Garden Party
Celebrate the beauty of Crystal Bridges’ trails and grounds with our annual Garden Party!
Begin your journey at Campus Parking with live music, bubbles, popsicles, and flower crown artmaking. Then, take a journey through our North Forest and learn about the beauty of the Natural State along the way with our local nature partners, garden clubs, and naturalists.
Stop at artwork along the trail to hear stories about creatures from the Ozarks, get a glitter tattoo, or meet a fairy. Complete your journey at the North Forest village with a snack or garden-inspired drink from local food truck vendors, enjoy StoneLion Puppet Theatre’s ongoing performances, and dive into fairy door artmaking.
See you there!
Free, no tickets required. Drop by anytime from 12 to 4 p.m.
Program Guide
Campus Parking Plaza
Welcome table
Maps & Information
Food and Drinks
Plaza Cafe
Sugar Apple Baking Company
Music
Traci Rae Manos | 1 PM, 2 PM, and 3 PM
Activities
Artmaking: Flower Crowns
Splash Pad: Mermaids of Oklahoma
Bubble Artistry with Big Poppa Bubbles
Museum Store Pop-up: Gardening Goods
Sky Terrace
Low sensory space
North Forest
Deer
Garden Fairies with NWA Fairytale Princess Fun (Roaming)
Glitter Tattoos by Art of Fun
North Forest Village
Food and Drinks
Food Truck
Music
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
Activities
Art in Bloom Trail Walk |1 PM
Artmaking: Fairy Doors
Drop-In Sketching: Botanic Sketches with Caite Mae Ramos
Garden Giveaways: Plants from Trails & Grounds
Between the Village & Monochrome II
Performance: StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Apple Seeds: Vegetable Printmaking
Ozark Stories: Natural State Folklore with Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts
Monochrome II
Flash Tattoos by Voyage Ink Studios
Community Partners
Ozark Bird Conservancy
University of Arkansas Museum
Ozark Natural Science Center
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists
Ozark Compost & Swap
Bella Vista Garden Club
Benton County Master Gardeners
Garden Club of Rogers
Bentonville Garden Club
Garrison Lobby
Welcome Table
Food
Sugar Apple Baking Company
Music
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
Activities
Garden Fairies with NWA Fairytale Princess Fun (Roaming)
StoneLion Puppet Theatre (Roaming)
Lower Lobby
Activities
Glitter Tattoos by Art of Fun
Nature Partners
Ozark Bird Conservancy
University of Arkansas Museum
Ozark Natural Science Center
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Albers, Bellows, and Cassatt Classrooms
Low Sensory Space
Apple Seeds: Vegetable Printmaking
Ozark Stories: Natural State Folklore with Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts
Durand and Estes Studios
Artmaking: Flower Crowns
Artmaking: Fairy Doors
The Studio
Drop-in Sketching: Botanic Sketches with Caite Mae Ramos
Gallery 5
Music
Traci Rae Manos | 1 PM, 2 PM & 3 PM
C Corridor
Mermaids of Oklahoma
Lower Parking
Garden Giveaways: Plants from Trails & Grounds
Flash Tattoos by Voyage Ink Studios
Rotunda
Museum Store
Museum Store Pop-Up: Gardening Goods
Nature Partners
Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists
Ozark Compost & Swap
Bella Vista Garden Club
Benton County Master Gardeners
Garden Club of Rogers
Bentonville Garden Club
What to Know Before You Go
- This year’s Garden Party starts in Campus Parking and continues along the North Forest Trail.
- This is a free, drop-in event. No tickets or pre-registration are required, so swing by and enjoy the fun!
- Worried about the weather? Call the Inclement Weather line at (479) 657-2488 to check on any rain plans. If weather-related issues arise, a decision to move the event indoors will be made by 8 a.m. the day of the event.
- Feel free to use our Campus Parking complex, conveniently located near the North Forest Trail.