.342.0555 ext. 3.

Details TBA