A Service of WXXV FOX 25 16 January 2008, Wednesday Bellingrath Gardens Winter is never bleak at Bellingrath Gardens and Home! Designed to give visitors and guests a unique look at Bellingrath through its distinct history, winter gardens and showcasing local and regional experts on plant care, Winter Wednesdays at Bellingrath is the perfect place to bring a friend and spend time among 65 acres of blooms! 1. All Winter Wednesday Programs begin at 10:00 AM in the Magnolia Room located in the Bellingrath Gardens and Home Café Building. 2. Admission - No charge for members and children 4 and under, $10 for Adults and $5.50 for children 5 to 12. 3. Registration is requested. January 9 – Winter Garden Walk · Check our the creative winter plantings throughout the Gardens with Barbara Smith Bellingrath Gardens Horticulture Display Manager. January 16 – Pressed to Cut · A look at antique glass in the Bellingrath Collection and special home tour with Tom McGehee, Bellingrath Home Curator. January 23 – Education Docent Program · Learn about our new education programs and how you can help. Presented by Nancy Gaillard, Bellingrath Gardens and Home Education Consultant. January 30 – “Mobile & The Eastern Shore” · History lecture and book signing by local author Frye Gaillard. February 6 – Growing Citrus on the Gulf Coast · Learn how to grow citrus in your home garden from Auburn research horticulturist Monte Nesbitt February 13 – Annual Rose Pruning & Rose Care · Every year around Valentine’s Day Bellingrath prunes its roses, come learn why and how. Program presented by Linda Guy, Bellingrath Gardens Rose Curator February 20 – Celebrate Arbor Day · TBA February 27 – History of the Nursery Industry in Mobile & Baldwin Counties · Nurseries have been a major industry in Coastal Alabama for many years, come hear why and their contribution to the world of horticulture. Program presented by Maarteen van der Giessen of van der Giessen Nursery, Inc. Bellingrath Gardens and Home 12401 Bellingrath Gardens Road Theodore, Alabama 36582 Pump It Up Grand Opening Pump It Up of Gautier Grand Opening Celebration Pump It Up Hosts Local Families in Inflatable Party Zone What: A wonderland of multi-colored inflatables in Gautier. Pump It Up is the original party facility of its kind. Guests are treated to a large indoor arena filled with a wide variety of engaging, challenging and brightly colored inflatable structures that stand almost two stories high. Children can bounce and tumble on a custom inflatable bounce house, slide, obstacle course, gauntlet and basketball arena. For Sunday’s grand opening event, Pump It Up will be hosting a toy drive, have visits from the local sheriff’s department finger printing children, a monster truck on display and much more. When/Where: Sunday, December 16, 2007 1 to 5 p.m. Pump It Up of Gautier 1633 Highway 90 For questions regarding this calendar, contact: Deidre Pyron Licensed To: WXXV Fox Television