The Birmingham Botanical Gardens feature 67 acres of glorious nature including the spectacular Southern Living gardens. The Botanical Gardens offer everything from beautiful Southern wildflowers camellias, wildflowers, ferns, delicate bonsai plants, roses, desert flowers, even a Japanese Garden, complete with a Japanese Tea-house and Zen-like sense of peacefulness. Located in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama the gardens are open daily from sun up to sundown.