Saturday, November 27, 2010

A few faces from Hank Kaminsky's studio open house on November 27, 2010

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Two such wetland plants growing together are a strong indicator of wetland

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Please click on image to ENLARGE and widen view of Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) and Verbena hastata (swamp vervain) growing together on south Fayetteville wetland.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Tentative version of map for OMNI Center's peace-garden tour for 2010 by Lauren Hawkins

Please use link below the map to enlarge and read information on the side: Please try using the map and check facts, details and suggest corrections by commenting below or emailing Lauren at ldhdesign@hotmail.com View 2010 Annual OMNI Peace Gardens Tour in a larger map

Friday, May 28, 2010

OMNI -related programs on CAT 18 for the coming week


Sunday, 5/30/2010

 
 7:00 am World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 
 11:00 am Omni Forum: Peace Garden Tour
 12:00 pm Freethought NWA #7
 1:00 pm Omni Vision: Oil Spill/Volcano
 
 2:00 pm Words of Peace: Maharji "The Want of the Heart"
 2:30 pm Kids World
 3:00 pm The Real Good News "Forgiveness"
 4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
 4:38 pm Message Board
 5:00 pm  Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
 5:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
 6:00 pm Caring for Creation: Rev.Canon Sally G. Bingham
 6:46 pm Message Board
 7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: Is GOD Unfair?
 7:30 pm Victory in Jesus
 8:30 pm What Army on Tour
 8:51 pm Message Board
 9:00 pm Whistle Where You Work #25
 9:30 pm 2009 World's Largest Concert
 10:00 pm Freedom Video Festival 2006 Pt 1
 11:23 pm Message Board

Monday, 5/31/2010

 11:00 am Short Takes
 12:00 pm World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 5:00 pm Short Takes Live!
 6:00 pm Peace Train 1610am #1
 7:00 pm On the Air: Abel Tomlinson
 8:00 pm Intellectual Property #8: "Thufir Hawat, or whatever his name is"
 8:30 pm Freethought NWA #7
 9:30 pm One Whirled View
 10:35 pm There's No Such Thing as a Garbage Party
 10:47 pm Message Board
 11:00 pm Short Takes


Tuesday, 6/1/2010

 12:00 am VDA Omnibus Volume 3
 1:22 am Message Board
 1:30 am Mondo Pazzo: "Veni Vidi Vici!!!"
 3:23 am Message Board
 7:00 am Democracy Now!
 8:00 am The Caine Interviews: "Domestic Violence"
 8:23 am Message Board
 8:35 am There's No Such Thing as a Garbage Party
 8:47 am Message Board
 9:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Penny Dreadful "Giant Gila Monster"
 10:35 am What Army on Tour
 11:00 am Short Takes
 12:00 pm On the Air: Abel Tomlinson
 1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
 2:00 pm Need to Know 1/2/10
 3:00 pm One Whirled View
 4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
 4:30 pm Sports Shorts
 5:00 pm Short Takes
 6:00 pm Omni Vision: Oil Spill/Volcano
 6:45 pm Message Board
 7:00 pm  Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
 7:30 pm Alice in Wonderland
 8:38 pm Message Board
 8:48 pm Message Board
 9:00 pm Caring for Creation: Rev.Canon Sally G. Bingham
 9:46 pm Message Board
 10:00 pm World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 10:37 pm Message Board
 11:00 pm Short Takes


Wednesday, 6/2/2010

 7:00 am Democracy Now!
 8:00 am World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 8:37 am Message Board
 9:00 am Freedom Video Festival 2006 Pt 1
 10:23 am Message Board
 10:30 am League of Women Voters:Candidate Forum, Circuit Judge Division 5
 11:00 am Short Takes
 12:00 pm Tomorrow's World: Is GOD Unfair?
 12:30 pm Intellectual Property #8: "Thufir Hawat, or whatever his name is"
 1:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia: "La red"
 2:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: The Order of Melchezidek Pt.2
 3:00 pm Search Committee Meeting 5/19/10
 3:38 pm Message Board
 4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
 4:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 3
 4:53 pm Message Board
 5:00 pm Omni Forum: Peace Garden Tour
 6:00 pm Beyond Today: Jesus Misquoted
 6:30 pm League of Women Voters:Candidate Forum, Circuit Judge Division 5
 7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
 7:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
 8:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
 8:30 pm Words of Peace: Maharji "The Want of the Heart"
 9:00 pm The Caine Interviews:" Unschooling"
 9:35 pm Caring for Creation: Rev.Canon Sally G. Bingham
 10:21 pm Message Board
 10:30 pm What Army on Tour
 10:51 pm Message Board
 11:00 pm Short Takes


Thursday, 6/3/2010

 12:00 am Mondo Pazzo: "Veni Vidi Vici!!!"
 1:53 am Message Board
 7:00 am Democracy Now!
 8:00 am Alice in Wonderland
 9:08 am Message Board
 9:15 am Search Committee Meeting 5/19/10
 9:50 am Message Board
 10:00 am 2009 World's Largest Concert
 10:30 am Words of Peace: Maharji "The Want of the Heart"
 11:00 am Short Takes
 12:00 pm World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 12:37 pm Message Board
 12:45 pm There's No Such Thing as a Garbage Party
 1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
 2:00 pm WTF?!?
 2:30 pm The Caine Interviews: "Domestic Violence"
 2:53 pm Message Board
 3:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concept #8
 4:00 pm Peace Train 1610am #1
 5:00 pm Sports Shorts
 5:30 pm Kids World
 6:00 pm Message Board
 7:00 pm  Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
 7:28 pm Message Board
 8:00 pm Need to Know 1/2/10
 9:00 pm Krishnamurti: Questions and Answers
 10:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia: "La red"
 11:00 pm Short Takes

Friday, 6/4/2010


 12:00 am  The Abbey of the Lemur: The Lemuric Fist of Salvation
 12:30 am Mondo Pazzo: "Veni Vidi Vici!!!"
 2:23 am Message Board
 2:30 am WTF?!? 5/6/10
 3:00 am Message Board
 6:30 am League of Women Voters:Candidate Forum, Circuit Judge Division 5
 7:00 am Democracy Now!
 8:00 am Caring for Creation: Rev.Canon Sally G. Bingham
 8:46 am Message Board
 9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: The Order of Melchezidek Pt.2
 10:00 am One Whirled View
 11:00 am Short Takes
 12:00 pm The Caine Interviews:" Unschooling"
 12:32 pm Message Board
 1:00 pm The Real Good News "Forgiveness"
 2:00 pm Search Committee Meeting 5/19/10
 2:35 pm There's No Such Thing as a Garbage Party
 2:47 pm Message Board
 3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 3
 3:53 pm Message Board
 4:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concept #8
 5:00 pm Short Takes
 6:00 pm World Peace Wetland Prairie 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration
 6:37 pm Message Board
 6:53 pm Message Board
 7:00 pm Key to the Kingdom
 7:30 pm Sports Shorts
 8:00 pm Omni Forum: Peace Garden Tour
 9:00 pm Message Board
 9:23 pm Message Board
 9:30 pm What Army on Tour
 9:51 pm Message Board
 10:00 pm Peace Train 1610am #1
 11:00 pm Short Takes


Saturday, 6/5/2010

 12:00 am HHP: Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers "Crypt of the Living Dead"
 1:47 am Message Board
 7:30 am Search Committee Meeting 5/19/10
 8:05 am Message Board
 8:30 am League of Women Voters:Candidate Forum, Circuit Judge Division 5
 9:00 am Beyond Today: Jesus Misquoted
 9:30 am Sports Shorts
 10:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Penny Dreadful "Giant Gila Monster"
 11:35 am There's No Such Thing as a Garbage Party
 11:47 am Message Board
 12:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concept #8
 1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
 2:00 pm The Real Good News "Forgiveness"
 3:00 pm Intellectual Property #8: "Thufir Hawat, or whatever his name is"
 3:30 pm WTF?!? 5/6/10
 4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
 4:30 pm The Caine Interviews:" Unschooling"
 5:02 pm Message Board
 5:18 pm Message Board
 5:30 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
 6:00 pm On the Air: Abel Tomlinson
 7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: Is GOD Unfair?
 7:30 pm The Caine Interviews: "Domestic Violence"
 7:53 pm Message Board
 8:00 pm Victory in Jesus
 9:00 pm Freethought NWA #7
 10:00 pm HHP: Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers "Crypt of the Living Dead"

Saturday, May 15, 2010

2010 peace-garden tour coming on June 12

Please try using the map and check facts, details and suggest corrections by commenting below or emailing Lauren at ldhdesign@hotmail.com Link immediately below map enlarges it. View 2010 Annual OMNI Peace Gardens Tour in a larger map

On Saturday, June 12th, from 10am – 3pm the Omni Peace Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology invites everyone in NW Arkansas to attend the 5th annual Peace Gardens Tour. This year’s tour features 8 beautiful and dynamic gardens in Fayetteville. The cost for the tour is $10. For ticket information and garden descriptions, please visit www.omnicenter.org or call 442-4600 / 283-2167.

The Omni Peace Gardens Network was established five years ago to celebrate the relationship between nature and inner and world peace. The motivation was to offer an opportunity for the public to connect with nature as expressed in beautiful gardens. A garden environment lends itself to self-discovery and helps us define the kind of society we wish to inhabit; one that deepens our reflection about peace and justice and environmental stewardship (hence the name “Peace Garden”). These gardens serve essential human needs while at the same time provide habitat for native species.

In 2006, the first year of the Peace Gardens Tour, five Fayetteville gardeners volunteered to open their gardens to the public where a half hour video of the event was recorded and cablecast on Community Access Television. In 2007, gardeners from east Fayetteville to Prairie Grove participated and last year more gardeners were added to the roster. Also in 2007, Omni agreed to join with the Local Food Movement to combine beauty along with nutrition.

This year’s self-guided Peace Gardens Tour showcases the following gardens:
(Note: The date at the beginning of each garden title indicates past years’ participation; the date at the end of each title indicates the date of the garden’s creation).
(06)”Moon in the Water Peace Garden” (1992)
Location: 335 East Baxter Lane (off 71B, one block south of North St., turn east at Passages)
Description: An Ozark-Zen shade rock garden with many varieties of Japanese Maples, painted ferns, hostas, peonies, lilac, lilies, herbs and various other plantings. Also: Bird feeding station, custom lodge pole pine log bench, winding paths, hammock, and a Zen meditation rock area.
Peace Gardener: Dwain Cromwell / E-mail: dwcrom@swbell.net

(07, 08)"Emily's No-Plant-Left-Behind Peace Garden" (1998)
Location: 5 E. Davidson, 72701
Description: “The garden is a terraced rock garden in front of my house in a triangular space between 2 driveways. I started it in 1998 when I moved to Fayetteville. It is somewhat chaotic, with a variety of plants including daffodils, grape hyacinth, iris, day lilies, several other varieties of lilies, including the spectacular Leslie Woodruff (from Arthur Evans, Gravette), cornflower, daisies, myrtle, larkspur, coreopsis, peonies, roses, phlox, and probably something I'm forgetting. It blooms continuously from March through July. Working in my garden and the natural beauty of the blooming flowers always gives me a feeling of peace and contentment." Every foot of Emily’s yard is enhanced with flowers, terraces, rocks.
Peace Gardener: Emily Kaitz / E-mail: emilykaitz@hotmail.com

(07, 08) "Bamboo Peace Garden" (2002)
1039 E. Overcrest St., Fayetteville, 72703. South of Township; west of Old Wire Road.
Description: You are invited to enter this garden and feel transported into a unique environment, “a world unto its own”. A graceful forest of bamboo populates the grounds with a variety of species including the Phyllostachys Atrovaginata, commonly called “Incense Bamboo” that grows fast and majestically (up to 35+ ft tall in only 90 days). Bamboo has the ability to sway without breaking in strong winds and to bend without cracking under snow and ice; it can endure sub-zero weather and remain ‘ever-green’ year-round. We greatly admire these qualities that bamboo possesses; qualities of both strength and flexibility; spiritual attributes that have been long revered in the East. The newest addition to the Bamboo Peace Garden is the presence of an octagon, all-cedar meditation temple. It was created for the sole purpose of meditation and contemplation of peace. With this intention, a “magnetic charge” or spiral of peace has been generated in the temple and it builds with each person’s participation and focus. All those who visit are invited to sit in the meditation temple and reflect upon the nature of peace that the garden effuses. In addition, there are numerous benches in the garden to sit and enjoy the different vantage views of the bamboo. Tea and beverage will be available for all who come.
Gardeners: Hamsa and Moshe Newmark / hamsanewmark@hotmail.com / Phone 442-7423

“Marki Thompson Peace Garden” (2003)
Location: 412 Ila St., Fayetteville, 72701
Description (Dick): Two gardens, front and back yards. The front is small but interesting. The back is three or four times the size with a commensurately large variety of plants, arranged in classical symmetry:  Four raised beds in the center separated by wide walkways; on east and west long beds along the fences; two attractive buildings north; sculpted birds and other animals. When I visited the garden mid-Dec. 2009, all was freshly prepared with bulbs for the spring.
Gardener: Marki Thompson / E-mail: lthompso@uark.edu / Phone: 442-2406


(06, 07, 08, 09) “Blue Birds of Peace Garden” (2004)
Location: 951 Missouri Way, Fayetteville, 72701
Description: “The focal point of my peace garden is an Ozark flagstone tree-shaped patio designed by Quinn Landrum and built by Quinn and his father, the artist M.M. Kent. The center of the patio is a single orange stone sun with rays extending outwards. The patio is a sunny stop for relaxing, doing yoga, painting the garden, or meditating. Next to the patio is a terraced planting area for sunflowers, lavender, and butterfly bush. The area is surrounded on three sides by a fence and several birdhouses. Before the garden was even completed, a pair of bluebirds had built a nest and raised a family.” It Includes a Peace Pole. Additional flowers: daisies, Solomon Seal, zinnias, spearmint, geraniums, lilies, sedum. There’re also vegetables: squash, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes. And a Zen white sand garden which adds to the general beauty and cheer.
Peace Gardener: Nancy Maier (Marshall Carter) / E-mail: ncmaier@cox.net

(2008, 2009) Peace Trees Garden (2006)
Location: 2008 W. Cleveland St., Fayetteville, 72701
Description: A large yard covered by tall trees, the yard made extra-beautiful by diverse locations of flowers around patio and pool. It’s pleasant to walk from the more formal garden into the park-like yard canopied with talk, enduring trees. (Parking in lot adjacent east.)
Gardener: Cathy Boyd / E-mail: boydprop@aol.com / Phone: 521-5971

“The Garden of Peace and Tranquility” (2009)
Location: 517 E. Prospect Street, Fayetteville (approx. 1 block west of Mission, small red house)
Description: These are new, vibrant front and back yard gardens. The front is enough for delight. Add to that a side driveway row of luxurious hostas. The backyard, however, is the chief attraction whether viewed from the deck or close-up, with a cluster of new crape myrtles, and flowers all around a semi-circular walkway. In the corner is the greenhouse where many of these plants have had their beginning. (By June 12 these gardens will present a spectacular, small garden of beauty for peace and tranquility.
Gardeners: Frank and Marty Burggraf / Email fburggraf@hotmail.com
Love You to Peaces Garden (2010)
Location: 232 W. Adams St., Fayetteville
My front, back and side yards are landscaped with ornamental plants, Japanese maples, several other ornamental trees, peonies (herbaceous and tree), herbs, irises, roses, azaleas, etc. In an attempt to replace my front lawn with something other than that pain-in-the-ass regular grass, there's a sizable front bed featuring purple smoke bushes, ornamental grasses, and trellises fashioned of ice-storm-damaged limbs. My backyard is very bird-friendly, and there are many bird feeders to lure them to my place.
Gardener: Susan Shore / sushore@sbcglobal.net / Phone 251-1290

OMNI Center for Peace Justice and Ecology Events involving peace gardens

2007 peace-garden tour photos

OMNI sponsors Earth Day 2010 at World Peace Wetland Prairie