Hot Springs Farmers Market

            One of the advantages of living in Hot Springs is the availability of fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat and chicken and much more at the Farmers Market. The Market is open all year on Saturday mornings near Historic Downtown Hot Springs. In the summer we have the added advantage of the market on Tuesday nights.

            Not only is the home-grown produce healthy, but just going down to the Farmers Market to shop is lots of fun. The vendors are hard-working Arkansans who know their products and enjoy talking with the customers and answering questions. They’re eager to share their knowledge and will usually have a good recipe to share for preparing their produce. Besides vegetables and fruit, customers will find local honey, jams and jellies, fresh baked bread and sweets, soaps and lotions, jewelry, t-shirts, fresh herbs, flowers, eggs, knife sharpening and much more.

            Also, on Saturday and most Tuesday nights a local musician or group is entertaining visitors at the Market while they shop. An added bonus to all the fun is the health benefit from eating local produce; some of it is organically grown. Beef, pork and chicken are available and grown on local Arkansas farms, and the difference in taste is amazing.

            The Market started in the mid1970s, but the location of the modern-day Market began in 1995 near the Transportation Depot in Historic Downtown at Orange and Broadway Streets. In 2006 Hot Springs received a grant along with additional donations, to build the open-air pavilion, which is now home of the Hot Springs Farmers Market. It has since become a leading farmers market receiving state and national recognition. It incorporates landscaping by the local master gardeners and a state of the art Cairn Fountain designed by Bennett Brothers Stone. For more information go online to www.hotspringsfarmersmarket.com.

            Hot Springs has a great place to shop and visit at the Farmers Market. It is such a treasured asset to our community. Another community to visit in Hot Springs is Diamondhead Resort Community. The people who live in Diamondhead enjoy the amenities of Lake Catherine, a great golf course affordably priced, an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, children’s playground and the Nineteenth Hole, a great place to grab a bite to eat and visit with neighbors. We’d love to show you around and answer any questions about the great life-style at Diamondhead. Give us a call at 501.520.9201 or 501.262.9310 and we’ll schedule a tour for you and your family. Just like the Hot Springs Farmers Market, Diamondhead has lots of friendly people eager to help out their neighbors.

Rockin’ the River, Mystic Creatures and Hog Rally in Hot Springs

            As is the norm, plenty is happening this week and beyond in Hot Springs. The new Mystic Creatures summer extravaganza is in place at Garvan Gardens. This exhibit showcases the art of topiary with several exciting bigger than life creatures created from childhood fantasies of magical creatures.

            This project is a combined effort of the Gardens in-house design and fabrication teams and the Landscape Architecture Department in the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. These groups studied design, plant materials and structural systems necessary to create the topiary structures. According to the Gardens website, “At up to 13 feet tall and covered in almost 20,000 plants, these sculptures are by far the most ambitious of their kind to ever appear in the Mid-South.” Some of the creatures featured are Fairy Gourdmother, Magical Sea Serpent, the ‘Shroom Family, a Fairy Village and Sasquatch. Children and adults are amazed by the magical creatures. The exhibit will be up throughout the summer until Aug. 31. For more information go online to www.garvangardens.org.

            Also, the annual Hog Rally rides into town for the weekend June 5-7 with lots of events for motorcycle enthusiasts. The winding roads around Hot Springs are beautiful in the spring and offer lots of great riding adventure. Music, parades, bike games and parties are schedules throughout the weekend. For more information go online to www.arstatehogrally.com.

            Then on Sunday a Rockin’ the River event takes place at White Water Park in Malvern/Rockport. This is a day of fun for canoeing, kayaking or tubing along with food and music. This event benefits the First Step Foundation in Hot Springs. For more information and registration information go online to http://supportfirststep.com/pdffiles/terms.pdf. So grab your canoe, kayak or tube and join the water fun in Malvern, a town near Diamondhead Resort Community.

            Diamondhead works at offering a great and fun lifestyle to all who live in the community. Hot Springs is a dynamic community with a myriad of activities available year around, but especially in the spring and summer. So, during the upcoming weekend of Mystical Creatures, Hog Rally or Rockin’ the River, we invite you out to Diamondhead to see what we offer in a picturesque place to live on Lake Catherine. For more information or to schedule a tour, please give us a call at 501.520.9201 or 501.262.9310. Diamondhead in Hot Springs is truly a great place to live, work and play.