Garden Events
For more information on events at the Garden, email Liz Esch or call (479) 750-2620.
- 2012 Photo Contest
- Tuesday, May 15th to Midnight July 31st 2012
One Grand prize winning photograph will be featured on the cover of the calendar, inside on one of the interior monthly pages (of our choosing), and on the BGO website. The Grand prize winner will also receive a complimentary Family membership to the Garden for one year.
Eleven runners up will have their photographs featured inside the calendar on one of the monthly pages and on the BGO website. Each winner will also receive a complimentary individual membership to the Garden for 1 year.
Valid entries will be accepted by email only May 15 thru Midnight July 31st 2012. Please email submissions to contest@bgozarks.org.
BGO Staff will choose the top 40 photos from submissions that will be posted to Facebook for a popular vote. Voting on Facebook will be available from August 1st to August 14th. The 12 photos with the most likes as of Midnight August 14th will be featured in the calendar.
Winners will be announced on the Garden’s website and on Facebook on August 15th.
Questions? Email Katie at Contest@bgozarks.org
CONTEST RULES
Maximum entry limit of two photographs per person.
Open to all amateur photographers. The contest is closed to Garden staff and professional photographers.
Photos must be taken at the garden and should focus on the Garden Spaces and Grounds and Special Features of the Botanical Garden. ( i.e. birdbaths, rose garden, bridges, formations, structures, events, etc.)
Seasonal photos encouraged.
Accepting digital photographs only.
Photographs must be accompanied with a description of the attached photo (printed in the body of the email) including the date, time and Garden location where photo was taken.
Photographs must be submitted in high quality/ high-resolution jpg file format, landscape/horizontal orientation only (roughly 5”x7” to 8”x 10” at 300 dpi resolution); filename should include last name of entrant (i.e. smith_spring1). Entries will be accepted from May 15 thru Midnight on July 31st 2012.
Submit entries via email, at contest@bgozarks.org.
No print submissions will be accepted.
Photos taken in previous years are acceptable.
Previous winning/honorable mention photos may not be submitted.
No cash prizes.
No age limits; however, no age categories either – one contest for all photographers.
All entrants agree to allow the BGO to use both their submitted photograph(s) and their name on the Garden’s website, in the calendar and in other/future Garden publications.
Calendars will be available for sale at the Garden in the fall.
- Hypertufa Workshop
- Saturday, May 19th May 19th from 10am to noon and May 20th from 1:30 to 3:30pm
- Two part Hypertufa workshop with Gerald; limited to 15 people. May 19th and May 20th.
- Enter the number of tickets that you would like to buy in the boxes below:
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- Member tickets @ $25 each
- Non Member tickets @ $30 each
- Arkansas Naturals Fundraiser
- Thursday, June 7th 7pm Game
- Game tickets are $8 and the Garden receives part of each ticket sold. Buy and/or sell admissions for the game and support BGO by contacting Judy Smith at jsmith@bgozarks.org. The deadline for sales is May 24. Ticketholders will claim their tickets at the BGO table at Arvest Ballpark after 6:00 pm on June 7.