Arkansas Gardens
Botanical Garden Society of
the Ozarks, Inc.: 4703 N. Crossover Road (Highway 265),
Fayetteville, AR 72702 (479)750-2620.
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The Society is working to
establish a botanical garden near Lake Fayetteville. A
wildflower meadow was planted in 1998.
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Blue Spring Heritage
Center Gardens: Scenic Highway 62 West (5 miles west of Eureka
Springs), P O Box 362, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 (479) 253-9244.
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Located 5 miles west of
the Victorian village of Eureka Springs, this gorgeous
botanical garden, surrounding a deep natural spring, features
33 acres of lovely woodland, meadow, hillside and rock
settings.
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Compton Gardens:
312 N. Main Street, Bentonville AR 72712, (479) 254-3870
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Compton Gardens showcases 6.5
acres of native woodland plants, walking trails and prairie at
the former home of Dr. Compton, a noted physician, writer,
photographer, founding member of the Ozark Society and "savior
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Garvan Woodland
Gardens: 550 Arkridge Road, Hot Springs National Park, AR
71913
(501)262-9300 or (800)366-4664).
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Verna Cook Garvan insisted
that the woodlands, purchased for its timber, not be cleared.
Instead, she planted hundreds of rare shrubs and trees,
including camellias, magnolias and over 100 different kinds of
azaleas. The Border of Old Roses, a Japanese garden (with
Japanese maples and tree peonies), rock gardens, a conifer
border, and perennials and bulbs, enhance this remarkable
setting. Visitors arrive aboard the Belle of Hot Springs, a
restored riverboat, across Lake Hamilton. The gardens
are now owned by the University of Arkansas.
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Historic Arkansas
Museum: 200 East Third Street, Little
Rock, AR 72201 (501)324-9351.
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Five historic structures
including Arkansas' oldest building, the Hinterleiter Grog
Shop, make up this restoration of Arkansas frontier days.
Outside the Woodruff Printshop, a medicinal herb garden,
maintained by the Arkansas Chapter of the Herb Society of
America, features native and imported plants used by settlers
and native Americans for healing.
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Little Rock
Zoological Garden: #1 Jonesboro Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)666-2406.
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Lions and tigers and bear,
oh my! Plus gorillas, rhinos, and giraffes, and over 500 more
wild and exotic species, all living in a 40 acre park-like
landscape.
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Mountain
Valley Spring Water Company: 150 Central Avenue, Hot Springs
National
Park, AR 71901 (501)623-6671 or (800)643-1501.
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A beautifully restored
historic building houses the water company's headquarters in
Hot Springs National Park. Hydroponic gardens demonstrate the
ability to grow plants in the company's natural spring water
without soil.
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Peel House Museum and
Historical Garden: 400 S. Walton Boulevard, Bentonville, AR
72712 (479)273-9664.
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The grounds of this 1875
Italianate Mansion are graced with vignette gardens that serve
as an outdoor museum of historic roses, perennials and native
plants.
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South Arkansas
Arboretum: 501 Timberlane (Mount Holly Road and Timberlane (adjacent to El Dorado
High School), El Dorado, AR 71731-7010 (870)862-8131 x144.
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The South Arkansas
Community College operates this 13 acre Arboretum which
showcases plants indigenous to Arkansas's Gulf Coastal Plain
region and exotic species, including flowering azaleas and
camellias.
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State
Capitol Rose Garden: Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock,
AR 72201
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The lovely grounds of the
capitol building contain two rose gardens including an
All-America Rose Selections accredited rose garden and display
over 1,500 rose bushes.
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