May 2 Bonsai in a Day: Learn, Create, Take Home. 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. NC Arboretum, Asheville. Learn basic concepts and skills for novices to begin growing and shaping their own miniature trees. https://www.ncarboretum.org/event/bonsai-in-a-day-learncreate-take-home/
May 2 Spring Pollinator Walk. 10-11:30am. Learn what makes a landscape prime for pollinators while you take a stroll through the Garden. Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. https://www.knoxgarden.org/events/springpollinator
May 3 East Tennessee Hosta Society Annual Plant Sale, 11 am - 4 pm. UT Gardens Parking Lot, 2518 Jacob Dr., Knoxville 37966. (678) 662-4383. https://www.easttnhostasociety.net/
May 3 Wild by Design: Container Gardening with Natives with Molly Pritchard. 2 – 3:30 pm. Asheville Botanical Garden. $25. https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes
May 7 Topic: Doctrine of Signatures: An introduction to the Doctrine of Signatures, exploring its history and how Appalachian herbalists have understood and used this concept over time. Presented by Charlotte and Timothy Test, Traditional Naturopaths and Master Herbalists who … Continue reading
May 9th Shady Oaks Garden Club Plant Sale https://www.shadyoaksgardenclub.org/
May 15 -16 Spring Native Plant Sale. Botanical Gardens at Asheville, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd., Asheville, NC 28804. Friday noon to 5 pm, Saturday 9 am to 2 pm. Free. https://ashevillebotanicalgarden.org/plant-sales/
May 19 Harry Babb: The Forgotten Flora of the Mid-South. 7:30 pm. Free Webinar sponsored by TN Native Plant Society. https://tnps.org/event/tnps-online-seminar-harry-babb-the-forgotten-flora-of-the-mid-south/
May 21 SAPS Meeting. 7 pm. Jay Sifford, Landscape designer. Crafting a Dream in the North Carolina Mountains. Kingsport Higher Education Center.
May 22- 24 The Asheville-Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition. 2 - 4 pm. Most spectacular exhibition of roses in Western North Carolina! Many varieties of fragrant WNC grown roses will be on display including rare and beautiful blooms from some … Continue reading