Antiques at the Gardens 2025
October 2 – 5, 2025
The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is pleased to celebrate the 19th Antiques at the Gardens this fall. Presented by 1919 Investment Counsel and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and featuring design sponsor Schumacher, Birmingham’s premier antiques show will once again welcome a prestigious lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers, interior designers, landscape architects, floral artists, and experts on gracious entertaining.
The show will also include 25 celebrated dealers from across the U.S. and across the pond, offering exquisitely curated antique furniture, fine art, vintage and fine jewelry, silver, rugs and textiles, home décor, and garden accessories from both new and returning dealers.
Tickets are on sale now. For tickets, show schedule, speaker bios, and dealer information, visit bbgardens.org/antiques. Follow show announcements and reveals on Facebook and Instagram.
Special Weekend Events
Stop the Show with Rudy Saunders
Friday, October 3, at 9:30 a.m., book signing to follow – Sponsored by Paige Albright Orientals
Join famed Design Director of Dorothy Draper & Company, Inc., Rudy Saunders for a special tour of the dealer booths as he shares recommendations and pieces of interest during this intimate walk-through. Based in New York City, Rudy is involved with all aspects of the firm, including designing colorful, bright, and fun residential interiors for discerning private clients across the U.S. and internationally. Additionally, he oversees the design direction of hospitality projects, such as The Greenbrier in West Virginia and Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Stitch with Rudy Saunders: Needlepoint with Friends
Saturday, October 4, at 9 a.m. – Sponsored by Sarah Holbrook Slaughter
Rudy Saunders, a prolific needlepointer, returns on Saturday for a morning of fun and stitching for needlepointers of all skill levels. Participants receive kits outfitted with all the necessities needed to stitch an original R! by Rudy design as he shares his wit and expertise. Rudy launched his exclusive needlepoint collection, R! by Rudy, with Lycette Designs in 2020, featuring designs both creative and clever. He has taught needlepoint classes and is a co-founder of the Young Needlepointers of New York City.
2025 Antiques at the Gardens Speakers
Antiques at the Gardens welcomes these nationally and internationally acclaimed interior designers, floral designers, architects, landscape architects and furniture designers to the 18th annual show.
An additional ticket is required for each lecture. Limited seating. Free parking. Book signings hosted by Leaf & Petal at the Gardens
Show Ambassador
RICHARD KEITH LANGHAM
Alabama born and Manhattan based, Keith has been a force in the interior design world for more than 30 years. His keen eye and ebullient talent serve him well in assembling his signature rooms—those that speak to the past in a fresh way and are brimming with luscious color, pattern, and couture detailing. Perhaps no one summed up his aesthetics better than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who once proclaimed him to have “a sorcerer’s eye.”
Friday, October 3
Red Diamond Lecture Series
Sponsored by Red Diamond Coffee & Tea
Designing with the Stars
Martyn Lawrence Bullard in conversation with Steele Marcoux, Editor-in-Chief, Veranda
11 a.m., book signing to follow
MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
Martyn Lawrence Bullard is a multi-award-winning, Los Angeles-based interior designer and television personality renowned for his broad range of styles and eclectic yet sophisticated and inviting interiors. A-list celebrity clients include RuPaul, Kylie Jenner, Cher, Kourtney Kardashian, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ellen Pompeo, to name a few. His third book, Star Style, showcases his own globally-inspired properties, as well as his rooms for an array of glitterati from the worlds of music, fashion, stage, and screen.
STEELE MARCOUX
Steele Thomas Marcoux is the editor-in-chief of VERANDA, where she oversees brand strategy and content across all platforms and writes about architecture, design, travel, jewelry, and gardening.
An English Village
Ben Pentreath
2 p.m., book signing to follow
BEN PENTREATH
Named one of the “best country house architects in Britain” and often described as the “go-to” designer to the British royal family, Ben Pentreath is an award-winning architectural designer and decorator whose work embodies the highest principles of traditional and classical architecture, as well as urbanism in contemporary society. Ben is also co-founder, with Bridie Hall, of Pentreath & Hall, one of London’s most distinctive interiors and decoration shops. He is the author of English Decoration, English Houses, and An English Vision, newly released from Rizzoli. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times and runs the Pentreath & Hall blog.
Saturday, October 4
Glorious Gardens
Thomas O’Brien and Katie Ridder with Dara Caponigro, Editor-in-Chief, Frederic
Sponsored by Cobbs Allen and PURE Insurance
11 a.m., book signings to follow
THOMAS O’BRIEN
Thomas O’Brien is an interior and home furnishings designer based in New York City. He is founder and president of Aero Studios and owns home design stores Aero Ltd. and Copper Beech. His style extends to his Thomas O’Brien home furnishings, with furniture, lighting, tableware and giftware, carpets, and plumbing fittings made for both fine and daily living. Thomas has created lighting for Visual Comfort & Co. He is the author of three design books: the best-selling American Modern, AERO: Beginning to Now, and Library House.
KATIE RIDDER
With clients from Switzerland to Kentucky, Katie Ridder, lead principal at Katie Ridder Inc., has been commissioned to design the interiors of spaces as varied as Japanese pavilions, Palm Beach estates, Park Avenue apartments, and downtown lofts. Katie is the author of three books: Rooms; A House in the Country, co-authored with her husband, architect Peter Pennoyer; and More Rooms.
DARA CAPONIGRO
Dara Caponigro is the creative director of Schumacher and editor-in-chief of FREDERIC magazine. Previously, she was editor of VERANDA, style director and a founding editor of Domino, and design director of ELLE Decor. She is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller Domino: The Book of Decorating and author of Decorate Like a Decorator and FREDERIC: The Last Word in Chic, both published by Monacelli. Her homes have been published in House Beautiful, ELLE Decor, VERANDA, Domino, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and FREDERIC. Her latest book is Glorious Gardens: Private Edens of the World’s Leading Interior Designers.
Hospitality: Then and Now
Rebecca Gardner, Elaine Griffin and Jane Scott Hodges with Margot Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, Flower
Sponsored by Flower
2 p.m., book signings to follow
REBECCA GARDNER
Rebecca Gardner is the founder and creative director of Houses & Parties, an events, interiors, and retail collective based in Savannah and New York City. Named a top event designer by Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, she has been published in Architectural Digest, ELLE Decor, Town & Country, and more. Her first book is A Screaming Blast.
ELAINE GRIFFIN
Interior designer and tastemaker Elaine Griffin is a former contributing editor for Better Homes & Gardens. She designed for Oprah’s O at Home, was a special projects editor at ELLE Decor, and is a contributing editor at FLOWER magazine. Her design firm operates from Coastal Georgia and New York City. She authored Design Rules: The Insider’s Guide to Becoming Your Own Decorator.
JANE SCOTT HODGES
Jane Scott Hodges, founder and CEO of Leontine Linens, is known for her influence on couture linens for everyday use and establishing their relevance in contemporary life and entertaining. She is the author of Linens: For Every Room & Occasion. Her linens have been featured in House Beautiful, ELLE Decor, Traditional Home, Frederic, FLOWER, and Town & Country, among others.
MARGOT SHAW
Margot Shaw is the founder and editor-in-chief of FLOWER magazine, which inspires, educates, and entertains readers with a point of view that stems from seeing the world through a botanical lens. The magazine includes features on homes, gardens, entertaining, and lifestyle. Margot is author of Living Floral: Entertaining and Decorating with Flowers.
Sip and Clip: A Lesson in Floral Design
Jimmie Henslee
Sponsored by Heather Chadduck Textiles
3:30 p.m.
JIMMIE HENSLEE
Gardener, floral designer, and collector Jimmie Henslee is a Ralph Lauren design alumni with extensive world travels. His brilliant displays of unexpected combinations of color, texture, and balance have appeared in VERANDA, FREDERIC, FLOWER, House Beautiful, and LUXE Interiors + Design.
Sunday, October 5
Defining Elegance
Marshall Watson
Sponsored by Christopher Collection and LUXE Interiors + Design
11 a.m., book signing to follow
MARSHALL WATSON
New York-based Marshall Watson creates designs that have appeared on the covers of Architectural Digest, VERANDA, Traditional Home, and Hamptons Cottages & Gardens. His interiors have appeared in House Beautiful, LUXE Interiors + Design, The New York Times, Interior Design, and others. Marshall is the author of The Art of Elegance and Defining Elegance.
Creating a Livable Home Inside and Out
Ray Booth, Jon Carloftis, Brooke and Steve Giannetti with Hadley Keller, Director of Editorial, Design Leadership Network
Sponsored by River Brook Design & Construction, Visual Comfort & Co., and Southern Home magazine
2 p.m., book signings to follow
RAY BOOTH
Ray Booth is a principal partner at McAlpine. An Alabama native and alumnus of Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Ray nurtured his love of home in the South. He has collections for Hickory Chair and Visual Comfort & Co. An AD 100 Designer, Ray has designs that have graced the covers and pages of Architectural Digest, VERANDA, House Beautiful, Hamptons Cottage & Gardens, and more. He is the author of the Evocative Interiors and The Expressive Home.
JON CARLOFTIS
Garden designer Jon Carloftis prides himself on his Kentucky roots and sincerely believes that the Bluegrass State is home to some of the world’s most enchanting and inspired gardens. He returned to Kentucky after creating rooftop gardens in New York City for over two decades. Jon’s work has been featured in many publications including Garden & Gun, Southern Living, Country Gardens, Country Home, Garden Design, House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living, and more. He is the author of First a Garden, Beyond the Windowsill, Beautiful Gardens of Kentucky, and Jon Carloftis Fine Gardens.
BROOKE AND STEVE GIANNETTI
Architect Steve Giannetti and wife Brooke, an interior designer, are known for their love of patina to create a sense of history and authenticity. Brooke’s design blog, “Velvet & Linen,” showcases Steve’s drawings and the architecture and interiors of homes they designed, including their own Patina Farm in California. They have relocated to Patina Meadow in the Nashville area. The couple also opened a shop, Patina Home and Garden, in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee. The Giannettis have authored Patina Style, Patina Farm, Patina Living, Patina Homes, and recently, Patina Homes & Gardens.
HADLEY KELLER
Hadley Keller is a longtime design writer and editor currently serving as director of editorial and community engagement at the Design Leadership Network, a community of top interior designers. Previously, she held positions at House Beautiful and Architectural Digest and was the founding editor of AD PRO. She is the author of Beachside: Windsor Architecture and Design.
Antiques at the Gardens 2025 Dealers
Amy Heinrich Home • Antique Cupboard • Beth Poindexter Luxe • Black Sheep Antiques • Blackwell Botanicals • Dana Kelly Oriental Rugs • Dawn Nakamura Interiors • Edwin C. Skinner • Galerie Brut • Gray Antiques • Gum Tree Farm Designs • Hedgerow Antiques • Justin Westbrook Antiques • Kevin L. Perry, Inc. • Marta Gualda • McDonough Fine Art • The Pigeonniere • Piggy Kitchen • Recreo Jewelry • Relic Interiors • Right Proper • Roger D. Winter, Ltd. • Romi Gold • Thomas M. Fortner Antiques • Whitehall Antiques
