May Small Space Home Food Series UT's Hort Team is presenting a series of free zoom Lunch and Learn talks on Tuesdays in May from 12:30-1:30 pm eastern. This fun series will provide all you need to know about selecting … Continue reading
May 28 Landscaping for Resilient Forests: Native Plants & Wildfire Preparedness. 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The Carriage House at Knoxville Botanical Gardens, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914. Free. Zoom. Join Allana Funderburk, Forest Action Plan Coordinator with The … Continue reading
May 29 Improving Garden Soils. 6 pm. Join UT Extension Washington County Agriculture Agent Adam Watson to learn about one of the most important parts of your garden: its soil. We’ll discuss fertilizers, amendments, and why clay soils aren’t as … Continue reading
May 30-31 Spring Plant Sale and Market. 10 am – 3 pm. NC Arboretum Asheville, NC. Unique plants grown in The North Carolina Arboretum’s Production Greenhouse and includes over 30 local growers and businesses. $20 parking fee https://www.ncarboretum.org/event/spring-plant-sale-4/all/
May 31 - June 1: Roots & Renewal: An AHG ReGathering, hosted by the American Herbalists Guild at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. For more information, see: https://americanherbalistsguild.com/roots-renewal-an-ahg-regathering/
June 5 Herb Saplings meeting. 6 pm at Exchange Place. Marty Silver, Park Ranger at Warriors' Path State Park, will lead us on a Tree Walk at the living history farm, sharing ID tips, natural history and uses of our … Continue reading
June 7 The 29th annual Jonesborough Garden Tour & Tea. 10 am - 3 pm. Tea Party 12 noon - 2 pm. Registration at Jones-borough Visitors Center from 9 am - 1 pm. Vendors at the International Storytelling Center Plaza … Continue reading
June 12 @6:00-7:30pm EDT “Members Only Garden Tour” is scheduled on Thursday, June 12 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM. This is an exciting garden composed of numerous garden rooms at the home of Lee and Susan Chase at 607 East … Continue reading
June 14 Dragonfly Day at Warriors' Path State Park. 9:30 am – 2 pm. Learn about these amazing insects “at home” in their habitats and also how best to record your observations with photo- graphs with Don Holt, Steele Creek … Continue reading
June 14 Wildflower Walk at The Cedars Natural Area Preserve, Jonesville, VA, with Laura Young, Southwest Regional Steward of the VA Natural Heritage Program. 10:30 am - 1:30 pm. The Preserve is home to over 30 rare, threatened, or endangered … Continue reading
June 17 TSP Highlights in Plant Conservation with Holly Taylor, Tennessee State Parks Interpretive Ranger. 7:30 p.m. Free Webinar. Sponsored by TN Native Plant Society. https://tnps.org/event/seminar-holly-taylor-on-tsp-highlights-in-plant-conservation/
Please join the Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC Native Plant Society for their Summer Native Plant Sale! At least 80 different varieties of perennials, ferns, grasses, sedges, trees and shrubs native to this region and well suited to our … Continue reading
June 21 NE TN Regional Farm Tour. 1 - 5pm. Self-guided tour choosing from 20 farms across Greene, Washington and Sullivan counties. Meet your farmer, learn where your food comes from, how it’s grown and raised, and enjoy the beauty … Continue reading
June 26 Information in Bird Song with Jill Soha, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar at Duke University. 12 – 1 pm. Virtual and In-person options. Focusing on songbirds that occur in North Carolina, this talk will cover basics of bird song biology … Continue reading