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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​
  • Silent Auction (cash, check or  major credit card accepted)​​
  • Book Store (hard cover $5; soft        cover $3)

Tickets are $40 ea
Includes Lunch
Catered by Whispering Woods -- CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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"Developing An Ozarks Green Thumb" 

 
Saturday, March 14, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm
Doors open at 8:00 a.m.

First Baptist Church
Christian Life Center
1205 Spring Street
Mountain Home, AR 72653

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Scott Beuerlein
Manager of Botanical Garden Outreach, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
"If Some is Good, More is Better, Plant Diversity Forever!"

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“Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury... the Closing Argument for Annuals”


Kelly McGowan
Field Specialist in Horticulture, University of Missouri Extension
“Pollinators and Natives”

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Christopher Cooper
County Director, UT-TSU Extension Shelby County
"Balance in the Garden:
Integrated Pest Management— Strategies Every Gardener Should Know”


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.

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

First Baptist Church
Christian Life Center
1205 Spring Street
​Mountain Home, AR 72653

Coming into town from the west, proceed on Highway 62B to 9th Street/AR-5 South.  Turn right.  Proceed 0.80 miles to the Cardinal drive.  Turn left.  proceed 0.07 miles to spring street.  turn right.  proceed 0.60 miles to the church on your left.

coming into town from the east on highway 62, proceed on highway 62B 1.2 miles to buzzard roost drive/AR-178.  Turn left.  proceed 0.70 miles to spring street.  turn right.  proceed 0.10 miles to the church on your right.
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