Poison Hemlock

The very first AuxArc Botanicals Lavender Festival in Newton County featuring food, live music, vendors and demonstrations will take place Saturday June 18th. Hosted by Karen Fancher and family, the festival site is located ten miles north of Ponca on Highway 43.

The very first AuxArc Botanicals Lavender Festival in Newton County featuring food, live music, vendors and demonstrations will take place Saturday June 18th. Hosted by Karen Fancher and family, the festival site is located ten miles north of Ponca on Highway 43.

An abundance early summer wild flowers are blooming on the Ozarks after plentiful spring rains, including tall flowering poison hemlock. We visit a meadow south of Cane Hill where University of Arkansas Herbarium collections manager Jennifer Ogle explains just how toxic hemlock is to the touch.

An abundance early summer wild flowers are blooming on the Ozarks after plentiful spring rains, including tall flowering poison hemlock. We visit a meadow south of Cane Hill where University of Arkansas Herbarium collections manager Jennifer Ogle explains just how toxic hemlock is to the touch.