July 17, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Birmingham, Ala. — Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens to hold the 17th annual Antiques at the Gardens, Birmingham’s premier antiques show featuring nationally and internationally acclaimed designers and dealers.
September 28–October 1, 2023
4 Days
16 Speakers
22 Dealers
150 Volunteers
1 Great Cause
The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is pleased to celebrate the 17th Antiques at the Gardens (AATG) this fall. Presented by O’Neal Industries and featuring design sponsor de Gournay and textile sponsor Cowtan & Tout, Birmingham’s premier antiques show will include talks by nationally and internationally acclaimed interior designers, floral designers, architects, landscape architects, product designers, and experts on gracious entertaining.
The three-day show will also welcome 22 celebrated dealers offering furniture, fine art, vintage and fine jewelry, silver, rugs and textiles, home decor, and garden accessories. In addition to welcoming back Hedgerow Antiques, Piggy Kitchen, Roger D. Winter, Ltd., and other show favorites, attendees will discover several new dealers. Shopping hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The weekend will kick off Thursday, September 28 with our Gala in the Gardens—outdoors and under the stars—sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ard and honoring former board chair B. Hanson Slaughter. Guests will arrive through our Garden entry created by Zachary J. Westall and available to be admired and enjoyed through the entirety of the event.
On Friday, September 29, “Shop the Show” with Alabama native Micheal Diaz-Griffith, Executive Director of Design Leadership Network. The show’s Red Diamond Lecture Series opens with a morning keynote by internationally acclaimed interior architect and designer Martin Brudnizki from London in conversation with Mitchell Owens, American editor of the World of Interiors. An afternoon panel, “The Art of Tradition,” moderated by Steele Marcoux, editor in chief of Veranda magazine, will feature de Gournay’s Hannah Cecil Gurney, Celerie Kemble of Kemble Interiors, and hotelier Sarah Wetenhall of The Colony Palm Beach.
Saturday, September 30, Chairish Co-Founder and President Anna Brockway will host a lively, interactive “Love it or Hate it” panel hosting interior designers and design experts, Aldous Bertram, Paloma Contreras, Peter Dunham and Michael Diaz-Griffith, sponsored by Visual Comfort & Co. In the afternoon, Zoë de Givenchy of luxury brand Z.d.G, celebrated chef and host Alex Hitz, event designer G. Blake Sams, and floral designer Sybil Sylvester of Wildflower Designs will discuss “The Art of Hospitality” in a panel moderated by Margot Shaw, editor in chief of FLOWER Magazine and sponsored by LICOA. The afternoon concludes with a floral workshop by Keith Robinson, sponsored by Forest Park’s Shoppe.
Sunday, October 1, “Southern Sunday” begins with keynote speaker and show ambassador, the renowned interior designer Richard Keith Langham and is sponsored by Cobbs Allen/PURE Insurance. The show wraps up with “The Art of the Home” panel featuring Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman of Brockschmidt & Coleman Design Studio, architect Stan Dixon, gardener, floral and event designer Keith Robinson, moderated by Hadley Keller, director of editorial for Design Leadership Network.
Talks will be followed by book signings, with books available for purchase at Leaf & Petal prior to and during the show.
In its 17th year, the annual show attracts visitors from all over Alabama and across the Southeast. Proceeds benefit the mission of the nonprofit Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, which seeks to protect, nurture, and share the wonders of the Gardens.
Tickets for the show and special events will be available for purchase mid-August. For tickets, show schedule, speaker bios, and dealer information, visit bbgardens.org/antiques. Follow show announcements and reveals on Facebook and Instagram. We look forward to seeing you at Antiques at the Gardens!
