Celebrate Earth Day at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks!
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– Celebrate Earth Day 2023 at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks on Friday, April 21, from 3 to 6 pm. This outdoor event includes family-friendly hands-on, interactive activities, crafts, and games. Enjoy live music by “March to August,” be amazed by a magic show with Alan Burdick, visit booths featuring a variety of community partners, and explore six cultivated acres of spring garden beauty!
Guests will have the opportunity to see a live snake up close with the Ozark Natural Science Center, feed goats with Greedy Goats NWA, feel the pelts of “Arkansas Critters” with the Ozark Highland Nature Center, make a “sun print” with the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, and so much more! Information will be available about weather, soil extinction, bird rehabilitation, the importance of clean water, and more. The City of Fayetteville will be giving away free trees and shrubs while supplies last.
Guests are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy in the Garden, but please pack in and pack out.
Admission is free for BGO members. For nonmembers, admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 4-12, and free for children 3 and under. Tickets are available for purchase at bgozarks.org/events or at the gate.
Community Partners: Arkansas Monarch Conservation Partnership | Beaver Water District | City of Fayetteville, AR | Conscious Planet | Greedy Goats NWA | Northson Wild Bird Rehabilitation | Northwest Arkansas Community College | Northwest Arkansas Land Trust | NWA Space & Science Center | Ozark Highlands Nature Center | Ozark Natural Science Center | Shiloh Museum of Ozark History | U of A Entomology Club
Sponsors: Adventure Subaru (Annual Sustainability Sponsor) | KNWA (Presenting Broadcasting Sponsor) | Citiscapes Magazine (Presenting Media Sponsor) | Bob & Becky Alexander | KUAF | Walmart | Earth Rescue | Macaroni Kid | Renewal by Anderson | Tacos 4 Life | Tropical Smoothie Cafe
About the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks:
The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks is a member-supported nonprofit in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Sitting on 44 acres on the east side of Lake Fayetteville, the Garden includes 12 display gardens and the state’s only butterfly house. The BGO opened to the public in 2007 and attracts more than 70,000 visitors each year. For more on the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks go to www.bgozarks.org.
