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August 24-26 Women Preserving Farmland for the Future Conference https://arcd.networkforgood.com/events/98225-2026-women-preserving-farmland-for-the-futurestarting-the-conversation

August 29 Butterfly Festival. UT Arboretum. Oak Ridge. 10 am – 1 pm. UT Insect Zoo, two butterfly tents, lectures, children’s art activities. $5 per car. https://utarboretum.tennessee.edu/butterfly-festival/

September 11-12 Celebrating Native Plants: Diversity & Discovery symposium brings together 3 distinguished voices, David George Haskell, Preston Montague, and Alan Weakley, to explore the beauty, complexity, and importance of native plants and the landscapes they help shape. Highlands Biological … Continue reading →

September 12 Fall Plant Sale. Asheville Botanical Gardens. 9 am – 2 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/

September 14 The Seasonal Timing of Asters with Mary Anne Borge. 6 pm. Presented by Tennessee Valley Wild Ones. Zoom. Free. https://tnvalley.wildones.org/events/?wo_event_id=11987 ????

September 15 Most Delicious Poison, a virtual book talk with Noah Whiteman. 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET via Zoom webinars. $10. Pre-registration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-08b0e631498b4632aa0c2beb5d41cbed

September 15 Dr. Shawn Krosnick, Professor of Biology and Director of the Hollister Herbarium at Tennessee Tech. Floral Morphs to Frugivores: Reproductive Ecology of Passiflora incanata - the passionflower and Tennessee’s state wildflower. 7:30 pmEDT. Free webinar sponsored by TN … Continue reading →

September 16 From Lawn to Meadow with Sara Weaner Cooper, owner and principal, New Directions in the American Landscape. 7 pm. Free webinar. Link provided with registration. Webinar will be recorded and shared with registrants. https://wildones.org/from-lawn-tomeadow/