Seeds of Success Training

Are you interested in helping to conserve, rehabilitate and restore our native lands?  The August 26 “Seeds of Success” training session will be a great opportunity for your to learn about how you can participate in area seed collection programs being  held this fall. The training will be held in the Fishbowl Meeting Room in [...]

19th Annual Urban Forestry Conference

Title: 19th Annual Urban Forestry Conference
Location: Chattanooga Choo Choo
Description: Expand your urban forestry toolbox

* Learn about new sustainability initiatives
* Get tips on preserving the urban forest
* Learn about Chattanooga’s green movement
* Get the latest on green infrastructure design
* Complete pesticide track from insect infestations to pesticide use and legal requirements

Affordable pricing puts the conference within [...]

Hamilton County Farm Tour

Title: Hamilton County Farm Tour
Location: Leave from Ag Center
Description:

The 2010 Farm Tour will be held Thursday, July 29.  Registration for the event starts at 8:15 am and the bus will leave promptly at 9:00 am from the J. Merle Crawley Agriculture Service Center, 6183 Adamson Circle.  The cost is $5.00 and includes lunch and [...]

Rain Barrel Workshops

The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County have been busy planning and presenting workshops on building rain barrels.  (See the informational post on rain barrels here.)  The 2-hour workshops are designed so that participants build their own rain barrel and have the knowledge to successfully install them and begin to collect rainwater.

Due to the scarcity of [...]

Wildflower and Native Plant Group Kicks Off

New Wildflower and Native Plant Group Springs Up

Do you have a long-abiding love of wildflowers or are you interested in learning more about using native plants in your landscape but don’t know the difference between a native and a weed?  Regardless of your knowledge base, you are welcomed to join the newly-formed Wildflower and Native [...]

Forest Landowner Workshop

UT Extension has received a USDA grant to conduct absentee landowner meetings and this program represents the first workshop in our area. The goal of this program is help landowners to be more informed about the management options for their property and they will know who to ask when they have specific questions or seek [...]

Saving East Tennessee Hemlocks

Are you interested in being on a list of knowledgeable folks that can identify and help with treatment of the hemlock woolly adelgid?  The folks from “Save Georgias Hemlocks” are presenting a free clinic on April 10th at the Chattanooga Nature Center Auditorium at Reflection Riding.  This clinic is being presented by the Benton MacKaye [...]

Spring Homeowner Landscaping Workshops

With Spring just around the corner, now’s the time to update your landscaping skills.  Two Tennessee Yards and Neighborhood Workshops are scheduled for April and May.  Each session is held over 2 evenings, each session running from 6 pm to 9 pm.  The April workshop will be held April 19th and 20th, and the May [...]

Arbor Day on Signal Mountain

Title: Arbor Day on Signal Mountain
Location: Thrasher Elementary and SMMHS
Description: To all Master Gardeners on Signal Mountain

We will have the Arbor Day celebration for Signal Mountain with tree plantings at Thrasher Elementary and SMMHS on Friday, March 5th at 10:00 am at both locations. If you like working with kids and teaching others, this [...]

Food Bank Greenhouse Project Update

An outpouring of Master Gardeners, Master Gardener interns and food bank volunteers and staff showed up last Saturday ready to crank out raised beds for the new Chattanooga Area Food Bank Greenhouse.  The goal was to build 20 beds, and by the end of this first day, 16 beds were completed and ready for the [...]