AATG Honoree, Hanson Slaughter poses for headshot in Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ Southern Living Garden.By Donna Cornelius
The 17th edition of Antiques at The Gardens offers opportunities for those who attend to listen to and learn from design luminaries, to shop for that perfect sideboard or piece of silver, and to support the event’s beautiful setting at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Hosted by Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the annual antiques show will be Sept. 28 to Oct. 1. O’Neal Industries is presenting the event, which includes talks by nationally and internationally known interior designers, floral designers, architects, landscape architects, product designers and experts on entertaining. The show’s design sponsor is de Gournay and textile sponsor is Cowtan & Tout.
Showgoers also can browse among the tempting offerings of 22 dealers who will be bringing furniture, fine art, vintage and fine jewelry, silver, rugs and textiles, home décor, and garden accessories. A few of the returning favorites include:
• Hedgerow Antiques, an Alpharetta, Georgia, source for 18th, 19th and 20th century antiques from England, France and other parts of Europe.
• Chicago’s Piggy Kitchen, whose curated vintage tabletop, cookware and French-inspired pantry items are a treasure trove for home chefs.
• Roger D. Winter Ltd. of Pennsylvania, which specializes in 18th and early 19th century British furniture and decoration with an emphasis on period dining furniture.
There’s also the fun of discovering dealers who are new to the show.
Shopping hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday.
Events
The show’s first event is a glittering one: Gala in the Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ard will sponsor the black-tie party, which will honor former Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens board Chairman B. Hanson Slaughter. Zachary J. Westall is creating a festive entry for guests; it will be in place throughout the show.
On the show’s Friday schedule are:
• Shop the Show with Michael Diaz-Griffith, executive director of Design Leadership Network.
• The Red Diamond Lecture Series, featuring 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, and including Hannah Cecil Gurney of de Gournay, Kemble Interiors’ Celerie Kemble and hotelier Sarah Wetenhall of The Colony Palm Beach.
Saturday’s highlights are:
• An interactive “Love It or Hate It” panel with Anna Brockway, Chairish co-founder and president, hosting interior designers and design experts Aldous Bertram, Paloma Contreras, Peter Dunham and Michael Diaz-Griffith.
• “The Art of Hospitality,” a panel moderated by Margot Shaw, editor-in-chief of Flower magazine, and featuring Zoë de Givenchy of luxury brand Z.d.G., chef and host Alex Hitz, event designer G. Blake Sams, and Sybil Sylvester of Wildflowers Designs.
• A floral workshop by Keith Robinson, sponsored by Forest Park’s Shoppe.
The show’s final day, Southern Sunday, features:
• Keynote speaker Richard Keith Langham, show ambassador.
• A panel called “The Art of the Home,” moderated by Hadley Keller, director of editorial for Design Leadership Network with Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman of Brockschmidt & Coleman Design Studio; architect Stan Dixon; and Keith Robinson, gardener, floral and event designer.
Some talks will be followed by book signings; books will be available for purchase at the Gardens’ Leaf & Petal shop before and during the show.
To buy tickets for the show and special events and for more information, visit bbgardens.org/antiques. You also can follow the festivities on Facebook and Instagram.
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