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Month-by-Month Gardening Guide: November/December

Annual Flowers and Vines:

Thinking of building a new flowerbed for annuals next year?  There are a few steps you can do now to give you success next year.  Begin by selecting a proper location that has good drainage.  Although you can select some perennials that like wet feet, the majority of annuals prefer well-drained soil.  [...]

Landscape ID Workshop

Title: Landscape ID Workshop
Location: Chattanooga State Community College, Omni Building Room 126
Description: To Landscapers, Master Gardeners and Garden Nursery personnel

Here is a University of Tennessee —Workshop/Field Day you may be interested in attending.  It will help you answer disease, insect, weed and turf questions that your clients or neighbors are asking.   These will be hands-on [...]

TN Yards and Neighborhood Workshop

Title: TN Yards and Neighborhood Workshop
Location: Ag Center
Description: 2-Session Workshop

“TN Yards and Neighborhood Workshop” is a new program aimed at teaching a new approach to home lawn management.  It will be over two sessions on October 20th and 22nd — 6-9pm each night.   It will be at the Ag Center on Bonny [...]

Rain Gardens

Example of a rain garden, reproduced with permission from the
Missouri Botanical Garden.

What is a rain garden?

A rain garden is a special kind of garden designed to collect and absorb runoff storm water. This would be in an area around your home that may have a slope that after a rain would collect water and hold [...]