 Gardening with Janet Carson
U of A Rockefeller Institute
October 2007
Audio/Video Script:
We are at the new Winthrop Rockefeller Institute up at Petit Jean Mountain.
This University of Arkansas facility is brand new to the public. It now has
lodges, it has a restaurant and it has lots of educational facilities. Every
second weekend they’re going to have cooking classes up here where you will
actually get to come and watch the topics being demonstrated. There are also
many gardening seminars throughout the year; we’ve done some landscape
construction workshops, of which you can see the results of those projects on
the grounds. There is also a farmstead project where there is a huge vegetable
garden, complete with a grapevine arbor, as well as fruit trees.
If your kids have never seen peanuts or cotton growing, they can see it
growing up here. There’s’ lots of recreation activities which include: a
recreation center, tennis courts, basketball, paddleboats, fishing, bicycling; a
lot to do, but the main focus is education.
There are lots of educational opportunities, whether it is learning about
quails or songbirds, or gardening, there are many choices. If you are here down
at the studio, the loft area is beautiful and the view is spectacular.
If you want more information do visit their website at
http://www.wrcenter.net/ or give them a call at 866-972-7778.
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