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The Eureka Gardens Blue Spring Heritage Center in Eureka Springs, Arkansas is a favorite among all who are in tune with nature.

There are over a mile of trails winding through the Blue Spring Heritage Center, filled with colors, textures and the surprise of blooms in every season.

The new gardens demonstrate crops, plants, flowers and healing herbs at home in the Ozarks.

Eureka Springs Blue Spring Heritage Center Eureka Gardens The Medicine Wheel Garden features healing herbs and native plants based on spiritual practices of many American Indian nations.

In the American Indian tradition, the garden is planted in a circular design and divided into four sections, starting in the East, then moving through the South, West and North.

The pattern symbolizes the sacred cycles of life and the intimate connection of all living things. It is said that endless lessons of wisdom have been known to be experienced within the Medicine Wheel circle.
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The Three Sisters Garden design is an ecosystem creating an interdependent community of plants.

Traditionally, some American Indian people planted pole beans and squash with corn. The corn stalks provided support for the beans to grow and the squash helped retain the moisture from the soil to nurture all the plants.

The deeper meaning of the Three Sisters Garden intertwines the physical and spiritual health of people, with each crop protected by one of the Three Sister spirits.
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The Woodland Gardens helps us appreciate the essence of our forests and celebrate the natural palette they present.

At Blue Spring Heritage Center, we provide walkways past our indigenous plant life, protected and sustained by native timber.

In the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson, this is an opportunity to explore our relationship to the natural world.

Blue Spring Heritage Center tracks the cycle of flowers, herbs and all plant life throughout the year.

Please keep in mind that the following are partial lists of what is blooming each month and not all plants bloom at the same time. Other factors beyond our control such as weather also affect the plants therefore not all plants may be visible during your visit.

January Flowers - Spring Heath, Witch Hazel Foliage - Broadleaf Evergreens, Conifers Berries - Holly, Cottoneaster	February Flowers - Spring Heath, February Daphne, Winter Jasmine Shrubs - Spring Heath, Mahonia Bealei, February Daphne Foliage - Broadleaf Evergreens, Conifers Berries - Cotoneaster, Holly
March Flowers - Primula, Brunnera, English Daisies, Hellebore and Pansies Bulbs - Daffodil, Crocus Shrubs - Spring Heath, Winter Jasmine, Fragrant Viburnum, Forsythia, Laurustinus, February Daphne, Mahonia Bealei, Hollies, Pussywillow Trees - Purple Leaf Flowering Plum, Early Dogwoods		April Flowers - English Daisy, Bergenia, Forget-me-not, Bleeding Heart, Primula, Polyanthus, Early Annuals, Pansies Rock Plants - Arabis, Aubretia, Hellebore, Lungwort, Gentian Bulbs - Anemone, Tulip, Daffodil Shrubs - Pieris, Barberry, Rhododendrons, Heath, Viburnum, Early Azaleas Trees - Flowering Almond, Flowering Plum, Plums, Crabapples, Flowering Dogwoods, Redbuds
May Flowers - Alyssum, Anchusa, Arabis, Aubertia, Columbine, Daisies, Bergenia, Cineraria, Bleeding Heart, Foxtail Lilly, Rock Rose, Himalayan Blue Poppy, Forget-me-not, Viola, Annuals Bulbs - Anemone, Tulips, Alluims, Camassia Shrubs - Azalea, Deutzia, Heaths, Spirea, Rhododendron, Lilac, Mock Orange, Weigelia, Daphne, Honysuckle, Viburnums Trees - Arbutus, Flowering Dogwoods, English Hawthorn, Judas Tree, Laburnum, Magnolia, Flowering Crabapple		June Flowers - Anchusa, Candytuft, Cineraria, Nemesia, Pelargonium, Columbine, Monkshood, Delphinium, Iris, Poppy, Lupin, Sweet William, Canterbury Bells, Valerian, Pansy, Viola, Heliotrope, Astilbe, Tuberous and Fibrous Begonias, Foxglove, Trollius, Primula, Stock, Bleeding Heart, Day Lily, Buttercup, Sweet Pea, Peony, Dianthus, Daisies Bulbs - Anemone, Lily Shrubs - Azalea, Deutzia, Spirea, Lilac, Weigelia, Late Rhododendrons, Daphne, Viburnum, Broom, Mock Orange, Ceonothus Vines - Clematis, Wisteria, Bougainvillea
July Flowers - Snapdragon, Foxglove, Dianthus, Sweet William, Canterbury Bells, Poppy, Nemesia, Tuberous and Fibrous Begonias, Lily, Impatiens, Heliotrope, Pelargonium, Geranium, Sweet Pea, Petunia, Phlox, Salvia, Day Lily, Lobelia, Candytuft, Astilbe, Verbena, Foxtail Lily, Ageratum, Anchusa, Red Hot Poker, Creeping Jenny, Monkshood, Primula, Zinnia, Marigold, Dahila, Thalictrum, Shasta Daisy Shrubs - Hydrangea, Mock Orange, Spirea, Buddleia, Beauty Bush, Weigelia, Deutzia, Heather, St. John's Wort Vines - Clematis, Hydrangea, Bougainvillea		August Flowers - Ageratum, Alyssum, Snapdragon, Anchusa, Tuberous and Fibrous Begonias, Carnation, Dahlia, Geranium, Helenium, Candytuft, Lobelia, Impatiens, Pelargonium, Lily, Petunia, Salvia, Marigold, Penstemon, Verbena, Clary, Scarlet Sage, Zinnia, Gladiolus, Black-eyed Susan, Shasta Daisy, Monkshood, Day Lily, Sweet Pea, Hosta, Toadflax, Balsam, Cosmos, Larkspur, Nasturtium, Nicotiana, Showy Sedum, Joe Pye Weed, Astilbe, Thalictrum, Veronica, Red Hot Poker Shrubs - Hydrangea Trees - Oxygendron, Sourwood
September Flowers - Snapdragon, Tuberous and Fibrous Begonias, Ageratum, Celosia, Chrysanthemum, Marigold, Carnation, Coxcomb, Cosmos, Geranium, Fuchsia, Common and New Guinea Impatiens, Zinnia, Verbena, Aster, Joe Pye Weed, Fleece, Lily, Heliopsis, Sunflower, Salvia, Showy Sedum, Monkshood, Delphinium Shrubs - Hydrangea Trees - Oxygendron, Sourwood		October Flowers - Coxcomb, Ageratum, Snapdragon, Begonias, Cosmos, Dahlia, Carnation, Impatiens, Lobelia, Petunia, Penstemon, Salvia, Marigold, Verbena, Heliotrope, Geranium, Pelargonium, Chrysanthemum, Marguerite, Zinnia Perennials - Monkshood, Aster, Japanese Anemone, Helenium, Lobelia, Cardinalis, Phlox, Heliopsis, Sedum, Fleece Shrubs - Hydrangea Berries - Cotoneaster, Euonymus, Dogwood, Holly, Pyracantha, Photinia
November Occasional Flowers - English Daisy, Primula, Polyanthus, Viola, Pansy, Sedum Shrubs - Winter Jasmine, Hydrangea Berries - Cotoneaster, Holly, Barberry, Euonymus, Photinia, Pyracantha		December Shrubs - Winter Blooming Heaths, February Daphne, Winter Jasmine, Mahonia, Flowering Quince, Witch Hazel, Rhododendron, Laurustinus Berries - Cotoneaster, Barberry, Euonymus, Holly, Pyracantha