Home of the Arkansas Flower and Garden Show Gardens

If you want to find peace and oneness with plants and water then this garden is for you. Chris Olsen has designed a paradise surrounded and hidden by Green Giant Arborvitaes. As you enter the garden swallowed up by a green wall of privacy you then turn the corner into a hidden surreal courtyard. The center of your attention is a antique raised fountain covered with ferns, flowers of every kind and a few plant species that will surprise everyone. Seat on a bench and listen to the pea gravel under your feet and the sound of water as you smell the wonderful sweet scents of hyacinths, daffodils, and English Primroses. For a unexpected twist Chris Olsen has designed and planted a few plants that you may have never seen before in Arkansas but thrive in our climate. Be prepared to be amazed!!!!!!!!!!

Cantrell Gardens partnering with Access School

Garvan Woodland Gardens will present 'Gardens and Children: Growing Healthy Together'. Living Nature equates to loving Nature and being out of doors is healthy both mentally and physically. The Gardens create a display featuring landscapes representing quintessential places where childhood meets Nature. Primary colors, a woodland streamside scene, and rustic garden architecture combine to illustrate that 'Gardening is Healthy' and inspire parents to encourage children to learn the value of outdoor activity early in life.

A peaceful garden room awaits you as you contemplate the world and its complexities. Sit and listen to the gentle stream as it flows through ancient petrified stumps to a quiet pool. A setting enclosed by the earth itself has been adorned with cool, shade-loving plants that soothe the soul.

This year, the Ozark Folk Center’s Heritage Herb Garden design illustrates that gardening is healthy for Arkansas. If the health of our citizens was suddenly dependent on only the resources available within our state’s borders, we could feed ourselves well. We have a temperate climate, fertile soil and abundant water. We only have to know how to raise plants and be willing to do it. The Ozark Folk Center’s garden will include a map of Arkansas, a healthy patch of vegetables and a home with an herb garden with plant specimens that support good health. A figure working in the garden will illustrate that gardening is healthy because of the exercise, sunshine, fresh air and mental stimulation the gardener experiences.

River Valley invites you to enter our garden and experience ways to practically enhance your OWN piece of ‘Heart Healthy Living’. Take a sneak peak into a scene where container gardening has become a part of a healthy life style. Experience the creation of a sensory-stimulating environment with plants selected for texture and color. Let the sound of flowing water slow your heart rate and refocus your attention on the calming effects a fountain can provide. Stroll down the pathway into a secluded patio hideaway and experience for yourself how soothing a garden environment can be! Let our garden inspire you to make improving body and soul a part of your next landscaping project!