Garden Events

For more information on events at the Garden, email Liz Esch or call (479) 750-2620.

Farmer's Market: Sunday, May 2nd 9am to 2pm; The Fayetteville Farmers Market will begin on May 2nd at 9am. There will be a variety of vendors located in the Botanical Garden Parking Lot. The Market will occur every Sunday until the end of October. Please visit http://www.fayettevillefarmersmarket.org/ for more details including vendors and other items of interest.

Little Sprouts: Name that Rooster!: Wednesday, September 8th 10:am to 10:30; Get up close and personal with our chickens and become a part of BGO history by helping name our rooster
Children under 5 are Free
Children 5 - 12 -- $2.50
Adults over 13 -- $5

Annual Meeting: Sunday, September 12th 4pm; Annual Meeting Agenda
- Annual report to the membership by Walt Eilers
- Comment by Ron Cox
- Recognition of Dani Dingman
- Presentation of Garden video by U of A journalism students Eddie Greeg; Saaya Nakahara; Jehan Sheikh; and Kelly Carpenter
- Election of Directors by Phillip McKnight
- Celebration of Carl Totemeier with a display of spades and books

Garden Walk: Fall Blooming Perennials

Tuesday, September 14th 6pm

Susan Regan will show and discuss the best fall blooming perennials for Ozark gardens.

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3rd Annual Chefs in the Garden

Thursday, September 16th 6pm - 8:30pm

Chefs in the Garden combines the beauty of lovely gardens with demonstrations and samplings from local chefs, music from the one of the area’s favorite bands, and a small silent auction. This year, Chefs is sponsored by Filippo Berio Olive Oil and by Tyson Foods. Chefs from Café Rue Orleans, Chartwells, Ella’s, Fayetteville Country Club, Greenhouse Grille, Kruton’s Catering, Little Bread Company, Mezza Luna, Pinnacle Country Club, Shelby Lynn’s Cake Shoppe, Meiji Japanese Cuisine and Starbuck’s Coffee Company will delight guests with a wide variety of flavors and fun. As it grows dark, guests may dance to the music of Ultra Suede and bid on items in the silent auction. Guests will receive bags with items from participating chefs, including recipes. Look for invitations to Chefs in the Garden, coming to your mailbox very soon. Mark the date on your calendar. This is an event you won’t want to miss.
$35 in Advance
$45 Day of Event

FilippoBerio Tyson! OldOrchard! Intents
Other sponsors include: 3W Magazine, Citiscapes, Fayetteville Flyer, Fox 24, Jones TV, Kfay-AM, US 94, Y94

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Local, Fresh & Pasta: A Taste of the Mediterranean presented by Barilla: Sunday, September 19th Begins at 1:30pm; Cooking comes to the Botanical Garden when the second Local, Fresh and Pasta demonstration takes place at 1:30 pm. Presented by Barilla, NWACC executive chef Lou Rice will offer cooking demonstrations and tastings. His seasonal recipes will use produce from the BGO vegetable garden and the Farmer’s Market, combined with Barilla pasta. The theme is A Taste of the Mediterranean. The menu includes Lemon Orzo with Chicken and Oregano and Pasta with Chickpeas and Spinach. The demonstrations are included in the garden admission and are free to members.; This event will repeat on October 3rd.

Mozart and Beethoven in the Garden presented by the Walker Foundation: Sunday, September 19th 5pm; The Lyrique Quintette features the music of Mozart and Beethoven.No carry-in wine or other alcoholic beverage allowed. Soda, water, beer, and wine will be sold. This concert is the third and last in the Summer Concert Series.; Bring your blanket or lawn chair and a picnic basket or
reserve a gourmet box dinner from Jason's Deli.

Impatient with Your Impatiens?: Thursday, September 23rd 6pm; Creating Colorful Containers that Go Into Winter, free discussion with Lissa Morrison, long time greenhouse grower; This event is at The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.

Creating Colorful Containers

Saturday, September 25th 10am

Build your own container at White River Nursery.
Bring your own container, potting soil provided.
Members $20 + cost of plants.

Highway 16 East, Fayetteville

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Butterfly Day: Friday, October 1st 9:30 - 11:30 am or 12:00 - 2 pm; October 1st is Butterfly Day for area elementary school classes. Students will rotate through a series of learning stations about butterflies, caterpillars, host and food plants, and related topics. Teachers may register their classes with Judy Smith at jsmith@bgozarks.org. Registration is limited and the cost is $4 per student, payable that day or with school purchase order.

Local, Fresh & Pasta: Old World Italian presented by Barilla: Sunday, October 3rd 1:30 - 2:30pm; Cooking comes to the Botanical Garden when the third, and last Local, Fresh and Pasta demonstration takes place at 1:30 pm. Presented by Barilla, NWACC executive chef Lou Rice will offer cooking demonstrations and tastings. His seasonal recipes will use produce from the BGO vegetable garden and the Farmer’s Market, combined with Barilla pasta. The theme is A Taste of the Mediterranean. The menu includes Lemon Orzo with Chicken and Oregano and Pasta with Chickpeas and Spinach. The demonstrations are included in the garden admission and are free to members.

Creative Inlayed Pavers – More than Stepping Stones:

Thursday, October 7th & October 12th at 6pm

A repeat of Susan Regan’s August sessions showing how to inlay stones to create decorative concrete pavers. Limited enrollment.
Please Note: This is a two part class

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Garden Walk: Walk on the Wild Side

Tuesday, October 12th 10am

Gerald Klingaman will take participants on a walk to show special features of the garden (see our record parsley leaf hawthorn) and discuss future plans of development.

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Forcing Bulbs for Spring Bloom

Thursday, October 14th 6:30pm

Gerald Klingaman will lead a workshop on forcing tulips, narcissus, and various other spring bulbs. Pots, media and bulbs will be provided

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Washington County Bar and Grill: Saturday, October 16th TBA (based on the Razorback away game); Law firms will have “grilling” teams. We still have spaces available for teams. Small firms with one or two members may want to join up with another small firm to form a team or can compete as is. The teams will be competing to become Northwest Arkansas’ BEST BARRISTER GRILLERS for 2010. The winning team will receive a trophy appropriate for the occasion. Winners of the best grilled meat award will be determined by highly qualified judges and by popular vote. Times for cooking and judging will be set to coincide with the football game time and will be announced just as soon as the game time is made public. Tickets will be sold to the public allowing friends, family and others to come out and cheer on their favorite grilling and football team. There will be a cash full-bar that includes water and soft drinks. The public will be allowed to “buy votes” for their favorite team. Know that this will in no way influence the judges decision because two awards will be given; one determined by the judges and one given for the team with the most popular votes. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.; For more information or to sign up, please call Liz Esch at 479-750-2620 ext. 22 or email lizesch@bgozarks.org

Composting for Beginners: Thursday, November 11th 7pm; Seth Fleming will present the basic steps needed to complete a successful home composting plan.; Free

Trains, Trains, Trains: Saturday, December 4th TBA; Garden scale trains will bring Holiday cheer to the Botanical Garden on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons during December. Come this day to talk to Santa and have other fun activities.

Build Your Own Wildlife Tree

Thursday, December 9th 6:30pm

Holly Shields will teach a family-friendly, hands on workshop about building your own ornaments to attract birds to a tree in your garden.

Member Family (of 4) $20
Non-Member Family (of 4) $30

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