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A Walkway Illuminated By Purple Parasols And Blue Lanterns At The Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival At Bellingrath Gardens &Amp; Home In Theodore, Alabama Near Mobile — One of the new displays at the Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival, opening soon! (Bellingrath Gardens & Home)

A bouquet of spring events in Mobile calls you to experience the city at its prettiest.

Bold, glowing displays fill Bellingrath Gardens and Home with the Gulf Coast Chinese Lantern Festival, returning this year with dozens of new features. Bright green fills the streets for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Even nature understands the assignment—this is the Azalea City, after all.

Read on to choose among these easy roadtrips just four hours south of Birmingham.

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