Art in the Garden Gala: Thursday, June 23rd

I hope that we get a lot of people out to our Art in the Garden Gala this Thursday.  It is going to be such a great free, family event.  This is the third year that we have held an open house to celebrate our 17th Anniversary with you.  Each year this fun event gets better and better.  This year's schedule goes as follows:

3-8pm  Art Stroll through the gardens--come check out some beautiful local art and watch the masters paint on site.  We have 17 artists participating this year!

3-8pm Garden Tours provided by our wonderful Master Gardeners

5,6,7pm Local Musicians will be performing in our Rose Garden
The three performances are as follows:
5-6pm  Harpist, Maren Baumgartner
6-7pm Aspen Strings
7-8pm Acoustic guitar duo

5,6,7pm  Kent Teichert, owner of 'For Your Kitchen' will be showing how to prepare the perfect fresh salssa and how to perserve the harvest with a dehydrator.

We will also have Poppin' Johnny's Ice Cream for sale.  Trudy is making an Ogden Botanical Garden signature flavor.  So come and eat the best ice cream in the world and tell us what you think of our secret flavor!
CB Kettle Corn will also be making their famous kettle corn.  The gardens are going to smell heavenly!
We will also have cotton candy for the kids and adults!

Art in the Garden: Local Artist Information

Update:  We are adding Eric Parkinson to our list of artists at our upcoming event.  It will be fabulous! 

We are so fortunate this year to have such talented artists signed up for our Art in the Garden event.  They will be Patricia Christensen, Reed Loveland, Wendy Dimick, Paulette Johnson, Linda Sellers, Cheryl Laumer, Becky Espinoza, Robyn Munro, and Jo Bradbury.

  I thought that you might like to have a "sneak peek" at some of their beautiful work. You can see them paint at the gardens too on Thursday, June 17th.

Studio 5: Five Top Pests

If you miss your favorite horticulturist on Studio 5--here's your chance to see Jerry in action.  Check out the pictures of the Gardens.  I'm so proud of how this segment turned out!  Good job Jerry for promoting our Art in the Garden!

Art in the Garden: Our Official Flier

Update: The schedule will be as follows:

Noon-8pm Garden tours conducted by Master Gardeners

Noon-6pm Plant Sale

2-8pm Poppin' Johnny's Ice cream for sale $1

3-8pm Local Artists and displays

6-6:30pm Jeremy Baker, chef from Jasoh! restaurant cooking demonstration and samples

6:30-7:30pm Aspen Strings, local orchestra performance

Patricia Christensen, one of the local artists that we have invited to our Art in the Garden has been gracious enough to design our flier this year.  We are looking forward to displaying more art work from such talented artists in our beautiful gardens.  We hope that you and your families will come out and support us on Thursday, June 17th.  More details will be forthcoming. 

Art in the Garden: Change of Date

Remember how I told you our next event is the spectacular Art in the Garden?  Well the date has been changed to Thursday, June 17th, instead of Friday, June 18th.  I hope everyone will pencil it onto their calendars and plan to come.  It will be so much fun to stroll through our beautiful gardens on sunny day.  Watch some of our wonderful local artists painting beautiful landscapes, sample some delicious food provided by local chefs, and listen to a talented orchestra perform under the stars.  What more could you ask for?  For the event to be free?  Why yes it is.  Please come out and have some fun with us.  Did I happen to mention that will have a few plants for sale?  Yes, that will be going on also on Thursday, June 17th.  Mark those calendars!