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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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 [...] Title: Chattanooga Native Plant and Wildflower Group Sean Crimmins is President of TPG Green Solutions, LLC and a nationally recognized erosion control specialist. TPG Green Solutions provides support [...] 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 [...] Title: 2011 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference Title: Reflection Riding Annual Spring Wildflower Festival and Native Plant Sale 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 [...] Title: Seeding the Cumberlands Collection Outing The event will be [...] Spring in the Southeast is a great time to see native shrubs and wildflowers in full bloom. Leon Bates has organized the following trips for the Native Plant and Wildflower Group for this spring timed for when the target species are at maximum bloom. Early Spring Meeting time and place TBA. [...] The Chattanooga Native Plant and Wildflower Group will be learning about Rare Plant Research in the Chattanooga area from UTC Assistant Professor Joey Shaw at the February 7 meeting. Doctor Shaw’s lab group has studied rare plant species of eastern Tennessee like American Chestnut, Fremont’s Leatherflower, Mountain Skullcap, and several others. Tennessee is a floristically [...] Title: Ijams Nature Center Seed Swap Swap seeds and trade gardening tips with your neighbors This is an annual event at Ijams Nature Center. Bring seeds you’ve saved from your garden and swap them with other gardeners. Or if you don’t have any seeds to trade, come anyway, there’s always plenty. A [...] |
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