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Garden Party

Nature Party
North Forest
FREE
No Ticket Required

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.