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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 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 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 10th, 2011
Title: County Fair Build Day
Location: 1373 Osage Drive, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 GPS: 35.28134,-85.13332
Description:
Now, it’s time to start working on our Hamilton County Fair exhibit which we will put in place at Chester Frost County Park beginning on Thursday, September, 22nd.
This year, our exhibit theme will be “Backyard Retreats.” Many of us have gotten [...]
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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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Posted by hajones, on June 9th, 2011
This past weekend, June 4-5, 2011, people braved record-breaking temperatures to take part in the Chattanooga Area Food Bank’s 24th annual Spring Garden Tour. The tour took visitors through two community gardens and five private gardens.
The St. Alban’s Community Garden and the Chattanooga Area Food Bank’s Evelyn Davenport Navarre Teaching & Enabling Garden offer opportunities [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on April 13th, 2011
Gardeners and homeowners — be inspired while supporting the Chattanooga Area Food Bank at the 23rd Annual Spring Garden Tour on June 4 and 5. This year, six gardens in the Chattanooga area are featured, each garden representing a work of art and love. We join our gardeners in welcoming you to celebrate [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on April 7th, 2011
Title: 2011 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Location: Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
Link out: Click here
Description: The purpose of the Cullowhee Conference is to increase interest in and knowledge of propagating and preserving native southeastern plant species in the landscape. Past participants of the conference have included landscape architects, commercial nursery operators, garden club members, botanists, and [...]
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Posted by slwencel, on March 22nd, 2011
Title: Reflection Riding Annual Spring Wildflower Festival and Native Plant Sale
Location: Reflection Riding
Description:
The annual Spring Wildflower Festival and Plant Sale will be April 8, 9 and 10. Admission is free but there will be a small fee for some of the activities. The plant sale hours will be Friday and Saturday 9 [...]
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