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Reflection Riding Annual Spring Wildflower Festival and Native Plant Sale

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 [...]

UT Gardens 2010 Best & Beautiful Plants

Prepared by:

Dr. Susan Hamilton, Director of the UT Gardens

James Newburn, Assistant Director

Jason Reeves, Curator of the Jackson UT Gardens

Beth Willis, Trials Coordinator

Betty Tipton, Plant Evaluation Coordinator

Note: Check local nursery availability of listed varieties at the UT Gardens website – http://utgardens.tennessee.edu.

The following report details the varieties of plants (annuals, [...]

Raised Bed Work Day

Title: Raised Bed Work Day
Location: Chattanooga Area Food Bank
Description: We will build some raised bed garden boxes on Friday, March 18 and Thursday, March 24. We will work at the Food Bank Garden Pavilion on Curtain Pole Road just off Amnicola Highway. We will start at 8am and work until 5pm or when [...]

Beginning and Newcomer Gardening Classes

The popular Beginning & Newcomer Gardening classes will start in March and will be held on four Tuesday nights, March 8, 15, 22, and 29.  The classes will be held at the J. Merle Crawley Building Agriculture Center,  6183 Adamson Circle from 6:30 pm till 9:00 pm.

Master gardeners will teach two subjects each night:

March 8
Soils [...]

January Gardening Seminar

Winter is a great time for learning about gardening and getting inspiration for next year’s gardens.  Join us Tuesday evening, January 4, 2011 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Chattanooga State Community College’s Humanities Theatre for an evening of learning and garden fun with Carol Reese and Jason Reeves.  There is a suggested $5 [...]

2011 TFGA Meeting

The Tennessee Horticultural Expo (THE) is holding its third annual association meeting January 27, 28 and 29, 2011 at the Nashville Airport Marriott.  The Tennessee Horticultural Expo is a collective meeting of the Tennessee Tennessee Flower Growers Association, the Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Growers, the Tennessee  Viticulture & Oenological Society, the Tennessee Farm Wine Association [...]

CAFB Demonstration Garden Workday

Title: CAFB Demonstration Garden Workday

Location: Evelyn Davenport Navarre Demonstration Garden – CAFB

Jane Mauldin and I would like to thank everyone that made it to the rain soaked workday this last Wednesday.  The new Rain Garden looks and performs as beautifully as it was designed too.  The Ladies work group was able to [...]

Homeowner's Six-Hour Landscaping Workshop

Are you interested in learning earth-friendly landscape management that will save you money and resources?  The UT Extension in partnership with the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center is offering a two-evening Homeowner Landscaping Workshop on November 9 and 11 from 6 to 9 pm at the UT Ag Center off of Bonny Oaks at Adamson [...]

Raised Bed Vegetable Planting Guide

By Dick Fehrenbacher

The table below provides guidelines for planting seeds based on an average last frost date of April 19 and first frost date of October 21 (Zone 7).  Some cool weather plants can be planted in the fall (see the Fall Gardening post).  The dates for planting seeds are averages; buying [...]

Healthy Living Expo

Come visit the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County’s exhibit at the first “Healthy Living Expo” in Chattanooga at the Chattanooga Convention Center on Friday, October 1st and Saturday, October 2nd.  This 2-day event will feature all aspects of Healthy Living with an estimated 100 exhibitors providing interactive exhibits and demonstrations.

The Master Gardeners will be answering [...]