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. Entry form TBD. Download rules and entry form.
    
    
  • Garden Chats
    Please join us at noon each weekday in April for a brief but informative chat.
    Pick up a sack lunch at Clementine's at the Garden or pack your own.
    
    

• Scheduled events:

  • Garden chats, noon each weekday in April
    
    Daily topics to be announced.
    
    
  • March 23-29: Trillium Week
    This unique and educational garden is truly a valuable addition to the Nature Trail. In addition to the formal trillium collection plantings, there are also plantings of trilliums as you would find them in their natural habitat, complete with companion plants. Not only does this give you a glimpse of the way Mother Nature plants, it also provides inspiration for backyard wildflower plantings. Tours will be conducted at various times during the week.
    
    
  • April 4: Wildflower Photography Workshop *
    9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. , Boeing Education Classroom
    Registration: $45 members/$50 non-members (limited to 45 participants)
    Tom and Pat Cory conduct this popular workshop featuring a classroom presentation on the basics of nature photography, followed by hands-on instruction outside in the Garden.
    This workshop is being held in conjunction with a photographic competition and exhibition.
    Download registration form.
    
    
  • April 11: Bunny Bonanza
    
    
  • April 16-19: Spring Plant Sale
    Members Only Sale: April 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
    Public Sale: April 17-18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 19, 1-5 p.m.
    

    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@blacicelabs.com
    
    

  • April 25-26: Butterfly House and Nature Center Season Opening
    

  * Reservations required.