Improving Garden Soils March 31st, 2026 Tuesday 6:00 pm, Jonesborough Farm Bureau Basement Meeting room, 1103 Boones Creek Rd, Jonesborough, TN 37659 Join UT Extension Washington County Agriculture Agent Adam Watson and learn about one of the most important parts … Continue reading
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April 2 Herb Saplings meeting. 7 pm at Exchange Place. Herbalist Sharon Nelson will discuss Foraging in the Springtime. Learn about common plants to forage in NE Tennessee/SW Virginia. You will leave the session confident to immediately apply your knowledge … Continue reading
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April 18 Spring Plant Sale Knoxville Botanical Garden. 9 am – 2pm. Features perennials propagated by the Garden's horticulture team, as well as plants from local partners and growers. A wonderful variety of native perennials, ornamental shrubs, and herbaceous plants … Continue reading
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April 10 - 11 Mid Atlantic Garden Faire. Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon. http://www.gardenfaire.net/ |
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April 11 Spectacular Spring Plant Sale. UT Gardens Knoxville, 2518 Jacob Drive. 9 am - 2 pm. Shop from a curated selection of perennial flowers, houseplants, ornamental trees and shrubs. For more info and an inventory list of plants: https://utgardens.tennessee.edu/locations/knoxville/special-events-knoxville/spring-fall-plant-sales/
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April 11 Annual East Tennessee Nursery Association Plant Auction. Tetrich Community Center, 1509 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643. 9 am – noon. Auction items include unusual ornamental and native perennials, trees and shrubs. Doors open 8:15 am to view … Continue reading |
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April 12 Annual Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture. Native Swagger: Turning Heads with Native Plants with Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Horticulture Educator, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 5:30 pm. Hybrid - Virtual and In-person attendance options. Free; preregistration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-50280706b8134f3b955f372b3e4b5ca1
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April 16 SAPS Meeting. BrightRidge Auditorium, 7 pm. How to Successfully Grow Hydrangeas - Kim Whiston, owner, Rock House Gardens. Hydrangeas are one of the most popular and easy-to-grow ornamental garden plants. Learn about the different types of hydrangeas and … Continue reading
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April 16 Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: If Not Us, Who? Rebuilding Botanical Capacity for the Southeast with Joey Shaw, Distinguished Service and UC Foundation Professor, UT Chattanooga. 12-1 pm. NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Virtual and in-person. Free; preregistration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-5b1e51e6ffa0417abde12ab8dfd8b569
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April 17-April 19 47th Annual Spring Nature Festival. Warriors' Path State Park. Talks and hikes on many nature topics, from geology to wildlife tracking, from night skies to plants and pollinators. Free. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/warriors-path/#/?event=47th-annual-spring-nature-festivalwpsp
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April 18 UT Arboretum Society Spring Plant Sale. 8 am – noon. 901 S. Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge. https://utarboretum.tennessee.edu/spring-plant-sale/
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April 18 Spring Edible Plants. 10 am. Asheville Botanical Garden. Short indoor portion to go over basics of plant ID and foraging best practices, then head outside to learn in the field. $35. https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes
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April 21 Native Orchids of Tennessee. 7:30 pm. Zoom presentation by TN Native Plant Society. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88313579500... Pass code: 155116
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April 22-25 76th Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. https://www.wildflowerpilgrimage.org/
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April 22nd Do active ingredients and mixing ratios make your head spin? Are you worried about how to protect pollinators, native plants, and other wildlife? You are not alone. And this webinar is for you! Join us for this FREE … Continue reading |
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April 23 Ready for a lovely springtime HIKING ADVENTURE? Celebrate the day after Earth day as we hike up into nearby Bays Mountain Park from Laurel Run Park. This will be a great chance to discover the amazing diversity of our earth's … Continue reading |
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April 24-26 Spring Roan Mountain Naturalists Rally. Programs, hikes. https://www.friendsofroanmtn.org/ April 24-26 36th Annual Spring Herb Festival. WNC Agricultural Center. Friday and Saturday 8:30 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 3 pm. Largest herb festival in the Southeast. Free. 828-301- 8968. https://www.ashevilleherbfestival.org/ |
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April 25-26 The 40th annual Spring Garden Fair is Saturday, April 25, from 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday, April 26, from 12 – 5 pm at Exchange Place Living History Farm, 4812 Orebank Road in Kingsport. The festival … Continue reading
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April 25th Laurel Run Park is considered one of the best places for Spring ephemeral wildflowers. The north-facing slope, combined with a limestone substrate, and being in a rugged forested stream valley, make it an ideal place for ephemerals. Laurel … Continue reading
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April 25 Gardening Seminar series. Sycamore Shoals State Park, Elizabethton. 9 am to noon. Presenters are Master Gardeners Ben Hunter, Cameron Coates, and David Faller. Free to the public, preregister 423-543-5808
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April 28th In this Earth Day webinar, Rick Darke will discuss in detail the dynamic nature of wild gardening. Using examples of landscapes he's designed or co-designed, he'll demonstrate how this approach is sensibly ecological and eminently practical for homeowners … Continue reading |
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