Garvan Gardens Receives $1 Million
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The University of Arkansas says Garvan
Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs will be getting a one million
dollar donation to help build a chapel at the botanic garden.
The gift is from John Ed and Isabel Anthony of Hot Springs.
The 3,400 square foot chapel will feature a 57 foot high
roof and use native Arkansas stone and Southern yellow pine. The
chapel will seat 160 and be available for private functions.
John Ed Anthony is a 1961 graduate of the university. He has
been president of Anthony Timberlands Incorporated. for 42 years.
Isabel Anthony studied graphic design and art history at Texas and
Southern Methodist University.
The botanical garden is on a 210 acre wooded peninsula that
extends into Lake Hamilton.
