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Our event, featuring 36 exhibitors from around the country offers some of the best antique dealers in the country in one of the most beautiful settings in the Southeast- Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Antiques at the Gardens is set for October 3-5, 2008 in Birmingham, AL.

  • PURPOSE: In 2007 we had thousands of visitors and brought in over $395,000 to benefit education at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Proceeds from this event support the education programs The Gardens provides to over 10,000 Alabama school children each year. The Gardens’ free Discovery Field Trips allow area children to enjoy over 67 acres of premiere gardens through a variety of programs. With funding in many schools decreasing, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens feels a great responsibility to sustain and grow these programs for children.


  • SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: The weekend-long event includes a First Look Preview Party on Thursday evening, a private Corporate Night on Friday, plus Lectures, Lunches and more throughout the weekend.


  • VENDORS: 36 nationally recognized vendors from 14 different states will be showcasing antiques including furniture, oriental rugs, porcelain, fine art, silver, garden accessories and jewelry.


  • PARKING: There is ample parking available at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.


  • FOOD: The Gardens Café by Kathy G is open for lunch on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday for brunch. The Winfrey Hotel is providing complimentary wine & hors d’oeuvres on Friday and Saturday at 3:30 P.M. as well as complimentary champagne, tea, and desserts on Sunday at 3:30 P.M.


  • ABOUT THE GARDENS: Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a partnership between the City of Birmingham and Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of 2,500 family and individual members who support The Gardens. Through funding and advocacy, The Friends further restoration, preservation and development of The Gardens as a resource for everyone in the community. Friends promotes knowledge and appreciation of plants and the environment with educational offerings to over 350,000 visitors annually. The Gardens are open 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset and are free to the public.