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Posted by slwencel, on January 12th, 2012
The Chattanooga Native Plant & Wildflower Group of the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County is proud to present its first annual native plant symposium “Chattanooga’s Native Beauty: Gardening with Native Plants” on Saturday, March 10, 2012. The symposium will be held at Chattanooga State Community College campus in its Humanities Theatre. The program will begin [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on December 14th, 2011
New Master Gardener training starts this January, with either Monday night sessions (starting January 9, 2012) that go from 6 pm to 9 pm or Tuesday morning sessions (starting January 10, 2012) that run from 9 am to noon. The classes run for 15 weeks, ending with graduation on April 19.
The Master Gardener of Hamilton [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on November 22nd, 2011
The Southern Appalachian region is, next to Southern China, the most botanically rich region on earth. Most of the plants growing around us have been used as food and medicine for hundreds or thousands of years. Some of our native plants risk being overharvested because the global demand for them exceeds the supply. Join Holli [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on October 31st, 2011
Title: The Chattanooga Native Plant and Wildflower Group
Location: Green|Spaces
Description: The next meeting of the Chattanooga Native Plant & Wildflower Group will be Monday, November 7th at 6:00 p.m. at Green|Spaces, 63 East Main Street.
At the meeting, we will be screening of the movie “Green Fire.”
The first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on October 20th, 2011
The application process for the Master Gardener of Hamilton County Class of 2012 is now open. There will be a choice of evening or morning classes, with the evening classes meeting from 6 pm to 9 pm Monday nights starting January 9, 2011 or morning classes the meet from 9 am to noon on Tuesdays [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on September 1st, 2011
There is one new rain barrel workshop now scheduled for Saturday, September 10 at 11 am at the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center. These build your own rain barrel workshops offer the opportunity to construct your own 55-gallon plastic rain barrel that will be ready to hook up to your home’s rain gutter system.
Advance registration [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on August 28th, 2011
Title: Chattanooga Native Plant and Wildflower Group
Location: Chattanooga Area Food Bank Conference Room
Description: The monthly meeting of the Natives will feature a presentation by Sean Crimmins, talking to us about “Native Plants in Erosion Control.”
Sean Crimmins is President of TPG Green Solutions, LLC and a nationally recognized erosion control specialist. TPG Green Solutions provides support [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on August 18th, 2011
Attention Master Gardeners, landscapers, students and nursery professionals: The 2011 UT Eastern Region Nursery, Landscaping and Gardening Tour is now open for registration. This three day UT-sponsored event will take place October 18, 19 and 20 and will cover orchards, nurseries, farms, greenhouses and landscapes in Kentucky. The tour leaves from Knoxville and the cost [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on August 9th, 2011
Title: Hands-On Preserving Demonstration Class
Location: Chattanooga Area Food Bank Prep Kitchen
Description: Learn how to preserve your summer vegetables at the Chattanooga Area Food Bank hands-on preserving demonstration class. Featured vegetables will be tomatoes, beans and okra. The cost is $15.00 and includes reference materials. There is a limit of 10 participants, so register soon. Come [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on July 14th, 2011
Title: Raised Bed Building Workshop
Location: Chattanooga Area Food Bank – Pavilion
Description: We will once again be offering a Cedar raised bed building work shop at the Chattanooga Area Food Bank Demonstration Garden Pavilion. We will begin building @ 9:00am and break for a pizza lunch around Noon. We will have some large fans, cold water [...]
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