Charlotte Bailey Rierson Watercolor Exhibit & Reception
June 20 - July 31, 2008
Artisan Charlotte Bailey Rierson of Fairfield Bay will exhibit a collection of watercolor portraits depicting life in Arkansas in the Magnolia Room through the month of July. Rierson's paintings have been selected to be in the permanent collection of the Historical Arkansas Museum, University of Central Arkansas, Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas Art Council’s Small Works on Paper, Ozark Medical Health Center, and private collectors nationally.
There will be a meet and greet reception for the artist on Thursday evening, July 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Magnolia Room. Cookies and punch will be served.
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Tuesday Tea: "All-American Tea"
July 8, 2008
Celebrate Independence Day (a little late) at this star-spangled tea party! We'll serve specialty teas, gourmet scones, finger sandwiches, and an array of scrumptious desserts in the Magnolia Room or on the Garden veranda (weather permitting). Tea time is 3:00 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Price for GWG Members is $15 and Non-Members $18 (plus applicable tax). Seating is very limited so make your reservations early by purchasing tickets online or by calling 501-262-9300/800-366-4664.
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Gardening 101: Shrubs and Ornamental Grass
July 10, 2008
Exploring the intricate makings of a beautiful garden is the aim of a series of free workshops being held in the Gardens' Magnolia Room through November.
Shrubs, morning session: 9-11:30 a.m. Presenter: Jimmy Robbins
Ornamental Grass, afternoon session: 1-3:30 p.m. Presenter: Gene Lichliter
The workshop is free of charge to GWG members or those previously registered as volunteers at the Gardens. The public will be subject to Garden Admission fees, which are $8.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors. Space is limited. Register today by calling the Gardens’ administration office at (501) 262-9300 or (800) 366-4664. Don't forget to bring a sack lunch!
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"Cultivating a Field Guide" - Sunday Summer Learning Lessons for Kids
July 13, 2008
3-5 p.m.
Garvan Pavilion
Part of the Sunday summer learning series, Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Blossoms – Pollinating Positive Partnerships. During this exploration of the Gardens children will chronicle the places where pollinators get their food, shelter, and water in a discovery journal. They will also look at sites where pollinators reproduce.
Pre-register for the Free lesson by calling the administration office at 501-262-9300. Registration is for one child and two adult family members.
The series of educational lessons were made possible thanks to a grant from the Hot Springs Area Community Foundation. The grant was given in honor of Pat Lile, recently retired president and CEO of the Arkansas Community Foundation.
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Garvan Woodland Gardens
550 Arkridge Road - P.O. Box 22240
Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913
800-366-4664 or 501-262-9300
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Interesting Facts about Garvan Woodland Gardens
 Serenity Circle
Over 1,700 tons of weathered landscape boulders were placed, or 3,400,000 pounds. The largest boulders were ten to eleven tons, or about 8 feet long by 3 feet tall by 5 feet wide. Approximately 1,000 tons, or two million pounds, of native veneer stone were used. This is enough stone to build a three foot retaining wall over a half mile long. Over 600 cubic yards of concrete were poured. This is enough to construct an obelisk 20 stories tall and nine feet by nine feet (or about half the size of the Washington Monument), yet none is visible in the finished garden. Enough material delivery trips on the Gardens' skid loaders were made to haul a backhoe load of gravel from Los Angeles to New York.
The Gardens Contain:
Waterfalls and cascades pump 675 gallons of water per minute from Lake Hamilton, or about 350 million gallons a year; enough water to fill a lake of over 400 acres that is twenty feet deep every year. Nearly three miles of recreational trails, including a new 3/8 mile walk across dramatic hillsides and ravines in the Garden of the Pine Wind. The largest remaining undeveloped tract of land on Lake Hamilton, the Mid-South's most popular recreational Lake. Enough ornamental trees to plant about ¾ mile of the Champs Elyseé in Paris or an avenue over two miles long with a tree every twenty feet. -
 The Canopy Bridge Over 2,000 azaleas of 160 varieties, or enough to completely cover over an acre spaced five feet on center.
128 species of ornamental native shrubs and wildflowers. Over 300 varieties of flowering perennials and groundcovers. 65 different varieties of Asian maple. Most are Japanese maples, the most popular ornamental tree in the United States. One of North America's only known mature, blooming specimen of the Emmenopterys henrii, a rare tree from Burma and southern China.
Other Facts of Interest
The Garden property is the only botanical garden in the U.S that occupies all of a peninsula in a major water body. At over one and a quarter miles long, the property is composed of dramatic hillsides that include vertical grade changes of over 100 feet provide spectacular views to Lake Hamilton. The garden is home to over 70 species of native birds, including the pileated woodpecker, great blue heron, wild turkey, and great horned owl. The property is an over wintering site for the bald eagle. Several native animals inhabit the gardens, including gray and red squirrels, raccoons, opossums, coyotes, armadillos, red foxes, and a resident herd of white-tailed deer.
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