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eginning in 1956 and over the four decades afterward, philanthropist Verna Cook Garvan planted thousands of hand-selected botanicals in the picturesque Ouachita Mountains of Hot Springs, Arkansas—and established a legacy that has lured garden enthusiasts to the region for nearly seven decades. Mapping out the meandering paths of what would become Garvan

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