September 4 Herb Saplings meeting. 7 pm at Exchange Place. Sassafras, Herb Society of America's 2025 Notable Native Tree with Sue Cadwallader. Bring an herb snack to share if you have time.
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September 6 Butterfly Festival. UT Arboretum. Oak Ridge. 10 am – 1 pm. Opportunities to learn from the UT Insect Zoo, two butterfly tents, lectures; plus children’s art activities related to pollinators. $5 per car. https://utarboretum.tennessee.edu/butterfly-festival/
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September 7 Plants Make the Garden. Unlock the secrets to a show-stopping garden with Amy Fahmy, licensed landscape architect with extensive horticultural knowledge. 2 - 4 pm. Botanical Gardens at Asheville. $35. https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes |
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September 11 Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: From Soil to Sovereignty with Ashlie Thomas, Home Gardening Advocate. 12 – 1 pm. Hybrid - Virtual and In-person attendance options. NC Botanical Garden. Free; preregistration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-d6c6b8e131104ef495e4a9407cf0077a |
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September 13 Sorghum Festival. Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site. 8 am – 4 pm. Watch as mules turn the mill to extract the juice and then as juices are cooked down into sweet molasses. Biscuit and gravy breakfast with sorghum 8-11 … Continue reading
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September 13 Fall Plant Sale. Asheville Botanical Gardens. 9 am – 3 pm. The Botanical Gardens and numerous local plant vendors will offer a wide variety of trees, shrubs, flowers for fall planting. Rain or shine. Free. 828-252-5190. https://ashevillebotanicalgarden.org/plant-sales/ |
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September 16 The Birds and Bees of Wildflowers with Kris Light. 7:30 pm. TN Native Plant Society free webinar. https://tnps.org/event/seminar-kris-light-on-the-birds-and-bees-of-wildflowers/
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September 18: Margery Winters, Assistant Director at Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton, CT - It’s Not Just Dirt. Rarely discussed by gardeners, soil is, nonetheless, the foundation of a garden. Each tablespoon of healthy soil is alive with millions of … Continue reading
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September 18 Eco-Beneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis presented by Kim Eierman, environmental horticulturalist and ecological landscape designer. 7 pm. Free. Wild Ones webinar. This webinar will be recorded and available to watch after the premiere. https://wildones.org/landscape-strategies-for-the-climate-crisis/#register
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September 19-21 Fall Naturalist Rally. Roan Mountain State Park. Speakers along with a host of varied, family-oriented field trips, hikes and explorations in the state park, highlands of the Roan and surrounding area. All activities free for Friends of Roan … Continue reading |
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September 20 Sassafras Moon Herbal Festival. Downtown Erwin, TN. 9 am – 3 pm. Free herbal festival, free classes, herbal vendors. https://www.herbalachia.com/sassyfest.
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2025 Flower Show Autumn: Transformation of Light and Color A NGC Standard Flower Show Presented by Shady Oaks Garden Club September 25, 2025 2-8pm & September 26, 2025 10am-2pm Fischman Gallery at Atelier 133, Johnson City, TN https://www.shadyoaksgardenclub.org/2018-flower-show/
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September 25 Virtual Lunchbox Talk: Living With, and the Natural History of, Bumblebees with John Whittlesey, Author, Retired Garden Designer. 12 – 1 pm. Zoom Webinar. NC Botanical Garden. Free; preregistration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-e7ae66481d3f437f9c592c2b1033ac2b
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September 26-27 NC Arboretum's annual Fall Plant Sale and Market. 10 am – 3 pm. 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville. Unique plants grown in the Arboretum’s Production Green-house plus over 30 local growers and businesses. $20 parking fee for … Continue reading |
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September 27-28 53rd Exchange Place Fall Folk Arts Festival. Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday, 12 - 5 pm. $5 adults, children under 12 free. 423-288-6071 or https://exchangeplacetn.org/
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September 27 Smart Yards and Friends Festival. 9 am – 1 pm. UT Gardens, Knoxville. Free, but preregister for prizes. Explore the Gardens, Water Management, Composting, Native Plants, Lawn to Meadow, Gardening for Wildlife, and more. https://tnyards.utk.edu/festival/
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September 27 Native Landscaping on Steep Slopes with Drew Lathin, owner, Mountain Native Landscape Design and certified Blue Ridge Naturalist. 10 am. Asheville Botanical Garden. $35. https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes
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October 3 Wild Ones Tennessee Valley present Doug Tallamy, entomologist and author of Bringing Nature Home in free public lecture. 7 pm. UT-Chattanooga. Registration required. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/dwn7y8t/lp/6d3a55e1-d5ff-4603-a70e-d90c9febc6a1
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October 4 Fabulous Fall Plant Sale. UT Gardens, 2506 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996. 9 am to 2pm. Trees, shrubs and perennial flowers, wide variety of native plants, houseplants, cool season veggies and more. Free admission. https://calendar.utk.edu/event/fabulous-fall-plant-sale
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