Bentonville Garden Club/Arkansas

11/10/2026

Helen Lampkin, founder of My Brothers Salsa and Vice President of Bentonville Garden Club, created a culinary delight for WJHS student gardeners on Friday. After harvesting sage and basil from student gardens, she prepared her recipes of Roast and Sage Street Tacos along with Caprese Skewers with basil. BGC members helped serve the students along with special guest Bentonville School Superintendent Dr. Debbie Jones and Chief Operating Officer Tanya Sharp. Principal Tim Sparacino and Assistant Principals Nathan Little and Blake Cook joined the guests. After the culinary treats the students led Dr. Jones and Tanya Sharp on a tour of their herb and vegetable gardens which they have been cultivating.

11/09/2026

11/04/2026

For over a century, The Garden Club of America has been successful in fulfilling its purpose and mission.

Our annual report, Cultivating Our Story, highlights the GCA’s active ingredient: we are all volunteers, driven by a shared love of gardening and a commitment to making a positive impact on our environment.

Read about the work our member clubs are doing in support of a beautiful and healthy planet.
https://www.gcamerica.org/publications/publicationdetails/pid/10584

10/27/2026

The Garden Club is proud of our Conservation committee chairs, Sherry Thomas and Delinda Mace for their Great Arkansas Cleanup contributions and being featured in this Keep Arkansas Beautiful video.

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10/27/2026

Our October Program today!

🏵️ Wreaths: Life's Ongoing Cycle

Presented by our Botanical Arts Committee.

“Wreaths embody the ongoing cycle of life - a never ending circle. This program invited members into a circle of friendship as we shared a simple way to make wreaths, where each element added symbolizes a feeling, a memory, an event, or an emotion. Our talented and inspiring Botanical Arts Committee led by Crystal Featherston encouraged us to embrace our own creativity, seasonal beauty, and the artistry that emerges when we thoughtfully tend materials that hold personal meaning.” Helen Lampkin

All members received a small wreath as a gift.

Thank you to our Botanicals committee members Becky McCoy, Vickie Barnett, Ashley Goss, Crystal Featherston, Jeannine Brazzeal, Mary Lynn, Jourdan.

Other news!
Cynthia Couglin, Ways & Means chair shared the success of our W**e pull fundraiser.

Jeannine shared all the exciting updates of our youth program at Washington Junior High School.

Corrine found a 3000 lbs pumpkin grown here and talked about winter garden planning.

🥗🧋🍪 Refreshments were provided by Sherry Thomas, Jeannine Brazzeal, Melody Martens, Pamm Prebil

10/25/2026

Clay Bakker, Director of Exterior Facilities Maintenance for Wal Mart, and Christi Gallagher, Customer Service for Wal Mart, teamed up with WJHS student gardeners to teach them about how insects and animals thrive, all starting with plants. They brought in cone flowers and ornamental cabbage plants that will be planted as part of the Wal Mart campus landscaping this fall. Clay shared some interesting tidbits. He mentioned that Wal Mart has 750,000 plants and 300 grasses. Plus, he noted that it takes 200 truckloads of mulch to cover the plants in February and March. The students were eager to ask questions, and after the press conference, they couldn’t wait to show Christi and Clay their front and back gardens at the school.

10/25/2026

Blooms on
Our Apricot Candy Rose donated to WJHS student garden club for its participation in Crystal Bridges’ first Art In Bloom/ Outdoors in May 2025.

10/23/2026

This morning, our Garden Therapy committee members embarked on a mission to select the ideal combination of plants and flowers at Bogles Garden City for the biannual Circle of Life program. This program offers a respite from the demands of daily life, providing patients and their visitors with a serene connection to nature.
Vickie Barnett, Peggy, and Jeannine diligently planted chrysanthemums, pansies, violas, ornamental cabbage, creeping jenny, and snapdragons.

10/23/2026

Last night, the Bentonville Garden Club kicked off our 4th annual w**e fundraiser with a beautiful sunset and star-filled evening at The Ledger in Bentonville.

We hosted a w**e pull fundraiser, a fun game of chance where supporters donate and pick a pre-wrapped mystery bottle of w**e. Every participant got a prize.

We had delicious hors d’oeuvres, w**e tastings, and non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy. The tables were beautifully decorated with fall-colored flower arrangements.

A huge thank you to our ways and means committee members for putting together another amazing event. Cynthia, Judy, Elaine, Debbie, Vicki, Deborah, Susan H, Linda, Rachel, Corrin and Lori K, thank you for all the months of planning!

Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
National Garden Clubs Inc.
The City of Bentonville Arkansas

10/16/2026

BCG volunteers produced a sack of 25 red tulip bulbs and trays of 60 assorted colored pansies for the WJHS student gardeners to plant in the raised front beds. We were joined by principal Tim Sparacino who assisted with the planting. WJHS was chosen to launch the IB program this year based on the students high academic achievement and high academic growth score across the spectrum. Annemarie Browning reinforced our last lesson on birds by reminding students that song birds are migrating from North to South. There are more song birds migrating over Benton County than there are a total of people in the United States .
The students greeted the project with enthusiasm . They saw many butterflies surrounding the Lantana which has been the chief source of nectar for the summer pollinators. The students are dedicated to producing pollinator gardens.