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always get the opportunity to do in the
classroom. It's fun to see them engage and get
excited about what we have right here in our
own back yard."
Liz shared a story about a recent event that
put the importance of Botanical Garden of the
Ozarks in perspective for her.
"We had a neat full-circle moment recently
with the woman who founded our Little
Sprouts program," she said. "Several years
ago, when she started Little Sprouts, she was
pregnant with her daughter. That daughter
is now 10-years old. She came and spoke
at an event we hosted. She was basically
raised out here. She talked about what that
experience was like. There are volunteers here
who literally watched her grow up here at the
garden."
While the botanical garden features hundreds of
varieties of trees, plants, flowers and vegetables, it is
also home to birds, bees and insects.
"The butterfly house in a great place for kids because
they get to see a full life cycle from egg to caterpillar to an
adult butterfly," Liz said. "We hope that kids will walk away
wanting to come back to learn more, want to take care of
the environment and share that with others. We just want to
inspire the next generation to take care of this beautiful place
we have. Not just the botanical garden, but all of Northwest
Arkansas."
Go to bgozarks.org to learn more about Botanical Garden
of the Ozarks, its programs and memberships.
Botanical Garden
of the Ozarks is
a place for kids to
get back to nature
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Olivia Barahona
