Botanical Garden of the Ozarks newsletter

1. Garden Elements
Jingle Bell Jog
Jingle Bell Jog 5K and Reindeer Relays
returns to the Botanical Garden on
Saturday, December 21 at 8:00 am.
Registration fee is $25 before the races
and $30 on the day of the races. Proceeds support the Botanical Garden’s
education and entertainment activities
that involve thousands of children and
adults each year. Those who register
by December 10 will guarantee their
tee shirt size.
This year’s event includes individual
and team divisions as well as a twoperson relay. Participants may sign
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up for the 5K as individuals or with
friends to form a team of five or more.
Two people can register for the relay
and kids under 12 can join the fun in
the Garden Fun Run. Runners and
walkers can add to the holiday spirit by
wearing Santa hats, reindeer antlers, elf
ear, holiday stockings, bells and lights
– whatever adds sparkle and jingle to
the races.
The festive morning includes a complimentary breakfast, music, race awards,
door prizes and prizes for costumes,
special guests and the magic of the
holiday season at the Botanical Garden
of the Ozarks.
Sponsors for the day are Fayetteville
Autopark, The Bank of Fayetteville,
Arkansas Medical Imaging and OPEN
MRI, Signature Bank of Arkansas and
Clif Bar and Company.
Register at BGO, 750-2620, at Fleet
Feet Sports or online at www.registerwizard.com. For more information
visit www.bgozarks.org.
Winter 2013
Gardenland Express
Trains and the holidays just seem to go
together and at the Botanical Garden,
train-lovers and holiday-lovers have
a great opportunity to enjoy both on
weekends in early December. Gardenland Express returns to BGO on
Sundays and Saturdays, beginning December 1. Sunday hours on December
1, 8 and 15 are 1:00 to 3:00 pm and
Saturday hours on December 7 and
14 are 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Admission
is $4 for adults and $2 for children 12
and under.
December 7 is also the date for the
Fayetteville Holiday Farmers’ Market
from 9:00 to 2:00. Holiday shoppers
can find seasonal produce, holiday
crafts and art, furniture and baskets,
and baked goods for holiday feasting.
For Gardenland, the garden staff
transforms the Event Hall into a
winter wonderland of snow villages,
greenery, holiday scenes and trains,
trains, trains. The Northwest Arkansas
Railroad Society and the Sugar Creek
Train Club provide the trains that run
on layers of tracks through the winter
landscape. Children can get a close-up
view of the trains as they barrel around
the layers of tracks.
In addition to the trains, Gardenland
Express includes visits with Mr. and
Mrs. Santa Claus, refreshments, and a
mini-gift shop featuring train-related
toys, books and other holiday items for
children. Outside on the Great Lawn
sidewalk, the Rowan Express barrel
train gives kids the opportunity to ride
the rails themselves.
Sponsors for Gardenland Express are
Bank of America, CitiScapes, 3 W,
Ozarks Electric Cooperative, KUAF,
Warm 94.9, US 94, 1030 KFAY-AM
and KRUZ 94.9.
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2. From The Director:
Ron Cox
The theme or focus for the Garden,
as we complete our sixth year, has
been Learn.Play.Grow at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. This focus
highlights the mission of the Botanical
Garden. One of the main missions
of the Garden is to provide education. Thanks to our many excellent
volunteers, the Garden provides nature
education opportunities to over 10,000
children throughout the year and adult
classes in the winter and early spring.
Numerous events, like free concerts,
are offered throughout the year for
enjoyment of the community. With
its beautiful grounds, the Garden is a
unique recreational venue. Our plant
life and whimsical garden features can
be enjoyed by visitors of all ages. The
nine themed gardens offer a demonstration of plants which can be grown
in the Northwest Arkansas region.
New features continue to be added to
the Garden each year.
For example, among
the most recent additions are the Yates
Boardwalk over the water containment basin
in the Rock and Water
Garden and the Nature
Education Cottage in
the Children’s Garden. The Klingaman
Arboretum, located
south of Hilton creek
in the meadow area,
continues to grow and
expand. The Garden’s
Board of Directors is working on the
plans for a Nature Education Building
to be located at the far west end of the
2014 Bridal Reception
Date: January 6th – 18th
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
By Appointment Only
The Garden is a unique place for your
wedding, reception or rehearsal dinner.
The Garden was recently voted “Best
Place to Get Married ” by CitiScapes
magazine for the fifth year. Tour the
gardens for your special occasion to
be booked at the Garden. Leading
wedding planner, Claudia Slezak will
transform the Event Hall and Terrace
to display the newest spring, fall, summer and winter table themes. A faux
wedding ceremony will be set up on
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the Terrace. Visitors will get to sample
delicious food from the new caterer,
Early Bird Catering, cake from a local
bakery and see different ideas from
invitations to flowers. Intents Party
Rental will have several of their new
items on display. Other top vendors
from Northwest Arkansas will be involved.
The event is FREE.
Dates are booking fast,
so schedule your tour
soon. TOURS ARE
BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY. The Reception
will be held January
6th- 18th 8:30 am –
5:00 pm. After hour
tours may be scheduled.
meadow. The support of BGO’s members and donors enables the Garden
to showcase the beauty of nature and
provide educational opportunities.
This support is greatly appreciated and
we hope it will continue as the BGO
plans for growth.
“For a limited time,
get a free year’s subscription to Better
Homes & Gardens
magazine with your
new or renewed
BGO membership!
Courtesy of America
Public Gardens
Association.”
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3. Volunteers Make it
Happen
My, how big you’ve grown. Like most
of us, I’ve made that comment to the
grandchildren on numerous occasions
and – because of my special interest –
to various trees I’ve planted. Growth
is an organic process that takes input
of various kinds of resources, a bit of
tender, loving care and time. We tend
to be an impatient species who wants
things to be done yesterday, but growth
just can’t be rushed. It happens at its
own pace.
We’re growing here at the BGO and
that growth is a direct result of the
various kinds of resources you, our
members and friends, have committed
to nurturing this growth. Each year
since we opened six years ago we have
grown in the number of garden visitors
strolling our pathways, the number of
children visiting and learning about
nature through interaction with our
gardens, and the number of Northwest
Arkansas supporters who are aware
of the beauty and inspiration we are
bringing to the region. Each year we’ve
also grown physically with more gardens, outstanding features such as the
butterfly house, longer garden paths to
explore and the new arboretum planting on the south side of the creek that
will be living infrastructure for future
development that will begin in the not
too distant future.
This growth could not have happened
without the support of our members
and friends. In addition to the all
important financial support, we also
are beneficiaries of the sweat off your
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brow. Without our volunteers, the
BGO couldn’t survive. In our last
reporting year 217 volunteers put
in 7,904 hours worth an estimated
$227,809 helping the garden grow.
Many of our volunteers – office, education, events and garden workers – are
Master Gardeners who have chosen
the BGO as their sanctioned project
where they earn their service hours
every year. The front desk volunteers
and tour guides provide an invaluable
service as they greet guests, answer
the phone and generally provide the
friendly public face for the garden.
Judy Smith has a cadre of educational
volunteers that help out with all of the
children’s educational events and bring
their passion and enthusiasm to the
fore each time an event occurs. Liz
Esch’s community of dependable and
ever enthusiastic volunteers show up
for each major event, assisting with
set up, admissions, food and beverage
service, and clean up. Susan Jenkins is
our resident dumpster diver who gives
us her special hard look whenever we
try to take a shortcut and not follow
her recycling guidelines. Little Sprouts
– our fun and heartwarming program
for preschool age children – couldn’t
happen without the volunteers that
help Dani Dingman pull it off.
Out in the garden itself we have our
regular Wednesday garden crew that
help Susan Regan and Lissa Morrison
with the various tasks that keep the
garden beautiful throughout the year.
The butterfly house has undergone a
metamorphosis as it has hatched its
own group of volunteers – the Butterfly Nannies – to tend to theif specialized needs . Other specialized volunteer crews have developed that work
in the natives garden, maintaining the
water gardens and our indefatigable
mowing crew. I’ve had my own volunteers – for example Charles Richardson
who has shown up on Wednesdays
for years – and a long list of student
interns and others who want to help
out and get some behind the scenes
experience working in a public garden.
There are many ways to volunteer, so if
you have a special passion such as rock
gardening, tree care, propagation, or
something else, come talk to us.
Another group of supporters are the
tradesmen who support our work by
providing in-kind donations of goods
and services that help us stretch our
limited resources to the max. Local
nurseryman and tree lover Russell
Black at Westwood Gardens helped
immeasurably in our first major arboretum planting last spring. Mary
Ann King of Pine Ridge Gardens
in London, AR, Frank Sharum at
Sharum’s Garden Center, Trey Morrison at White River Nursery, the
folks at Bradford’s Nursery in Rogers
and staff members at Home Depot
and Lowes have also helped provide
plants and supplies either free or at
deep discounts. Daryl Revelle has
done our irrigation work since inception and I really appreciate how he and
Corey Scates at Keeling Irrigation have
worked with us to keep the garden
green and growing through the tough
startup years. Likewise, Phil Talbert
and his technicians at Spring-Green
have done a great job of keeping our
zoysia lawn looking its best. Ron
Troutman and his Boulder Construction crews have also done yeomen’s
work by installing many of our new
concrete walkways for just the cost of
materials. Without all this help our
growth would have been much slower.
Much thanks to all that has been given
over the years to make the BGO a reality.
Gerald Klingaman
Operations Director
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4. Education Focus @BGO
Education is one of the major missions
of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
Children’s Education Programs at
the BGO remain the focus with such
major activities as Earth Day, Little
Sprouts preschool day programs,
Explore@BGO summer day camp,
and Butterfly Days elementary school
education. These programs and others
continue to grow at the Garden. In
2012, the Garden provided an outdoor
classroom for over 7,500 children. In
2013 through September, the Garden has provided an outdoor nature
classroom for 9,890 children. Another
650 are scheduled in October and
November. Statistics provided by the
American Public Garden Association
indicate that a garden the size of the
BGO would normally serve a population of 3,400 school children during a
year. The BGO serves many more than
other similar botanical gardens thanks
to our dedicated volunteers and education sponsors such as Tyson Foods,
Cox Communications, the Schmieding
Foundation and P&G. The volunteers
and garden staff work to insure the
quality of the programs offered improves even as the number of children
participating increases.
The education sponsors are important
to the Garden because they help underwrite a portion of the cost of providing the education programs. The
Botanical Garden has, for a number
of years, spent more on its education
programs than it receives in revenue
to cover these programs. In 2012, the
Garden received $20,567 in education program support and $20,480 in
education grants, but had education
expenses totaling $65,686. For some
of the education programs such Butterfly Days and Earth Day, the Garden
receives a payment of $4.00 per child
per day. However, the overall cost per
day per child at the BGO is just under
$7.00. This cost per day is well under
the national average which generally
exceeds $10.00 per child per day.
The BGO manages its resources and
makes good use of the funds donated
by its supporters. The Children’s Education Programs at the Garden will remain a focus and continue to increase
in the numbers served and to improve
in the quality of the programs offered.
Winter Classes
Saturday, January 11 at 10:00 in the
Greenhouse - Vessel Making with
Susan Regan - $35 Member/ $40 Non
Member
Saturday, February 8 at 10:00 am - Succulent Café: Use Your Own Container
to Create a Durable Display - $35
Member/ $40 Non Member
Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 - Oaks: The
Queens of the Ozarks program with
Gerald Klingaman, free
Tuesday, March 18 at 4:00 and at 5:30
- Rain Barrel Workshops, $25 each
session
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Chefs In the Garden
This year’s event was the best one yet!
The chefs were so creative, offering
Blue Crab Stuffed Button Mushrooms,
Garden Primavera: Tri-Colored Penne
Tossed with Extra Virgin Olive Oil,
Grilled Chicken and a Medley of Garden Vegetables, Shrimp & Grits Italiano and Crème Brulee Tartlets. Glazer
Distributors provided a broad selection of wines and beer, with Skinny
Girl Cosmopolitans as the signature
cocktail! Café Rue Orleans won “2013
Most Popular Restaurant” at Chefs in
the Garden. The setting, food, drinks,
music, photobooth and so much
more made the event memorable to
the guests that came from Northwest
Arkansas, Little Rock and Fort Smith.
The Garden would like to thank our
Honorary Chair, Kelly Zega, for being
so supportive of our growth, education
and events. The Garden would also
like to thank Filippo Berio for being
the presenting sponsor, and CocaCola, Glazer’s, Intents Party Rental,
Metropolitan National Bank, Cole
Fennel Photography, Dancenhance
Entertainment, Events Interior Fabrics
and Design and Pigmint for being the
sponsors. Another thank you to the
Presenting Media Sponsor: Citiscapes,
3W, AY, Celebrate, Warm 94.9, US 94,
1030 KFAY-AM and Power 105.7. We
appreciate our dedicated chefs from
Café Rue Orleans, Early Bird Catering,
Fayetteville Country Club, GC Catering, Greenhouse Grille, Meridienne
Dessert Salon, Mermaids, Starbuck’s,
The Hive@21c, Vetro 1925 and Yarnell’s Ice Cream, for making such spectacular food for the event. We are currently looking for Sponsors and Chefs
for the 2014 Chefs in the Garden.
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5. New Staff @BGO
Lynne Yenawine is familiar to Master
Gardeners as the person behind the
wimoflar e-mail address used to communicate with Washington County
MGs. Lynne is a past president of
WCMG. She is a Wisconsin native
with a wide array of work experiences.
She has been an administrative assistant and office manager for insurance
companies, worked as a kindergarten
aide in a Fayetteville school and supervised restaurant employees. She now
has her own business, Lynne’s Custom
Quilts and her interests include quilting and upholstery as well as horses
and gardening. She has a son attending
Clemson University and a daughter
who is a Clemson grad. Lynne’s title
is Social Media Coordinator and her
responsibilities include updating the
website, posting to Facebook, and designing and sending out the electronic
bulletins each month.
Judie Branson is a familiar face at
BGO. She became a Master Gardener
in 2009 and begin volunteering in the
BGO office that same year. She is a past
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president of the Washington County
Master Gardeners, and has been chairman of various MG committees. She is
a member of the Arkansas Daylily Society and the American Hemerocallis
Society. Judie is so committed to BGO
that she has involved her grandchildren in volunteering with us. Nathan
and Mia were station assistants at
Butterfly Days in September and Mia
helped in the store at Firefly Fling last
summer. Judie lives in Springdale in a
garden full of daylilies and companion
plants. She is still working at Walmart
but looking forward to retiring and
spending more time at BGO. Judie’s
title is Membership/Contributions Coordinator and she will be sending out
membership renewal reminders, new
member and current member letters
and cards and contribution thank-you
letters. She will also be keeping the
membership and contribution databases up to date.
BGO Board of Directors
Walt Eilers, President, Business & Fundraising Consultant
Martha McBride, Vice President, Realtor,
Crye-Leike
Realtors
Chris Bell, Treasurer, Metropolitan National Bank
Linda McMath, Secretary, Community
Volunteer
Bo Bittle, President, Signature Bank
Catherine W. Bass, Retired Broadcast
Executive
Aaron Bleidt, Managing Director, Vantage
Point Communications
Byron Humphry, Parks Maintenance Superintendent, City of Fayetteville
Dr. Rita Littrell, Director, Moore Center
for Economic Education, U of A
Karen Leach, Community Volunteer
Joyce Mendenhall, Lifetime Master
Gardener, Cooperative Extension Service,
U of A
David Proffitt, Financial Representative/
Agent, American National Insurance Co.
Derek Ridenoure, Account Manager, C. F.
Sauer Co.
Maudie Schmitt, Chef/Owner, Café Rue
Orleans
Eleanor Townsley, Community Volunteer
Nancy Trammel, Community Volunteer
Ron Troutman, President, Boulder
Construction
Staff - Executive Director
Ron Cox
Megan Lankford joined BGO as an
intern this past summer and is now
working with the horticulture staff.
Megan is from upstate New York originally but moved to Joplin, MO at age
19. She discovered her love of gardening there and moved to Fayetteville to
pursue a degree in horticulture at UA.
She will graduate in the spring of 2015.
She is in the honors program and is
vice-president of Grogreen, the student
sustainability and organic community
garden. Megan enjoys reading and hiking and loves to spend her little bit of
free time with her husband and 3 dogs.
Gerald Klingaman - Director of
Operations
Susan Regan - Director of Garden Design
& Management
Liz Esch - Director of Special Events
Deborah Coley - Accountant &
Membership
Judy Smith - Communication and
Education Coordinator
Lynne Yenawine- Social Media
Coordinator
Judie Branson - Memberships/
Contributions Coordinator
Lissa Morrison - Lead Gardener
Nikki George - Gardener
Megan Lankford - Gardener
Susan Jenkins - Garden Assistant
Jean Armstrong - Building Mainentance
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6. In Kind Donations 2013
3W Magazine
All Seasons Inn
Aloft Hotels
Apple Blossom Brewing Co.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
Arts Center of the Ozarks
AY Magazine
Ball Horticultural
Company
Barilla
Basin Harbor Crescent Hotel
Basin Park/Crescent Hotel
Catherine and Clay Bass
Bear Creek Nursery
Chris and David Bell
The Bike Route
Bill Dollar & The Loose
Change
Blakeman’s Fine Jewelry
Bradford Nursery
Buell Pottery
Catering Concepts
Catering Unlimited
Celebrate Arkansas Magazine
Citiscapes Meto
Monthly Magazine
Clear Channel
Cole Fennel
Photography
Coleman
Coleman Creative
Ron and Becky Cox
Cuisine Karen Cooking School
Cumulus Broadcasting
Dancenhance
Entertainment
DeVitos Restaurant
Dickson Street Inn
Dickson Street Liquor
Dippin Dots
Bill and Marla Dollar
Annie Edmondson
Elkins Design
Engravings Unlimited
Ernst Benary of America
Everything Horse and Hound
Fast Lane
Finishing Touch
Flora
Fresco Cafe & Pub
Suzannah Garrison
Gaston’s White River Resort
Glazer’s
Golden Corral
Got it Covered
Grand Central Hotel & Spa
Greenhouse Grille
Gusano’s Pizza
James Hayes
Hal Henson
The Hive - 21c Museum Hotel
Home Depot
Interior Fabrics & Design
Intents
Riley and Mindy
Jackson
Steve and Pam Jones
Jules Design
Just Us Printers, Inc.
Keeling Co
Mary Ann King
Gerald and Jolene
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Klingaman
Ty Levens
Lewis & Clark
Lightworks Events
Lowes #432
McBride Distributing
Company, Inc.
Phillip McKnight
Merle and Lissa
Morrison
Mary Bess Mulhollan
Nitron
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Orchid Society of the Ozarks
Outback Steakhouse
Ozanne Family
Chiropractic
Ozark Garden Center
Paradise Valley Athletic Club
Parks Brothers
Greenhouses
Petmate
PigMint
Premier Dermatology
Radisson Hotel
Daryl Revelle
Revive Day Spa
Rover Oaks Grooming
Rose of Sharon
Saddlebock Brewery
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
Julie Sanders
Kitty Sanders and
Angulo
Sara Kathryn’s Ltd.
Schwartz Stone
Jim and Robin Selman
Sharum’s Garden Center
Shirley’s Florist
Shindig Paperie
So Inviting
Springdale Country Club
StageKing
Stanton Animal
Hospital
Treasures from Africa
University of Arkansas
Wal-Mart
Walters Gardens
Wedington Liquor
Westwood Gardens
White River Nursery
Winslow Stoneworks
Whole Hog Cafe
Woodbine Mead
Anita & Jerry Young
Donations 2013
Debra Aasmundstad
Marguerite Abowitz
John and Phyllis
Abraham
Cam Abrahamsen
Bill and Bootsie
Ackerman
Irene and Luke Adams
Jack and Rae Ann Adams
Michael and Sallie
Adelman
Johnny and Susan Adkins
Glen and Jannette Akridge
Dave and Carol Albert
Robert and Debra
Albertson
Fran and Jim Alexander
Robert Alexander
Christopher Alguire
All Seasons Inn
James and Laura Allen
Ken and Liz Allen
J.D. and Valerie
Alsbrook
Abdullah Alshardan
Dana Alton-Krow and Don
Krow
Vikas and Seema Anand
Mrs. Craig R. Anderson
Essie Anderson
Maureen and Peter Anderson
Robert C. Anderson
Ron and M.E. Anderson
Carol Andrews and Bill
Durham
John Andrews
Apple Blossom Brewing Co.
Lissa Applewhite
Clarence Archer
Linda & Thomas Archer
Canem Arkan and
Michael Cawthon
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
Arkansas Audubon Society
Trust
Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs, INC
Roberta Aronson
Arts Center of the Ozarks
Arvest Bank Rogers
Deedra and Gary
Ashcraft
Martha and Larry Ashley
Kara Ault
Judy Bacon
Patrick Bahr
Betty Bailey
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Christina Baker
Elbert and Sybil Baker
Susan and Terry Baker
Brad and Renee Baldwin
Pat and Everett Balk
Ball Horticultural
Company
Barbara and Andy Ballestra
Ruben and Marietta Baltz
Judy Bancerowski
Luvenia Banister
Bank of America
Bank of Fayetteville
Ronald and Kay Bank
Mary Ann and Jack E.
Bardwell
Carol Barnett
Norma Barracks
Margaret Barron
Max and Margaret
Barron
Ben and Susan Barry
Jeanette and William Barta
Meika Bartlett
Lionel Barton
Steve and Katherine Barton
Basin Harbor Crescent Hotel
Basin Park/Crescent Hotel
Catherine and Clay Bass
Annie Bassett
Dwight and Jean Beach
Sarah Beahm
Joan Beasley
Christopher Beaumont
Dennis and Jennifer Beck
Brian Becker
Dorothy Becton
Alice Beetz
Ilse and James Beijen
Trisha and Lou Beland
Ted and Leslie Belden
Chris and David Bell
Wanda A. Belzung
Ashley Bernstein
Jenny Berry
David Berta
Bob and Patty Besom
Valerie Biendara
The Bike Route
Bob and Eileen Billig
Sage Billig
Ruby Billig-Kemph
Rachel Billingsley
Bill Birnie
Matthew and Tameron Bishop
Clelia Black
Jim and Nancy Blair
Susan Blair
Blakeman’s Fine Jewelry
Mary E. Blankenship
Audrey Blevins
Tomas and Julie Blodgett
Karen and Eric Blohm
Lyle and Judy Blomgren
Pamela Blore
Elaine Blowers
Rachel Blue
Bob and Marilyn Bogle
Susan T. Bolding
Michelle and Dennis Boles
Paula Boles
James and Emily Bost
Boulder Construction Inc
William and Regina Bowen
Shannon and Nathan Bowers
Jim Bowles and Mary Louise
Painter
Brenda Bowlin
Nancy Bowling
Cathy Boyd
Jenn Jo Braden
Sarah and Darrick Bradley
Miranda Bramall
Drake Branch
Judie Branson
Laura Brant
Mary Frances Branton
Katie Breshears
John and Marianne Brewer
Richard Briggs
Howard and Katherine Brill
Judy Brittenum
Louise Brooks
Suzanne H. Brooks
Patric and Terrye Brosh
Amy Brown
Don Brown
Jan Brown and Blake Clark
Jennifer Brown
John Brown III
Joyce Brown
Linda Brown
Stanley Brown
Walter and Jane Brown
Michelle Brunke
Mary Bryant
Porter Bryant
Buell Pottery
Jeannie Buckley
Ron Buescher
Anita and Evan Bukey
Aaron Bukham
Joanne Bunch
Marilyn Burdette
Virginia E. Burdick
Brian Burke
Kimberly Burner
Wade Burnside and Janet
Baker
Pam Burton
Patrick and Leigh Anne
Burton
Dina Butler
Jerrold and Meg Butler
Diane Byram
Carlon Cagle
Caillouet Family
Brandon and Tristen Call
Richard Callis
Pauline Calloway
Laura and Nestor
Camargo
Joe and Joan Campbell
Joe and Elsie Canfield
RC and Lois Capper
Christine Carbonero
Dorothy and John Carney
Carson Engineering
June Carter
Robert and Beverly Carter
Doris Cassidy
Don and Diane Catron
Robert and Sara Caulk
Kalyn Cavalier
Rita S. Caver
Toni Cazahous
Renee Ceola
Buddy and Susan Chadick
Shelby S. Chandler
James S. Chase
Susan Chase and Dr. John
Bakker
Satyanarayana and
Durgabhavani Chelluboina
Holly Childs
Justin Chimka
John Clapp
Anthony Clark
Farris and Veronica Clark
Gina and Matt Clay
Lynn Clements
Roy and Butch Clinton
John Cobb
Louis R. Cobbs
Coca-Cola
Carl and Cathi Cody
Alan and Allison Cole
Cole Fennel
Photography
John W. and Karen Cole
Deborah Coley & Doug
McKinney
Kay Coley
James and Anne Collier
Ruth G. Collier
Luther and Mary
Collins
Community Foundation of
Abilene
Betty Compton
Christy Conaway
Tim and Michele Conklin
Dan and Deborah Coody
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7. Virginia Ann Coogan
Christine Cook
George and Bettie Cook
Heather and Tony Cook
Kathryn Cook
Rebecca Cook
Ann Cooper
Selina and Andy Cooper
Cindi and Don Cope
Mike and Karla Cope
Patricia Corbin
Dean and Sarah Corley
Patricia Cornish
Lisa Corrigan
Patricia Cortez
Mark Cory and Judith Ricker
Jean Cosgrove
Kim Coslett
Bill and Joy Cotten
Cynthia and Tom Coughlin
Richard Covey and Nan
Lawler
Doris Cowden
Cox Communications
Ron and Becky Cox
Aleece Craig
Bob Craig
Christine Crenshaw
Kelly Crenshaw
Marion and Carolyn Crider
David and Marsha
Crittenden
Phil and Helen Cromer
Susan Cronin
Samuel and Rebecca Cross
Jane Crouch
Cuisine Karen Cooking
School
Kate Cully
Dixie & Jim Culp
Grace Culpepper
Doug Cummins and Jacqui
Brandli
Christine Cunningham
Bill and Bimmy Currie
Carol Daggett
Carolyn Danaghey
Nita Daniel
Webster and Donna Darling
David and Sandy Davies
Jim and Marsha Davis
Christina Day
Kirsten Day
Casey Deacon
Cary and Cathy Deck
Annye and Valli
DeGrand
John & Marcia Delpino
Mark and Marquita Den
Herder
Julie and Matt Denner
Dawn Denton
DeVitos Restaurant
Don B. Deweese
Jessica and Daniel Dickey
Dickson Street Inn
Dickson Street Liquor
Beverly Didier
Tom and Mary Dillard
Linda Creech
Dingledine
Dippin Dots
Wanda K. and Eugene Dixon
Bill and Marla Dollar
Linda Dominick
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Sharon Donnelly
Genie Donovan
April Haber and Shaun
Dooley
Ingrid and Scott
Dornberg
Andi Douglas
David Douglas
Annie Dowling
Sarah Downing
Pete and Mary Doyle
Beth and Steve
Drazsnzak
Jerry and Shirley
Durning
Tom and Dana Dykman
Gail and Vol Eads
Bill and Carol Eaton
Gareth and Cheryl Eck
Wesley and Irma Eckles
George and Donna Edgmon
Annie Edmondson
Marilyn Edwards
Keith and Margaret Ehmke
Beverly and Charlie Eikenberry
Linda and Walt Eilers
Al Einert and Barbara Johnson
Elkins Design
Brenda and Allen Embry
Rachel and Nick
Emerson
Beth Emmanuel
Endeavor Foundation
Engravings Unlimited
Ann Engskov
Sherrie and Jess Eoff
Ernst Benary of America
Shirley Esch
Jennifer Esty
Arthur and Crow Evans
Nettie Everett
Everything Horse and Hound
Exxon Mobil
Foundation Cultural Matching
Gift Program
Betty Jo and James Ezell
Kelly Ezickson
Rheta and Wyman Fair
Robert and Tammy Fairbanks
Karolyn and Don Farrell
Sheryl Farris
Larry and Jo Fashank
Fast Lane
George and Rosemary
Faucette
Fayetteville Garden Club
Dan Feder
Julie and Andy Feinstein
Gary and Laura Ferrier
Finishing Touch
Cathy and Robert Fink
Joe and Jerri Sue Finney
Dianna Fiser
Boyd F. Fisher
Mel and Linda Fite
Sara Fixmer
Lawrence and Alice Fletcher
Pat and Elizabeth Flippo
Filippo Berio
Flora
Flower, Garden &
Nature Society
Miller and Peggy Ford
Richard K. Ford
Natasha and Adam Forney
Nedria Forrest and David
Hyatt
Dr. Richard and Ruth Forsythe
David and Linda Foster
Gayle and Ron Foster
Janice Fountain
Jodi Foutch and Nancy Reagan
Chris and Jamie Frala
Robert Frans
Becky Free
Freddie Mac Foundation 2010
Matching Gifts Program
Elaine French
Fresco Cafe & Pub
Susan Frey
Linda Fritz
Ricky and Jill Fulks
Ann Fulton
Helene Furst
Anna Futral
Regina Gabel
Ellen Gaconnier
Carol Gaetjens
Ellie Galko
Frou Gallagher
Denise Gallia
Rachel and Ian Galloway
Gap Foundation
The Garden Club of Rogers
Henry and Linda Gardner
Susan & Kenneth Gardner
Georgette Garner
Hershey and Denise Garner
Garrison Asset Management
Suzannah Garrison
Colene Gaston and Roger
Montgomery
Katherine Gay
Dave and Jane Gearhart
Gretchen Gearhart
Cleon and Fleeta Gentry
Gina and Alan Gentry
Anna George
Virginia George
Rose and Joseph Gergerich
Ginger Geyer
GFWC Pathfinder Club
Joel Giarrusso
Andy and Mary Gibbs
Phillip and Karen Gier
Bart and Adrienne Gilbreath
John and Marcia Gilbreath
William and Donna Gill
Stephanie Gillihan
John and Tamara Gilmour
Kenneth Glasscock
George Glover
Jeff Glover
Missy Gocio
Fiona Goggin and Ron Sayler
Golden Corral
Keith and Becky Gonelli
Alex Gonzalez and Lisa
Cabeldue
Chaim Goodman-Strauss and
Kendall Curlee
Charles Goodrum
Gail and Randy Goodrum
H.L. Goodwin
Leslie Goolsby
Joan Gould
Betty Grabbe
Beverly Graham
Julia and David Grambort
Grand Central Hotel & Spa
Wilma & Ed Gray
Mildred Grear
Greenbriar Property Owners
Association
Greenhouse Grille
Greenwood Garden Club
Gary Griffin
Carl and Barbara Jo Griffis
Lauren and Camoon Griffith
Mariellen Griffith and Donald
Soderberg
Greg and Marcie Grim
Gray Grisham
Lowell and Kathy Grisham
Frank Grohoski
Maureen Gruich
Mary McDuffie Guelle
Nina Gupta
Gusano’s Pizza
Bobbie and Keith Hackler
Heather Hackworth
Bradley and Melissa Hale
Patricia Hale
Steve and Karen Hale
Alisha and Luke Hall
Larry and Jean Hall
Harold and Christine Haller
Lindsay Ham-Holm
Bob and Terry D. Hamilton
John and Maxine Hamilton
Kirstin Hamlyn
Judith Hammond
Eddie Hansford
Peggy Hanson
Vanessa Hardin
Sally and Steven Harms
Marilyn and Harry Harnish
Barrett Harris
Georgia Harris
John and Kaye Harris
Madelyn Harris
Michael Harris
Bill and Carol Hart
Craig and Cheryl Hart
M.L. Hart
Don and Michelle Harvey
Chester and Janice Hayes
James Hayes
Faye Head
John Heithaus
Gina & Gary Hellums
Lawson Hembree
Walt and Sudie Henderson
Janet and Jimm Hendren
Jerry and Wincie Hendricks
Don Hendrix
Morriss and Ann Henry
Pat and Earlene Henry
David Hensley
Hal Henson
Hannah and Nathan Henson
Kelly Herbert
Gerald Herrbaugh
Rob and Shelly Herthneck
Greg Herzig
Barry Herzog and Kathy Ball
Jeremy Hess and Peggy
Treiber
Kathleen Hess and Robert
Lafferty
Millie and Walt Heyne
Charles & Susan Hickerson
Spencer and Bicky
Higginbothom
Jerry and Ruth Higgins
Tiffany Highfill
Ann Hill
Zachary and Elizabeth Hill
Carol Hinds
Betty Hinshaw
Sunny Hinshaw
Burnetta Hinterthuer
Judy and Kent Hirsch
Letitia Hitz
The Hive - 21c Museum Hotel
Richard Hobbs
Nancy Hodges
Hoe and Hope Garden Club
JoAn Holdorf
Holly Holiman and Alan
Bradrick
Jackie and Reid Holiman
Doc and Justine Holladay
Lorraine Holland
Kimberly Holleman
Arthur and Lotta Hollenbeck
Kristal Hollingsworth
Vernelle Hollingsworth
Bonita and Roger Holroyd
Kevin Honn
Kate and Kin Hood
Mary Hooper
Ross Hooper
Ron Horn
Harold Horton
Crystal Hoskins
Aloft Hotels
Gayle and Michael Howard
Howard Records
Melissa Howard
Patty Hudgens
Susan Hudlow
Helen B. Huff
Ray and Lewan Hufhines
Dick and Donna Huie
Megan and Brian Hurley
Susan Hutchcroft
Tanya L Impeartrice
Kim Ingram
Intents
Interior Fabrics & Design
John and Enid Irvine
Rebecca Ivey
Barbara G. Jackson
Riley and Mindy Jackson
Pat Jahoda
Douglas James and Elizabeth
Adam
Janace James
Jerome and Harriet Jansma
Jeff and Marlene Jeffus
Carol Jennings
Bruce and Debra Johanson
Johanson Group - DB Squared
Shirley Johanson
Jeanie Johnson Hill and Jimmy
Hill
Bob Johnson
Dale R. Johnson
Kim Johnson
Leslie Johnson
Mike and Ellen Johnson
Becky and Terry Jones
Bill and Alice Jones
Cris and Eleanor Jones
Frances Jones
Jo Jones
Joyce Jones
Mary Ellen Jones
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8. January 6 – 18 Bridal Reception
February 18 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
February 28 – March 2 Orchid Show and Sale
March 18 Rain Barrel Workshops
April 25-26 Annual Plant Sale
May 1 – Oct. 31 Little Sprouts each Wednesday
morning
May 6 Earth Day @ BGO
May 13 Greening of the Garden
June 10 – July 29 Explore@BGO Tuesday morning
day camp
June 17 Moonflowers and Mojitos Garden Cocktail
Party
June 24 or July 1 Red White and Blooms outdoor
concert
July 19 Firefly Fling
August 12 Outdoor concert
September 9 Chefs in the Garden
September 18, 19, 25, 26 Butterfly Days for area
schools
September 21 or 28 BGO Annual Meeting
September 23 Outdoor concert
December 6-7, 13-14 Gardenland Winter Festival
December 6 Fayetteville Holiday Farmers Market
December 13 or 20 Jingle Bell Jog/Reindeer Run
See bgozarks.org/events or call 479-750-2620 for details
2014 Events in The Garden
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
PO BOX 10407
Fayetteville, Ar 72703
Garden Elements is published quarterly by the Botanical
Garden Society of the Ozarks, Inc., a non-profit organization supporting the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
info@bgozarks.org
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