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When I visited the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for the first time, the roses were in bloom. They were exuberant, spilling over arbors, climbing up trellises, and blossoming in a flutter of hues across delineated beds. Surrounded by opening buds and inhaling their honeyed scent, I didn’t think I had ever experienced anything so lovely. It’s still one of my favorite places in the city, and—based on the number of people who stop to smell the roses’ sweet perfumes and remark on their dramatic colors and forms—I’m not the only one who is smitten with them.
Open since 1962, the gardens makeup one of Alabama’s most cherished green spaces. More than 330,000 visitors come here each year to enjoy quiet moments in nature. A partnership between the City of Birmingham and the nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the extensive property comprises 67 acres and includes a vast network of walking paths; a formal lawn that’s bookended by splashing fountains; allées of crepe myrtles; a stately conservatory that’s filled with cacti, tropical plants, and citrus trees; and two rose gardens plus other nooks that are dedicated to wildflowers, irises, ferns, camellias, and daylilies.
The Best Time To Visit The GardensIf you stop by during spring and summer or even in fall,the abundant roses will likely be one of the first things you notice. They plant their roots in two distinct spaces. The Dunn Formal Rose Garden is home to more than 100 types of modern roses, including hybrid teas, miniatures, grandifloras, floribundas, and polyanthas as well as the gravity-defying climbing ones in a rainbow of colors. This area is named for William
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