Owned by the University of Arkansas, it has the stated mission of education, research and public service.
Its collections display hundreds of rare shrubs and trees, including camellias, magnolias, roses and more than 160 different types of azaleas.
Shortly afterward, a daughter, Verna Cook Garvan, assumed control of the A.B.
Cook companies as one of the first female chief executive officers of a major southern manufacturing business.
[2] Fay Jones, winner of the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal and first dean of the University of Arkansas School of Architecture, co-designed Verna Cook Garvan Pavilion, which sits in the center of the original plantings.