ACT IV.
New actors and actresses add their beauty to the cast as summer drifts by. The Crepe Myrtle, the Oleander, the Magnolia, the Hibiscus, the Allamanda and numerous other colorful flowers help make the Bellingrath Gardens Show the wonderful pageant that it is. Summer fades into fall, and as the final curtain is lowered the audience reluctantly leaves with happy smiles and fond memories of the “Charm Spot of the Deep South”: of dexterous landscaping: of gray Spanish moss draping branches of noble oaks and cypresses and forming backdrop curtains for the thrilling drama continuously being produced way down South in Bellingrath Gardens.
Enchanting flagstone walks wind their peaceful way through Bellingrath Gardens—a man-made rivulet trickles down a stairway of stone—the charming collection and amazing variety of the Camellia Japonica in this dream garden—these and many other scenes never fail to enchant the visitor.
A fountain, canopied by waving gray moss, presents one of the loveliest scenes in this “Charm Spot of the Deep South.” It seems to whisper, “Here We Rest.”
Age-old romance and history have been woven into this magnificent home of Mr. and the late Mrs. Walter D. Bellingrath. The exquisitely patterned iron lace that borders its rich-railed balconies and porticos once stood guard around the two-tiered porches of Mobile’s famous Old Southern Hotel, and are remindful of the influence of Old France and Spain upon the Gulf Coast colonies.