Garvan Gardens on Facebook
+More

Feature Event


Hydrangeas in Bloom

May 15 -

Now is the time to come out to the Gardens to view the hydrangeas. These showy flowers are America's favorite flowering shrub ...
+Full Calendar

Event Calendar

Janet Carson Series: “Herbs – Growing, landscaping, and using them in your day to day life”

June 9 -

Artistic Divas Art Exhibit

May 1 - May 31 2012

Gardening 101 Workshop

June 14 -

+More

Weddings


Save 10% on Your Wedding!

Get 10% off rentals at the Anthony Chapel by becoming a member of the Gardens at the $75 Family and above levels. Start planning your perfect wedding today.

Corporate Members

 +More

Welcome!

Welcome to Garvan Woodland Gardens, the botanical garden of the University of Arkansas. Nestled in the picturesque Ouachita Mountains of Southwest Arkansas, the Gardens are a wonderful gift to all people from local industrialist and philanthropist Verna Cook Garvan.

Garvan Woodland Gardens is an example of The Natural State at its best: a canopy of pines reaching skyward providing protection for delicate flora and fauna, gentle lapping waves that unfold along the 4 ½ miles of wooded shorline, and rocky inclines that remind us of the surrounding Ouachita Mountains.

Garvan Woodland Gardens' mission is to preserve and enhance a unique part of the Ouachita environment; provide people with a place of learning, research, cultural enrichment, and serenity; develop and sustain gardens, landscapes, and structures of exceptional aesthetics, design, and construction; and partner with and serve communities of which the Gardens is a part.

From the dynamic architectural structures to the majestic botanical landscapes, Garvan Woodland Gardens offers breathtaking sights (and fantastic photo opportunities) at every turn.