CHEEKWOOD ANNOUNCES LIST OF SCARECROWS PARTICIPANTS AND TITLES

NASHVILLE, TN – Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art is pleased to announce the final list of participants for the third annual exhibition, Scarecrows, on display September 5 through November 1. This year is bigger than ever with sixty-five fabulous and funny, small and tall, sweet and scary, silly and sophisticated scarecrows lurking along Cheekwood’s garden paths. The community was invited to participate by designing one of the many scarecrows that will be displayed.

This year we are proud to announce we will be participating in NASHVILLE’S CITY WIDE CELEBRATION OF MARK TWAIN by inviting our participants to go along with the theme (optional). Cheekwood joins the Nashville Public Library and the entire city of Nashville in celebrating the literary heritage and humor of Mark Twain in this inclusive and cross-discipline artistic celebration of the lively, provoking, and distinctly American writer. Each year, Cheekwood awards the best scarecrows in featured categories: Best Mark Twain theme, Staff Favorite and Member Favorite.

“This is a beautiful time of year at Cheekwood,” said Jack Becker, President/CEO of Cheekwood, “and we are thrilled to bring our community and our partner institutions together for an enjoyable outdoor experience.”

The final list of participants, along with their titles is:
• Amy Moore, Queen of Charms
• A New Leaf Preschool and Camp, The Crowing Frog of Calaveras County
• Adventure Science Center, Scare-odactyl
• Amy and Ken Walls, “Scare”iachi
• ASC @ Middle TN State University, Be Loud, Be Proud, Be Blue!!
• Beaman Park to Bells Bend, A Conservation Community, Mr. Greenwashing
• Belle Wood Garden Club, Belle of the Woods
• BFF Supporters Association, Krowda, Glinda’s Cousin from the South, Glinda, The Good Witch from the North
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Rutherford County (Murfreesboro), Jehanne D’Arc – l’ e’pouvantail courageux de bonne
• Clementious Ladies, “I’m a REAL boy!”
• Customs House Museum, Saturday’s Punishments
• Davidson County 4-H Program, The Clover Man
• Dogwood, Muertos
• Franklin Christian Academy, Tom’s Cousin Mary
• Franklin Road Academy 2nd Grade, Traveling Tom
• Friendship Christian School 5th Grade Art, Crow-Mander
• Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Toulouse-LauCrow
• Gilbert / Phillips Family, Cheekwood Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Art
• Girl Scout Troop 103, Leafy of the Sea
• Girl Scout Troop 578, Gone Fishing
• Girl Scouts of Middle TN Percy Priest Elementary Daisy Troop, Tigerrific
• Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Troop 439, Crow White & the Seven Pumpkins
• Girl Scouts of Middle TN Troop 1176, Merlin’s Hocus Crowcus
• Girl Scouts of Middle TN Troop #658, Eco-Crow
• Girl Scouts of Middle TN Troop 2193 John Trotwood Moore, Anti-Scarecrow
• Grossly Cherished Neighbors, A Friendly Scare
• Gryffindor Gals, “Scary” Potter
• Harpeth Bend Garden Club, Clever Tom
• Herb Society of Nashville, Socrates
• High Hopes Inclusive Preschool Grasshopper Class, Miss Peace
• Home Sweet Home School, Hip Hoppin Yo-Yo
• Huff Family, Sir Scare-a lot
• Jerry’s Artarama, Scarecrow Jerry
• Kevin Webster, Fetidly Foul Fleer Compel Fowl to Flee
• Lucy Ray, Goddess of the Gardens
• Madrasah in mi Casa, ScareRECYCLEcrow
• Malashyia & Jen, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle TN, The Little Scarecrow Boy
• McRu, Crow-off to Win Becky’s Heart from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Motley Crew, Artie the Artist
• Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Hannah’s WCPS 4’s Class, The Celebrated Scarecrow Frog of Cheekwood Gardens
• Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, eCROWnomic proSCAREity: Giving Nashville Something to Crow About
• Nashville Ballet, Giselle, the Ghostly Wili
• Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Martin G. Fender – The Official Music City Troubadour
• Nashville In Motion, Nouveaux-crow
• Nashville Opera, Mad Lucia
• Nashville Scene, musiCROW
• Nashville Symphony, Woodwinds, Percussion and Strings! Oh my!
• Nashville Zoo, Meerkat Masquerade
• Old Harding Pediatric Associates, Dr. Crow
• Old Hickory Village Community Garden, You Are My Sunshine
• Poplar Family, Frumpy Franklin Frumpus
• Rutherford County 4-H, 4-H … At Your Service
• S.A.R.A. Tech, If You’re Happy and you Know it, Crow About It
• Shadrick &Clark, Crow-w-w-Dee-e-e
• St. Cecilia Academy Art Club, SCArab Crow
• Starbucks West End & 30th Store #9781, Twain’s TALL Coffee Tales
• Stephenson Girls, Miss Autumn
• SunTrust, Solid Lives Green
• Sylvia & Heather, Separated at Birth, Alfred Hitchcrow
• The Atkinson Family, Forty Below Crow
• The Hodges Family, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
• The Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter, Tennessee’s Real Superhero
• The Outlaws: Queen Outlaw, Pure Outlaw, & Posse!, The Rhinestone Outlaw
• Tyne Meade Garden Club, Joyfull’s Harvest
• Wakatiki, Share the Love of Reading

The history of scarecrows dates back 3000 years. Farmers still use scarecrows all over the world. During the growing season scarecrows still stand in fields around the world and each fall many communities have scarecrow contests. Cheekwood’s Scarecrows continues to be a much beloved annual fall tradition for Middle Tennessee families!

Scarecrows is generously sponsored by SunTrust.