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June 10
▲ Benton County Master Gardeners offer the home gardens tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn what they do to grow those special plants and how to create the perfect garden in your own yard. This is the first time the Benton County Master Gardeners have opened up their beautiful home gardens to the public and they hope to answer all of your gardening questions and draw awareness to their Helping Hands Food Pantry Garden. All ticket donations ($25 suggested) will go to support the Helping Hands Food Pantry Garden, which is managed by the Benton County Master Gardeners. The four home gardens are located in Bentonville and Rogers. The Helping Hands Food Pantry Garden in Bentonville will also be on tour. For tickets or more information, visit www.askamastertour.com or call 479-381-3003.
June 10
▲ The public is invited to join the Friends of Hobbs and Hobbs State Park to celebrate a new Education Pavilion with live music by National Park Radio. There will be music, door prizes and good food at Arkansas’s largest state park. This half-million-dollar project will be funded by the Friends of Hobbs and Arkansas State Parks. The new pavilion will expand the classroom to the outdoors, allowing for increased learning opportunities for schools and the public alike. National Park Radio is a new, modern-folk band born and based in the natural beauty of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. An all-acoustic band featuring well-written original songs and beautiful vocals, NPR has a unique sound that is easy to love. The gate opens and shuttles begin at 5:30 p.m. The musical event runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The cost is $25 plus per person (12 years and up) plus a $2.37 processing fee. Each ticket is an individual annual membership to the Friends of Hobbs. Musical event tickets can be purchased online in advance at the website at the end of this release, or on-site the day of the performance via cash or credit. Meal tickets are $10 plus a $1.54 processing fee. Cowboy Catering Company and Yeyo’s Mexican Grill will be serving up plates of barbecue and tacos. They will be accepting meal tickets purchased online or onsite. To purchase musical event tickets and meal tickets in advance, go to the website https://www. eventbrite.com/e/groundbreakingcelebration-with-national-parkradio-tickets-34051063648 #tickets. For more information call, 479-789-5000.