Wildwood Park for the Arts continues its annual Harvest! Festival today.

It features hayrides to Pumpkin Hill, family crafts, model trains and live music.  There will also be a culinary competition, activities such as sack races and pumpkin push races, and the Arkansas Pickin’ & Fiddlin’ Championship.

The event started yesterday and continues today from12 noon through 6pm.  It is one of Wildwood’s seasonal festivals which take place on the 104 acre campus throughout the year.

Wildwood Park for the Arts seek s to challenge the intellect, engage the imagination and celebrate the human spirit through encounter with nature and a full spectrum of the cultural arts: visual, performing, literary, horticultural, culinary and more.

Gardens on the site include the Richard C. Butler Arboretum, the Gertrude Remmel Butler Gazebo and Gardens (a project of the Chenal Valley Garden Club), the Ruth Allen Dogwood Trail, the Boop Water Garden, the Carl Hunter Wildflower Glenn, the Bruce Theatre Gardens, the Doris Carre Gay Asian Garden (a project of the Pulaski County Master Gardeners),the Campbell Davies Reflection Garden and an 8-acre swan lake. Paved walking trails provide access to all areas of the park.