February 24 Monday Musings: Backyard Edibles. 6:30 pm. Zoom. Free. Register for this and other classes in this series: https://sites.google.com/utk.edu/mondaymusings/registration?authuser=0
Backyard Fruit: Fruit Tree Pruning Feb 26, 2025 06:00 PM Join UT Extension Washington County Agriculture Agent Adam Watson to learn how to prune your fruit trees to improve yields and enhance fruit quality. In-person Location: Jonesborough Farm Bureau Basement Meeting … Continue reading
February 26 The Dirt on Bugs with Kendra Neitzel of Tennessee Naturescapes. 6:30 pm. The Carriage House at Knoxville Botanical Gardens, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914. Live Stream Available. Free. https://smokymountains.wildones.org/events/?wo_event_id=8267
Mar 1, 9:30 am - 11:30 am - "Walk with a Botanist: Winter Plant ID", Persimmon Ridge Park, Jonesborough, TN. Learn how to identify trees species in the winter as well as winter/early spring plants that are just starting to emerge. … Continue reading
March 1 Weed Wrangle. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. 10 am – 12 pm. Help remove invasive English ivy throughout the park grounds and along the walking trail. Participants must register. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/sycamore-shoals/#/? event=weed-wrangle2025
March 1 Weed Wrangle at Warriors' Path State Park: Garlic Mustard Pull. 1 - 4 pm. Help the park control this nasty pest by spending a few hours uprooting these invasives along a scenic park trail. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/warriors-path/#/?event=weed-wrangle-at-warriors-path-garlic-mustard-pull-wpsp-2025
Backyard Fruit: Pruning Berries: Blackberry, Raspberry, Blueberry March 3, 2025 6:00 PM Join UT Extension Washington County Agriculture Agent Adam Watson and learn how to prune your berries to improve yields and enhance fruit quality. In-person Location: Jonesborough Farm Bureau Basement … Continue reading
March 4 Battle Plans Against Exotic Invasive Plants. 6 - 7:30 pm. Asheville Botanical Garden. $25. Meet at Visitor Center (indoor class). https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes
March 6 Herb Saplings meeting. 7 pm at Exchange Place. Topic: Welcoming Pollinators to Your Herb Garden with Joy Moore and Liz Blakeley. Learn how to make your herb garden inviting to pollinators, including how to make a bug snug. … Continue reading
March 6 @ noon– Herbs to Elevate the Landscape and Menu. Presented by Christy Shivell of Shy Valley Farm. Kingsport Chamber Board Room, 400 Clinchfield Street, Kingsport, TN 37660
March 8 Planning Your Multi-Use Native Garden. NC Arboretum. On-site. 10 am – 12 pm. Learn how to plan a native garden to serve multiple purposes, including choosing species that are beneficial pollinator sources, important larval host plants, species for … Continue reading
March 9 Invasive Species Removal Day. Rocky Fork State Park. 2 – 4 pm. Help remove exotic-invasive plants. Please register so we may contact you in case of bad weather cancellation. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/rocky-fork/#/?event=Invasive-removal-day-MAR-25
Backyard Fruit: Pruning Grapes March 11, 2025 6:00 PM Join UT Extension Washington County Agriculture Agent Adam Watson and learn how to prune your grapes improve yields and enhance fruit quality. In-person Location: Jonesborough Farm Bureau Basement Meeting room 1103 … Continue reading
March 13 Eating Like a Bird - Native Fruits We Can Enjoy at Our Tables with Mary Jac Brennan, Heartplace Farm Consulting and Scott Carter, Master Naturalist, Durham County. 12-1 pm. Virtual and In -person. NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
March 13 – Growing Vegetables Wherever You Can Put a Container. Presented by Earl Hockin, Master Gardener. Kingsport Chamber Board Room, 400 Clinchfield Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 For more information, contact Sharon Hayes at shayes@KingsportChamber.org or call 423- 392-8814.
March 13 Building a Wildlife Pond. 7 - 8:30 pm. Zoom workshop featuring information on creating a wildlife pond to enhance your native habitat. Wildlife ponds are especially attractive to amphibians and insects, both of which are essential parts of … Continue reading
March 14 - 16 Organic Growers School Annual Spring Conference. Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC. Supports, inspires, and educates people to farm, garden, and live organically by providing affordable, practical, and hands-on education. https://www.organicgrowersschool.org/spring-conference
Tennessee Tree Day is March 15, 2025! Tennessee Tree Day 2025, a project of Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC), is the largest community tree-planting project of its kind in America. Tennessee residents will collectively plant more than 100,000 native tree seedlings … Continue reading
Seminar: Bieke Puncochar on Neighbors 4 Native Plants March 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm We started NNP because we are very excited about urban habitat restoration. We want to make it easier for active families like ours, … Continue reading
March 20: "Pollination: The Hidden Language of Flowers and the Importance of Pollinators” Thursday, March 20, at 7 pm. BrightRidge Auditorium 2600 Boones Creek Rd (Hwy 354), Johnson City Pollinators have played a key role in the diversification and organization of the … Continue reading
March 20 – Plant This, Not That: How to Make Smarter Plant Choices. Presented by Joy Moore, Master Gardener. Kingsport Chamber Board Room, 400 Clinchfield Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 For more information, contact Sharon Hayes at shayes@KingsportChamber.org or call 423- … Continue reading
March 27 Urban Forestry & Birds with Hannah Pursley, Program Manager,Forests, Audubon North Carolina. 12-1 pm. Hybrid - Virtual and in-person. NC Botanical Garden Chapel Hill. Free; preregistration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-b264ba37d6b24ee28e2f0a2393fde6b5
March 27 – Beneficial Insects. Presented by local organic farmer John Woodworth, owner of Ziegenwald Dairy. Kingsport Chamber Board Room, 400 Clinchfield Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 For more information, contact Sharon Hayes at shayes@KingsportChamber.org or call 423- 392-8814.
March 29 African American Legacy in Gardening and Horticulture Symposium. 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Free; preregistration required. Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC. This event will also be live-streamed. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-3adb9d9d4dc04cf4a47dab1d96a90768
Explore Appalachia's favorite spring flowers. March 31, 6:30 p.m. EST via zoom https://sites.google.com/utk.edu/mondaymusings/registration#h.94ry46vzig8o