March 28 This is a new location for our plant swap with plenty of parking and a very easy entrance. The SAPS sign and green balloons will mark the easiest entrance with parking available at the end of the building. … Continue reading
March 28 NOLI - Walk with a Botanist. Rocky Fork State Park. 10AM - Noon. Free. https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/rocky-fork/#/?event=noli---walk-with-a-botanist-3-26
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
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
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
April 10 - 11 Mid Atlantic Garden Faire. Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon. http://www.gardenfaire.net/
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
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/
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
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