Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Historic botanical garden in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

Bellingrath Gardens and Home covers 65 cultivated acres (26 ha) of a roughly 900-acre estate on the Fowl River near Mobile, Alabama. Walter Bellingrath bought the land as a fishing camp in 1917, and Bessie Bellingrath began the plantings with architect George Bigelow Rogers in 1927. The 10,500-square-foot home, finished in 1935, mixes a Georgian staircase, French doors and a Mediterranean courtyard, with brick salvaged from Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont's 1852 Mobile birthplace and ironwork from the demolished Southern Hotel.

Walter Bellingrath, an early bottler of Coca-Cola, and his wife Bessie turned their fishing retreat into a public garden starting in 1932, providing work and hope during the Great Depression. The house and grounds were later converted into a museum that continues to welcome visitors today.

The name honors Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, who turned their private retreat into a public destination that now draws visitors from across the region. The interior rooms display furniture and objects that make the lives of wealthy Southern families during the 1930s easy to understand.

The garden opens every day of the year and offers guided tours through the house as well as changing plantings with the seasons. Groups can take advantage of special arrangements, and the paths are mostly accessible, though some areas have gentle slopes.

The holiday light show is called "Magic Christmas in Lights" and began in 1995. It fills 13 themed scenes with 1,000 set pieces and more than 3 million lights, running from the Friday after Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve. USA Today placed it sixth on its 2014 list of the 10 Best Public Light Displays in America.