Garden Elements Learn • Play • GROW Summer 2015 Vol. 24

Firefly Fling: July 18th tive about the after-dark performances Summer is here and that means Traditions will remain, like the so there will be surprises for those who it’s almost time for Firefly Fling: THE fairy house station, after-dark drama stay until the end of the festival. As usu- Summer Festival for Families. Firefly on the Great Lawn, the appreciated al, blankets and picnics are welcome. will have a slightly new look this year presence of Crystal Bridges Museum People who bring chairs will be asked due to two new and talented direc- of American Art, nature circles, regu- to place them behind the blanket area so tors – Dani Dingman, famous for Little lar partners like Cox Communications that everyone will have good views. Sprouts, is organizing the activity sta- and Natural Science Center The terrace will have vendors tions around the gardens and Jules Tay- and the Firefly Shoppe on the terrace. like Tropical Smoothie, Yarnell’s Ice lor, famous as Shaky Bugs, is heading up A few stations from last year will be lo- Cream, PedalPops and BGO. The Fire- the entertainment part of the evening. cated in new places but will still offer fly Shoppe will be fully stocked with all With these two energetic experts on nature play for children. Additions to things fairy and lots of items that glow. hand, Firefly promises to be the high- Firefly this year include Pack Rat Out- This year, it will pay to buy admission light of the outdoor season. door Center, located across the creek, early online at www.bgozarks.org or Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, puppets with activities for older children, Brick by calling 479-750-2620. Advance ad- and music will rule the evening as Fire- by Brick at the Education Cottage with mission will be $7 for adults and $4 for fly visitors dance with fairies and whim- a building challenge for young visitors, a children 3 to 13, with children under 3 sical families that populate the Garden puppet station in the Reading Railroad, free. At the gate, admission will go up on Firefly night. Firefly is a marvelous and an active water station manned by to $9 for adults and $5 for children 3 blending of community and family, of Beaver Water District on the small lawn to 13, with children under 3 free. Avoid education and entertainment in one of between the terrace and Japanese Gar- lines at the festival by going online and Northwest ’s most beautiful den. buying early so that you have more time settings. Dani and Jules are being secre- to enjoy all that Firefly 2015 has to offer. Learn @ BGO From the Director It is a very exciting time for the Botanical Garden. The Garden is in full bloom. The Garden is beautiful and offers so much whether you are visiting to enjoy nature, attending an event, or participating in an educational activity. This is because the Garden has a great staff of gardeners and wonderful volunteers.Together, they make the plants grow and things happen. Speaking of growing…the Botanical Garden continues to grow in every way. Several weeks ago, the Garden held its annual spring fund raiser, Greening of the Garden. This event unofficially kicks off spring at BGO and provides the Garden with funds to operate for the balance of the year. This year’s event was a great success with a 31% increase over the previous year which was itself a record setter. I hope you will join me welcoming some new coworkers to the Botanical Garden. Charlotte Taylor is the Garden’s new Chief Development Officer. Elizabeth Wilhelm is the Director of Special Events. Roslyn Imrie joins the Garden staff as the Education/Communication Coordinator. In addition, Alex Bergdahl has joined our group of gardeners. They are all very talented and are excited about the opportunity to be a part of the Botanical Garden team. As mentioned, the Garden staff and volunteers continue to work to maintain and improve our current demonstration Gardens. You may have noticed the new trails and plantings in the Garden. These improvements and the maintenance all re- quire a financial commitment from the Garden. Recently, the annual appeal for support of the Garden was mailed out. I urge you to consider a donation in support of your Botanical Garden. If you have already sent in a contribution, I thank you for your continued support. We are also very thankful to the volunteers who help out in so many areas this year. Whether it is cutting the grass, watering plants, helping the gardeners, assisting with the school children at one of the education activities, helping with Little Sprouts, working in the reception area, preparing mailings, assisting at an event, or helping in so many other areas, the Garden would not be what it is or what it will be without our volunteers. It’s been cold, it’s been rainy, it’s been hot and still, you have been here. Again, thank you. Learn.Play.Grow@BGO Ron Cox Summer Concert Chefs in the Garden Wood Stone Craft Pizza and Carda- Series Save the Dates: Presented By mom and Curry restaurants. The Garden would also like August 25th to thank Filippo Berio for being the September 29th presenting sponsor. Coca-Cola, Crys- 6pm tal Lake Farms, Cole Fennel Photog- raphy, Dancenhance Entertainment , The FREE 2015 Concert Series at Intents Party Rental and Seattle Fish the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Tuesday, September 15th Co are sponsors of the event as well. continues in August with music from 6:00 – 8:30 pm Another thank you goes to the Pre- Still on the Hill on the 25th and in ’ favorite fall senting Media Sponsors Citiscapes, September with Smoky and the Mir- event is back! It’s an evening of cooking dem- 3W, Fly-N-Hog, Warm 94.9, US 94, ror on the 29th. Enjoy a fun evening onstrations, food samplings, wines that com- 1030 KFAY-AM and Power 105.7. of music in the summer beauty of the plement each dish and a complimentary bar Garden. Lawn chairs and picnics wel- to complete the evening. The beautiful set- come. No alcohol please; BGO will ting, great food, drinks, music, Photobooth sell soft drinks and water. The pre- and enjoyable company make this event one senting sponsor is the Willard & Pat to mark on your calendar now. Walker Charitable Foundation, Inc. This year’s Honorary Chair is Chef and the presenting media sponsor is Jerrmy Gawthrop. He has been supportive of Tickets $50: Fine Dining & Compli- CitiScapes. Other sponsors include the Garden since it was built and has partici- mentary Bar; Reserve your admission 3W Magazine, NASH FM 94.3, Fly- pated in Chefs in the Garden for several years. online at bgozarks.org or by phone at N-Hog, Power 105.7. Jerrmy is the owner of Greenhouse Grille, 479-750-2620. Play@ BGO New Staff Summer is in full bloom and the Garden staff is growing too. Since April, BGO has added a Chief Development Officer and Associate Executive Director, Charlotte Taylor, a new Special Events Director, Elizabeth Wilhelm, as Liz Esch moves to a part-time special events coordinator position, and a new Education and Communication Coordinator, Roslyn Imrie, as Judy Smith moves to volunteer status and Volunteer Coordinator. Out in the Garden, the staff has grown too, adding Alex Bergdahl as gardener. Job titles have changed too. Lissa Morrison is now in charge of garden design and management; Nikki George is manning the greenhouse and nursery and Megan Lankford is lead gardener. These changes and additions will help the Garden grow in all ways. Please enjoy reading about our new people and introduce yourself to them the next time you visit BGO.

Charlotte Elizabeth Roslyn Alex

Charlotte Taylor has recently joined the staff of the Botanical Garden as Chief Development Officer and Associate Executive Director. Charlotte worked at the in the Development Office for sixteen years. She was the Director of Development for the Fay Jones School of Architecture for eleven years and spent the last five years as Executive Director of University Initiatives in the central development office.Prior to her university work, she was the Executive Direc- tor of Alpha Delta Pi International Sorority in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Director of Development for the Austin Symphony in Texas. Charlotte is a University of Arkansas graduate and has a Masters from the University of Vermont. She is a volunteer with many organizations around town and considers herself an avid (but uneducated) gardener. She lives in Fayetteville with her husband, Tim Hudson, and their sons Renwick who just graduated from college and Richard who will be a college sopho- more in the fall. Elizabeth Wilhelm joins BGO with a passion for hosting events & digging in the dirt. Her roots were planted in the country on her parents’ Missouri farm, where she learned to work & play hard. She graduated from Missouri State University with a Hospitality degree and has enjoyed traveling across the US with her husband, Steve, as they worked in the hospitality & theater profession. They landed in Fayetteville 13 years ago to begin a family and are blessed with 2 children, Logan, 11 and Olivia, 9. She is grateful to be a part of the BGO family and looks forward to overseeing the Special Events at the Garden. Roslyn Imrie is the new Education and Communications Coordinator. Roslyn grew up in the Ozarks near the headwa- ters of the Buffalo River. She traveled from coast to coast as she went to school at the College of the Redwoods in California and then graduated from Goddard College in Vermont. After settling down in Fayetteville, she worked as a teacher, outdoor educator, and most recently the Program Director for the local nonprofit Apple Seeds. She is a mother of two small boys and has many hobbies including gardening, farming, hiking, crocheting, and writing. Roslyn is very excited about the future of education at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks. In April Alex Bergdahl joined the BGO gardening team. Originally Alex is a mid-westerner from Wisconsin. He moved to NWA a little more than a year ago. Alex has had a variety of gardening experiences from working with a landscaping business to sustainable, organic vegetable gardening. His 2 passions are horticulture and music. Alex has a love for horticulture, gardening and teaching that shows through in his every day interactions. Grow@ BGO

Seeing a Garden In a meeting once we were asked to ponder the most beautiful garden we had ever seen. Immediately I thought of a 3 foot wide rocky ledge on the north side of Mt. Magazine where seven species of mosses had grown to perfection blend- ing subtle hues of green, gold, red and orange together to create a masterful composition. If others have ever discovered this special spot, I doubt they would describe it as the most beautiful garden they have ever seen, but for me it is. Beauty, as we all know, is in the eye of the beholder. Our gardeners try hard to create beautiful scenes throughout the garden. Because the BGO garden is broken down into a dozen or more discrete garden spaces, each with its own theme, it is possible to concentrate both the labor of the gardeners and the attention of the viewer on a smaller space. This definition of space is most starkly illustrated by comparing two garden spaces – the Japanese garden and what Nicki George, the BGO Greenhouse Manager, shows Lissa Morrison, our head gardener, ingloriously calls “Ger- the Little Sprouts how to pot a tomato seedling. ald’s corner” - the area behind the Bat Tower. The Japanese garden is a favorite of many visitors be- cause it’s very reason to exist is to create a space of tranquility lover, diversity always trumps good design. and contemplation. True to the nature of a Japanese garden, it Most of the subtleties between the various gardens are prob- has only the flowering cherries and a bed of azaleas but other- ably missed by the average visitor because they are often look- wise no flowers. This simplicity of design leaves out the clut- ing at what is in bloom today, not the rhythm created by the ter created by the typical western design ethos which favors coming and going of plants as they change throughout the sea- lots of bling. son. To know and truly see a garden, you must visit it often The as yet officially unnamed corner behind the Bat at all seasons. Spring elicits the most positive feedback from Tower (no we’ve never had any bats but we are forever hope- visitors because of the over exuberance of blooms, but to my ful) reflects my personal interest in nature, plants and garden- mind, fall may be the garden’s best season. ing. In this area I’ve added an extensive collection of barren- My favorite experience at the garden is when pre- worts (Epimedium), a group I find especially exciting because schoolers visit us. There is something special about their ex- they have great potential as garden plants. Because most of citement and joy as their parents allow them to experience a the 50 or so species in the genus only became available to bit of freedom to explore nature in a safe and protected way. western collectors after the mid 1990’s they are still relatively It’s been too long since I was 5, and besides I grew up on a unfamiliar and they represent species collected from the wild farm so nature was always close at hand, but I wish I were able in central China. This is a rare opportunity to look at wild to see the garden through their eyes as they begin to estab- plants before they are “improved” and a few winners selected lish their own personal relationship with the world of nature, for mass market sales. plants and gardens that will be with them throughout the rest But it is also a good location for planting the odds and of their lives. ends I grow from seed, find in nurseries or otherwise come across. To a garden designer, a garden space planted to “odds Gerald Klingaman and ends” can only be considered second rate. But to the plant Operations Director From the Gardeners I’ve always considered the Bo- gardening accomplished. After all, it’s Every fall that I have been with tanical Garden of the Ozarks to be a spe- time for other fun, summer activities BGO, I marvel at how beautiful the cial jewel. As the garden staff is working to begin. But at BGO when it gets hot, whole garden looks. I often tell friends, somewhere around the Circle, it’s not many of the cool season spring annuals, family and strangers that fall is the best unusual to hear comments like, “Amaz- like pansies, resent the heat. This is just time to visit this jewel of a garden in Fay- ing! This garden is so special, so color- our signal to begin our second round of etteville. This year the horticulture team ful, so beautiful.” The most rewarding planting annuals and perennials for sum- came up with the idea of showing off in compliment comes from someone who mer and fall color. the fall. We want to get everyone’s at- has been to many different botanical With good mulch and plenty of tention at a time of the year when many water and heat, we of us are not focused on gardening. The can look forward first week of October we will have our to a huge array of first annual Fall Finale, October 5 - 7. annuals: lantana, We want to showcase and show off the penta, periwinkle, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks when salvias, begonia, we think our jewel is shining the bright- zinnias, and more. est! Add to this many summer bloom- ing perennials and shrubs: buddleia, perennial salvias, tall garden phlox, rudbeckia, russian sage, panicle hy- drangea. Big color gardens around the country, and they is everywhere and we love it! tell us that BGO ranks as one of their As the end of summer ap- favorites. proaches, the real challenge begins. By Of course, as anyone who has now many of us are tired of the heat, the ever gardened knows, having a large, work, and dragging sprinklers or hoses beautiful garden is no easy task—espe- around. It’s tempting to just ‘let it go,’ cially if keeping it fresh and attractive for knowing that fall will be here soon. Most four seasons of the year is the goal. As- BGO gardeners don’t love the heat ei- suming we have accomplished most of ther, but the BGO horticulture team has what we call ‘winter clean-up,’ it is fairly a goal of staying spectacular and beauti- So, as summer moves into fall, easy to feel wonderful in most gardens ful right up until the first frost. if you need inspiration and relief from in the spring. The early spring blooming All of the gardeners are passion- the summer doldrums, please come shrubs and flowering trees gloriously ate about the work we do. With this at- visit. Sharing the beauty is part of what announce themselves. And the onslaught titude fall is an incredible season to visit keeps the garden team going as well. of weeds hasn’t quite caught up yet. the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. As Tell all your friends, family and even As the temperatures warm and early as June we have already begun to strangers about the Fall Finale 2015. As the weeds get aggressive, the harder think towards what we will have bloom- we plan the details for this new event, work begins. Summer arrives, and most ing and eye- catching in September and stayed tuned by checking our website: of us hope to have the bulk of our home October. bgozarks.org Cox Communication Lewis and Clark BGO Board of Directors We strive to acknowledge gifts correctly, please notify Filippo Berio Linda McMath Walt Eilers, President, us of corrections Mathews Management Liquor World Fundraising Consultant Harvest Company Liz Rusher Linda McMath, Vice McDonald’s Restaurant Mary Bess Mulhollan President, Circle Doris Cassidy Ozarks Electric Mia Tarts and More Community Volunteer Proctor & Gamble Corp. McBride Distributing Bo Bittle, Treasurer, V P, Gerald and Jolene Klingaman Blooming Scotties Tissue Natural Grocers Stephens Inc. Sharum Garden Center Natural State Treehouses Circle Susan Robinson, Secretary, Signature Bank NiteIze Bryan and Jayne McDuffie Owner Flying-N-Hog Media The Schmieding Foundation Office Depot John Nooncaster Pat Bourke, Coporate Social Tyson Foods, Inc. Open Door Cigars Responsibility Manager, Tyson Nurturing Ozark Bowling Lane Alan Cole, Exec. VP, Colliers Circle Walmart Foundation Ozark Natural Foods International Linda and Bob McMath Willard & Pat Paradise Valley Golf Byron Humphry, Parks Dept., Sprouting Walker Charitable Foundation Pesto Café City of Fayetteville Circle Walton Family Foundation PetCo Karen Leach, Community Dave and Carol Albert Pinnacle Limosine Service Volunteer Kitty Sanders and Alfred Angulo In Kind April -June Pinnacle Tennis Shop Richie Lamb, VP, United Bank Wade Burnside and Janet Baker 3W Magazine Proctor and Gamble Joyce Mendenhall, Cooperative Linda and Walt Eilers Academy Sports Revive Day Spa Extension Service, U of A L. Joe and JoAnne Herriman Animal Medical Clinic Rick’s Bakery Derek Ridenoure, Account Becky and Terry Jones Annie Edmonson Rolando’s Manager, C. F. Sauer Co. Tom and Jill King AQ Chicken Saddlebock Brewery Steve Rogers, VP, JB Hunt Greg and Hannah Lee Arkamsas & Missouri Railroad Salon Professionals Maudie Schmitt, Chef/Owner, Cathy and Stephen Marak Arkansas Yoga Center Sam’s Club Café Rue Orleans Bill and Gloria Mills Arsaga’s Scott Bowman Dr. Bill Schwab, Sociology Michael and Constance Morse Arts Center of the Ozarks Schwarz Stone Professor, UofA Mary Bess Mulhollan BallSeeds Shag Salon Chris Stone - Stecklein, C.B. and Janet Richardson Blakeman’s Sharum’s Garden Center Technology, Walmart Corporation Lynn and Jack Sheridan Body Works Salon Shogun Japanese Steakhouse Eleanor Townsley, Community Martha Sutherland Bradford Nursery Steve Rogers Volunteer Betty J. Swope Café Rue Orleans Steven Ironside Nancy Trammel, Community Kirk Thompson and Brett Burch So-Lite Productions Volunteer Catering Unlimited Seed Circle Chris and David Bell Stock Building Supply Staff Fran and Jim Alexander Citiscapes Straight’s Lawn and Garden Ron Cox - Executive Director Mary Ann and Jack E. Bardwell Coach Jim Sposato Table on the Hill Charlotte Taylor - Chief Catherine and Clay Bass Coca-Cola The Art Location Development Officer Ron and Becky Cox Comet Cleaners The Chancellor Hotel Gerald Klingaman - Director of Jon and Joanie Dyer Community Creative Center The Fresh Market Operations Georgette Garner Crossover Liquor The Home Depot Elizabeth Wilhelm - Director of John and Tamara Gilmour Cumulus Broadcasting The Hudson’s Special Events Gayle and Michael Howard Dancenhance Entertainment Theatre Squared Liz Esch - Special Events Coordinator Jerome and Harriet Jansma Dave and a Camera The Wine Group Deborah Coley - Accountant & Jo Jones Derek Ridenoure Triden Tactical Shooting School Memberships J.L. and Virginia Lancaster DK Design Tontitown Liquor Roslyn Imrie - Communication and Rita Littrell and Don Hurlbut Dr Jay & Judy McDonald Tyson Foods Education Coordinator Vicki Mashburn Fleet Feet Sports U of A Women’s Track Allison Griffin- Social Media and Mary Lynn Reese Fly-N-Hog Underwood’s Website Coordinator Lynn Rogers Four Paws Grooming Salon University of Arkansas Judie Branson - Memberships/ Judy and Dennis Smith Gator Golf Walker Brothers Contributions Coordinator Jean Totemeier Greenhouse Grille Walmart Lissa Morrison - Director of Dick and Nancy Trammel High Roller Cyclery Walton Arts Center Garden Design & Management Elizabeth Wheeler Intents Party Rental White River Nursery Nikki George - Greenhouse Mgr. Corporate Sponsors Joyce Mendenhall Willard & Pat Walker Megan Lankford - Lead 2015 Julie Sanders Charitable Foundation Gardener Bank of America Karen Gros Winslow Stoneworkds Alex Bergdahl - Gardener Bank of Fayetteville Karolyn Farrell Woodbine Mead Jean Armstrong - Maintenance Boulder Construction KNWA Woodstone Pizza Coca Cola Lasun Warren Alan & Carol Sue Wooten Donations New Members Rick Jones and Marquerette Bruce Chris and David Bell April - June Kim and Janie Agee Melissa Kamel James Bennett Robert Kilgore and Marcy Cindy Cope Dave and Carol Albert Gene and Susan Anderson Benham Anne and Tim de Noble Fran and Jim Alexander Nasha Anthony Amanda Kimbel Brent and Becky Heath Mary Ann and Jack E. Bardwell Joshua and Lacey Bailey Holly Knox Betty and Gene Henry Catherine and Clay Bass Elizabeth Ferranti Barr Hattie Lee John and Marilyn Holland Bella Vista Garden Club Justin Beavers Kay Lewis Robert and Nancy Lewis Peter Bluemmel Susan Beebe Lorraine Lorne Rita Littrell Judie Branson Rebecca Beschta Pat Lyle Martha McBride Doris Cassidy Jessica Billingsley Rebekah Martin Gloria McIntosh Robert and Sara Caulk Jason and Sarah Bohannon December Maxwell Phillip and Angela McKnight Susan Chase and Dr. John Bakker Pat Bourke Mindy Mock Gail Pianalto Pat Connell James and Lea Brown Mandy Mooneyham Daryl Revelle Elizabeth Danley Janet Brown Katherine Moore Ron and Corrin Troutman Robert David Bill and Jennifer Burch Renee Morris Bart and Kerri Vollmer Jon and Joanie Dyer Philip and Anita Burns Ralph Nesson and Kathleen Laura and Bruce Wilkins Linda and Walt Eilers Mike and Debra Bush Conway Brenda and Allen Embry Mary Calcote Honorariums and Aaron Nugent Susan Esche Angela Carlin Memorials Iris Page Ann Fulton Yosemith Castillo In Memory of Willye Jeanne Parham The Garden Club of Rogers Becky Chase Baldridge and In Honor Of Truman Pew and Virginia John and Tamara Gilmour Jillian Chester Judy B. Smith Summers Mike and Janis Greer Ellen Compton Diane Allen Danny Porter Chet and Jan Hayes Gary and Karen Compton Pat Engel Ketty Ramirez Margaret Henderson Kandess Cossey Kathy Hale Tyler Reagan Jerome and Harriet Jansma Jerene Cross Mary Lee Robinson Nicole Reinford Jo Jones Erik Danielson and Jessica Pam Wandres Dan and Gay Riner Mary Ellen Jones Mougeot In Memory of Willye Melissa Sabin Lioneld and Diana Jordan M. Jean Darbyshire Baldridge Glenda Samuels Mary Cooper King and Gary King Ellen Davis Diane H. Campbell Sarah Schulte Gerald and Jolene Klingaman Larry and Kris Driver Buddy and Susan Chadick Brian and Jennifer Scott Scott and Karen Leach RoAnne Elliott Ann Engskov Dennis and Stephanie Shinn Greg and Hannah Lee Gary and Carol Foust Jacqueline King JoAnn Skillett Rita Littrell and Don Hurlbut Katy Fowler Don and Judy Schaap Greg and Leslie Smart Beverly Maddox Courtney Freet In Memory of Gladys Ball, Ken and Mary Smith Sara and Bill McBee Diana Fulkerson Founder Amanda Song Mike and Kim McFarland Jennifer Fuson Maple Hills Garden Club Stephen and Jessica Spicer Joyce Mendenhall Linda Gaddy and Bob Young In Memory of Wesley Eckles Glen Steele William and Bonnie Ruth Crockett Gauthier Northwest Arkansas Daylily Carissa Strecker Merrifield Melinda J. Gay Society Jessica Stuckey Michael and Constance Morse Amy Geopfest In Memory of Maureen Charlotte Taylor David and Sue Mosley Anna George Graue Paula Thiessen Mary Bess Mulhollan Butch and Cristie Ginther Northwest Arkansas Daylily Desiree Timmons Perennial Garden Club Jessica Godsey Society Alysso and Susan Turner C.B. and Janet Richardson Tracy Godsey In Memory of Frances Hogan Susan Verser Bill and Emily Robertson Phoebe J. Goodwin Northwest Arkansas Daylily Alice Wagner Lynn Rogers Rachel Groening Society Janis Gill Ward Ann Louise and John Rolloff Ish and Mary Haley In Honor of Daniel Keeley Margaret Whillock Maudie Schmitt Lory and Shane Hall Little Rock Garden Club Steve and Elizabeth Wilhelm Judy and Dennis Smith Susan Harp In Honor of Linda Francine Williams James Spencer and Susan Thomas Harris McMath Joe Paul Williams Parks-Spencer Ruthann Hefner Rhonda and Randall Woods Kurt and Brooke Wing Sally Stone Craig and Alecia Heinze In Honor of Don Steinkraus Valerie Wonsower Betty J. Swope Trish Hines The Garden Club of Rogers Pamela Wood The Schmieding Foundation, Inc. Tina Hoover In Memory of Beverly Lori Wright Martha and Michael Ward Margaret Howell Tatman Mallory Zaffaroni Elizabeth Wheeler Rebecca Hurban Donald N. and Melissa Jim and Joan Wimberly Kristin Hvizda Lifetime Tatman Lou Jasper Members In Memory of Charles Wilcox Martha Jones Catherine and Clay Bass Patsy Wilcox PO BOX 10407 Fayetteville, Ar 72703

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Reciprocal Garden Calendar of Events and Classes Program July through October - Little Sprouts August 25, 6:00 pm - Still on the Hill One of the benefits of being a mem- continues each Wednesday morning at free summer concert ber of the Botanical Garden of the 9:30 and at 10:15 (weekly themes are at Ozarks is free admission and gift shop www.bgozarks.org) September 15 - Chefs in the Garden discounts at more than 200 other bo- tanical gardens, arboreta, and conser- July 11, 10:00 to 12:00 - Classes @ the September 17, 18, 24 and 25 - Butterfly vatories across North America. This Cottage: Brilliant Birds with Sandy Da- Days for area schools is thanks to the BGO’s participation vies; for ages 7-11; $10 for members; in the American Horticulture Soci- $15 for nonmembers September 24 at 6:30 pm - Taming the ety’s (AHS) Reciprocal Garden Pro- Wild: Native Plants class with Lissa gram. If you are planning an upcom- July 18, 6:00 to 10:00 pm - Firefly Morrison ing trip, you might want to browse Fling: THE Summer Festival for Fami- the reciprocal admissions program lies; $7 and $4 with under 3 free in ad- September 29 at 6:00 - Smoky and the for a listing of participating organiza- vance; $9 and $5 with under 3 free at Mirror free fall concert tions in the area. A complete list can the gate be found on the AHS website (www. October 5-7 - Fall Finale in the Garden ahs.org/RAP). A printable version July 25, 10:00 to 12:00 - Classes @ is also available on the site. Please the Cottage: Painting Your Palate with note that the guest entry fee to visit Heather Artripe of Ozark Natural some of the gardens is greater than Foods; for children 7-11; $10 members; the membership fee at the BGO, so $15 nonmembers keep your membership current!