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Chattanooga Area Food Bank Spring Garden Tour

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 [...]

2011 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference

Title: 2011 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Location: Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Spring Flowering Shrubs & Wildflower Trips

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
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 (ALL DAY)

Meeting time and place TBA.  [...]

Rare Plant Research Presentation

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 [...]

Ijams Nature Center Seed Swap

Title: Ijams Nature Center Seed Swap
Description: Living Clean & Green!

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 [...]

October 23 Seed Collecting Trip

The next Reseeding the Cumberlands seed collecting trip will be this Saturday, October 23 at Flipper Bend. We will be assembling at 9 am sharp at Walden Town Hall and proceeding to the trailhead to collect seeds for a couple of target species.  The trail is easy to moderate, and State Interpretive RangerTerri Ballinger plans [...]

Learn about Tennessee Wildflowers

The Native Plants and Wildflower group is pleased to announce that Dennis Horn will be the speaker at the August 2 meeting to talk about Tennessee wildflowers.  The meeting will be held at the Ag Center (see map below) and the presentation will begin promptly at 6:30 pm.

Dennis Horn is the lead author of the [...]

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 [...]