October 14 Collect Native Seeds to Plant Next Year. Botanical Gardens at Asheville. 6 – 7:30 pm. The Asheville Botanical Garden’s garden manager, Sarah Coury, will explain ethical seed collection practices and share seed cleaning, storage, and propagation tips. $25. … Continue reading
October 15 Reintroducing Prescribed Fire: Managing Invasive Plants with Controlled Burns. 11:30 am. Free webinar sponsored by Blue Ridge Prism. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-quarterly-meeting-reintroducing-prescribed-fire-registration-1568251625829?
October 15 Pollinator Pathway Fall Webinar with Uli Lorimer, Director of Horticulture for the Native Plant Trust, on the evolving research behind gardening for wildlife. 6:30 pm. Free. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/YmvOzQBPS5aH-k_vz64cFw#/registration
October 18 Native Medicinal Garden Walk. Knoxville Botanical Garden. 10 - 11:30 am. Take a mindful and informative stroll through the Native Medicinal Garden with Dr. Fig Finkelstein, Clinical Herbalist and KBG Horticulturist. Discover the powerful native botanicals that have … Continue reading
October 26, 2025 Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum Fall Festival. 1 – 5 pm. Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, Le-Conte Meadow, 2743 Wimpole Drive, Knoxville. Fall Plant Sale, food vendors, local artists and nonprofits, music, crafts and activities. https://www.knoxgarden.org/events/fall-festival-plant-sale
November 2 Annual Jenny Elder Fitch Memorial Lecture: Nature as a Teacher – Grounding and Resilience in an Unsettled World with Teri Speight. 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. NC Botanical Garden. Hybrid - Zoom Webinar. Free; pre-registration required. https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0005-0014-d9f3c70225a645e5909bbee9d952eaec
November 5 Planting a Four Season Cutting Garden. NC Arboretum, Asheville. 1 pm. $48. https://www.ncarboretum.org/event/planting-a-four-season-cutting-garden/
November 6 Herb Saplings meeting. 7 pm at Exchange Place. Just in time to add some unique appetizers to your holiday table, Susan Scheer will share ideas for Herbal Crackers.
November 7 How to Be an Invasive Plant. Free webinar sponsored by Blue Ridge Prism. 12 – 1 pm. Learn about the characteristics of invasive plants and how a species is added to the official VA Invasive Plant Species list. … Continue reading
November 8 Pruning for the Natural Gardener with Alison Arnold, former Agriculture Extension Agent, Master Gardener coordinator and Director of Horticulture at the NC Arboretum. 10 am – 12 pm. Asheville Botanical Garden. $35. https://ashevillebotanicalgardens.square.site/classes