2017 Schedule of Events
2017 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
10:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits open, Governors’ Halls
Free package holding available
10:00-12:00 Professional Florists Tabletop Competition, Governors’ Halls
Live competition to create the best large floral tabletop display
10:00-2:00 Landscape Challenge, Governors’ Halls
Watch local landscapers construct home foundation plantings live at the Show.
10:30 Gardening How-to’s short presentations begin, Gardening How-to’s stage
Learn how to do a variety of gardening tasks from local experts. New topic every 30 minutes
10:30 Arkansas’ Magical Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Lissa Morrison, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Manager and Designer
10:30 The Pollination Life of Birds, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Dan Scheiman, Bird Conservation Director, Audubon Arkansas
11:45 Let’s Get Growing – Vegetable Gardening is Cool Again, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Janet Carson, University of Arkansas Horticulture Specialist
11:45 If Trees Could Talk—Oh Wait. . . They Do, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Jane Gulley. Pulaski County Master Gardener
1:00 Healthy Yard / Healthy Planet –Sustainable Gardening, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Lissa Morrison, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Manager and Designer
1:00 Birding Basics, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Dan Scheiman, Bird Conservation Director, Audubon Arkansas
1:00 Arkansas Flower & Garden Show Awards Presentation, Gardening How-to’s stage
2:15 Building a Successful Farmers’ Market from the Ground Up, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Debra Bolding, Co-Manager for Howard County Farmer’s Market, Miller County Master Gardener [Download the Farmers Market Toolkit]
5:00-7:00 “Rock in the Garden,” Governors’ Halls
Live music and food trucks! Local gothic girl-group, Wildflower Revue, will play mournful mountain melodies, heavenly hillbilly harmonies and epic tales of sin-soaked country outlaw heroines.
7:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits close, Governors’ Halls
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017
10:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits open, Governors’ Halls
Free package holding available
10:00 Silent Auction opens-benefitting AFGS Scholarships and Greening of Arkansas Grant Program, Governors’ Halls
10:30 Gardening How-to’s short presentations begin, Gardening How-to’s stage
Learn how to do a variety of gardening tasks from local experts. New topic every 30 minutes
10:30 Creating Living Landscapes, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, co-sponsored by The Arkansas Native Plant Society.
10:30 Cool Plants for Tight Spaces, Nooks & Crannies, and other Areas You Haven’t Thought About Before, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr.Todd Lasseigne, President and CEO, Tulsa Botanic Gardens
11:45 Building Pollinator Populations at Home, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Douglas Tallamy, Professor and Chair, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, co-sponsored by The Arkansas Native Plant Society.
11:45 Easy Growing Succulents for Patio or Porch, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Richard and Andrea Cleaver, Culberson’s Greenhouses
1:00 Growing Berries in Your Backyard, Fulton Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Amanda McWhirt, Assistant Professor, Horticulture Department, University of Arkansas
1:00 Year-round Gardening by Knowing Your Plants and Pushing the Envelops, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Dr. Todd Lasseigne, President and CEO, Tulsa Botanic Gardens
2:15 Terrific and Tough Annuals for Your Garden, Pope Room
Gardening Seminar by Richard Cleaver, Culberson’s Greenhouses
2:30 Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home, Fulton Room
Screening of the documentary film, sponsored by The Arkansas Native Plant Society
3:00 Silent Auction closes-benefitting AFGS Scholarships and Greening of Arkansas Grant Program, Governors’ Halls
6:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits close, Governors’ Halls
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017
10:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits open, Governors’ Halls
Free package holding available
11:00 Gardening How-to’s short presentations begin, Gardening How-to’s stage
Learn how to do a variety of gardening tasks from local experts. New topic every 30 minutes
11:00-3:30 Children’s Hands-on Gardening Workshops, Fulton Room & Pope Room
Sessions are 30 minutes and will repeat every hour with last session beginning at 3:00pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
4:00 General Shopping and Educational Exhibits close, Governors’ Halls
