With rapid spread of COVID-19 and the more than 30,000 flu cases reported in Arkansas since September 2019, we have chosen to cancel our Spring Seminar scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020.

We regret the inconvenience. This decision is being made out of concern for everyone’s health. The Seminar will not be rescheduled in 2020.

We will be issuing refunds for registration as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding. Please let us know if you have any questions.
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Expert Speakers and Topics for every Gardener and More
  • Exciting speakers will speak on topics of current interest​
  • Garden related Displays
  • Informational Packet​
  • Opportunity Table of Gardening Books and Garden Art​​
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"Developing An Ozarks Green Thumb" 

 Spring Gardening Seminar
Saturday, March 21, 2020

First United Methodist Church Fellowship Center
605 W. 6th Street, Mountain Home, AR 72653


*** PROGRAM SPEAKERS FOR 2020 ***

FEATURED SPEAKER​
Ray Moranz,  Xerces Society
Beneficial Insects 101

Don Bennett, TriCycle Farms in Fayetteville 
Growing Community through Soil

Guy Ames
Ames Orchards & Horticulture Specialist for the 
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Fruit Trees, Bushes and Vines for Natural Growing in the Ozarks

Berni Kurz
AR State Extension Horticulture Specialist
Shade Gardening

Daria McKelvey
Supervisor of the Kemper Center for Home Gardening
at the Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Gardens and What It Offers
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The seminars have become an area tradition with one presented each spring since 1994.  Speakers have come from all over Arkansas and the surrounding area to share their expertise and experience to help hundreds of attendees learn more about their gardens.  We have presented programs on flowers, herbs, vegetables, trees, soil, compost and even the insects, birds and critters who share our Ozark home.

The First United Methodist Church Fellowship Center is the venue for our gardening seminar. 

There will be a topic for everyone, and timely to boot.  We may also have some new ideas to make the seminar even more interesting.

There will be a horticultural table, displays of the BCMG Community Garden Projects, an information table with our County Extension Agent Brad Runsick and more information on becoming a Master Gardener.
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We always feature an “opportunity table” full of gardening books and other garden related items. There will be free catalogs and plenty of garden information to take home and use in your garden.

Seating is limited for the seminar, so be sure to register early. The fee includes lunch.
 
Please continue to check this website for updated information on the Seminar and other future BCMG events.


​Directions to Go There

The First United Methodist Church, 605 W. 6th St., is on the corner of Hwy. 178 W. and Bucher Dr., Mountain Home, AR 72653.