Master Gardeners of Hamilton County

Third Saturday Class: What's This Buzz About Native Plants? Why do they matter?
2021-07-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom Video Meeting
There’s a lot of news about how essential native plants are in supporting the North American insect, pollinator, and bird populations. What does the science say? How can ordinary gardeners use this information to build beautiful, cheap, and easily maintained gardens, while also providing essential habitat for urban wildlife?

Lisa Lemza is a lifetime master gardener whose home garden and gardening approach were featured in the March 2021 “Chatter” magazine. She is an active member and former president of the local native plant society, the Tennessee Valley Wild Ones. She co-chairs the community garden at Grace Episcopal Church with Kristina Shaneyfelt, and is in the process of establishing a Level Two certified Arboretum at the church. With Alison Hoffman, she co-manages the Tri-State Chapter of the Tennessee Bluebird Society.

Third Thursdays with Plants: Small Fruits for TN
2021-07-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
We will introduce the very BEST small fruits for TN home gardens and helpful insights on management.

This series of classes highlights a wide range horticulture topics and management practices specific to TN gardeners. Join us LIVE on Zoom each third Thursday at 10am Central/ 11 am Eastern. Register with the website link below.

Third Thursdays with Plants: What is a Sustainable Landscape?
2021-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
This series of classes highlights a wide range horticulture topics and management practices specific to TN gardeners. Join us LIVE on Zoom each third Thursday at 10am Central/ 11 am Eastern. Register with the website link below.

Third Saturday Class – Installing a Microjet Irrigation System in Your Garden
2021-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Planning to travel and you’re worried about watering your garden? Diane Shelly will share the step-by-step way to install a microjet irrigation system from your hose spigot. The system includes a battery powered clock and a variety of spray heads that you can customize for your specific needs.

Third Thursdays with Plants: Heirloom Vegetables for the TN Garden
2021-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
The UT Extension Institute of Agriculture new Third Thursday series highlights a wide range horticulture topics and management practices specific to TN gardeners. Join us as we kick off our 2021 horticulture education series with an introduction to Heritage Vegetables for TN.

Join us LIVE on Zoom each third Thursday at 10am Central/ 11 am Eastern. Register with the website link below.

Lunch & Learn: Cicadas!
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
This is the year of the cicadas and there has been a lot of buzz about the topic! Join Hamilton County Extension Agent Tom Stebbins to learn more about this interesting phenomenon and all about the mysterious lives of cicadas. Register

Third Saturday Class - Rose Rustlers
2021-05-15 10:01 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
This presentation will explore the history of the rose and why it is the most loved of all flowers. Then we will look at the largest plant-hunting exploit of the 20th century by the “The Rose Rustlers” and their quest to save antique roses and return them to the trade.

Presentation by Ann Brown: Ann is a retired librarian and has been a Master Gardener for 10 years. She is an organic gardener who advocates for pollinators by encouraging organizations and individuals to plant native plants. This past year she has been involved in the creation of three new pollinator gardens on Lookout Mountain. She is also a member of the Wild Ones, North American Butterfly Association, Bee City USA, Xerces Society, Lookout Mountain Beautiful Garden Club, and Tennessee Ornithology Society. She will return to volunteering at Reflection Riding in May. She loves roses and has several of the old roses discovered by the “Rose Rustlers” in her garden.

MGHC Spring Garden Festival
2021-05-15 10:00 - 18:00 | UT-TSU Extension Hamilton County / Bonny Oaks Arboretum, 6183 Adamson Circle, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37416, United States
Join the fun at the Bonny Oaks Arboretum as the Hamilton County Master Gardeners celebrate Spring! There will be ongoing gardening demonstrations, plants and garden items for sale and activities for the kids. Click Here for Details & Tickets

City Nature Challenge
2021-05-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Reflection Riding, 400 Garden Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37419, United States
Join Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center for the City Nature Challenge (CNC) on Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st for two full days of outdoor fun. The full schedule of events includes night hikes, guided walks, volunteer projects, a campfire concert and much more.

Third Saturday Class – Native Shrubs
2021-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Master Gardener Ron McKitrick will discuss important role of native shrubs in enhancing both a landscape’s aesthetic appeal, as well as the health of its surrounding ecosystem.

TN Valley Wild Ones Plant Sale
2021-03-27 09:00 - 15:00 | First Horizon Pavilion, 1826 Reggie White Blvd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37408
The Outdoor Native Plant Marketplace will be held at the spacious and covered First Horizon Pavilion (home of the Chattanooga Market) in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. Food trucks and other vendors and exhibitors will add to the excitement of this special day that is free and open to the public. Masks will be required.

Third Saturday Class - African Violets
2021-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Master Gardener Sadaf Khan will give you tips and tricks for keeping your African violets colorful and healthy throughout the year. Native to East Africa, African violets are a popular house plant because of their color and resilience. African violets can live indefinitely with good care. Join us via Zoom for this informative presentation.

Lunch & Learn - Tool Time with Carlton
2021-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Join 10 year Master Gardener Carlton Mathes to learn how to properly prepare your tools for spring gardening. Register using the link below.

Virtual Beginner-Newcomer Gardening Class
2021-03-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Register now for the 2021 Virtual Beginner-Newcomer Gardening Class! This four class series is ideal for those who have recently relocated to the area and those who are novice gardeners. Details & Registration Form

Lunch & Learn - Pruning - Demystified
2021-02-24 00:30 - 01:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Join Celeste Scott, Madison County Extension Agent, as we remove the uncertainty and fear associated with pruning landscape plants. We will learn how to group plants depending on season of bloom or interest and use that to determine proper pruning time. We will also learn basic pruning techniques.

Third Saturday Class "Succulents 101"
2021-02-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Master Gardener Juanita Wade will present a free Zoom class, “Succulents 101.” Juanita will define succulents, discuss the benefits of growing them, describe “how not to kill a succulent” and review the many different succulent families you can easily maintain at your home. Register

2021 Master Gardener Training - Mornings
2021-02-09 09:00 - 12:00
The 2021 Master Gardener Morning Training Course begins on February 9th. The 15 week course covers topics related to home gardens and landscapes, including vegetables, wildlife, basic landscaping, herbs, flowers, trees, lawns, insects, plant diseases, native plants, water quality, beekeeping basics and many others. For more information see https://mghc.org/become-a-master-gardener/

2021 Master Gardener Training- Evenings
2021-02-08 18:00 - 21:00
The 2021 Evening Master Gardener Training Course begins on February 8th. The 15 week course covers topics related to home gardens and landscapes, including vegetables, wildlife, basic landscaping, herbs, flowers, trees, lawns, insects, plant diseases, native plants, water quality, beekeeping basics and many others. For more information see https://mghc.org/become-a-master-gardener/

Garden Guest Series: "Monarch Conservation"
2021-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Take a lunchtime break and expand your knowledge of gardening and wildlife with these information presentations. This week learn how to create a monarch habitat with Linda Merritt. Register for the Hamilton & Bradley County Garden Guest Web Series.

Third Saturday Class "Ikebana, Moribana Style Flower Arranging"
2021-01-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Our virtual, free Third Saturday classes begin Saturday, January 16! Tune in at 10 am to see Janet Jobe present a very special flower arranging class, “Ikebana, Moribana Style Flower Arranging.” Janet says that “with a few flowers and a basic Ikebana technique, you can create a lovely, inspiring flower arrangement that can be renewed to reflect the seasons.” Janet studied Ikebana, an ancient Japanese form of flower arranging, under Grand Master Betty Taylor at the Ohara School, Stone Lantern, in Highlands, NC.

MGHC Virtual Garden Tour
2021-01-06 00:00 - 23:59
Each year Master Gardeners offer the community a spectacular tour of their gardens. Our 33rd Annual Spring Garden Tour was canceled this year, but that did not deter garden tour manager and Master Gardener Holly Colf. On a the Garden Tour page on our website, Holly leads us through three gardens. These virtual tours are sponsored by Scenic Cities Beautiful.

Master Gardener Training Morning Class
2020-10-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
The University of Tennessee will be adding an extra Master Gardener Training Course starting in October 2020. This course offers extensive training in gardening. Classes are taught by the highest-quality, trained instructors using research-based information from the University of Tennessee. The class will be held every Tuesday morning (9 a.m. – 11 a.m.) from October 20th – January 26th (15 week class).

Master Gardener Training Evening Class
2020-10-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
The University of Tennessee will be adding an extra Master Gardener Training Course starting in October 2020. This course offers extensive training in gardening. Classes are taught by the highest-quality, trained instructors using research-based information from the University of Tennessee. The class will be held every Monday night (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.) from October 19th – January 25th (15 week class)

October Third Saturday Class "Heritage Gardening with Thomas Jefferson"
2020-10-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Presented by Cate Mueller, Master Gardener

Before he wrote the Declaration of Independence and long before he was President of our young nation, Thomas Jefferson was a dedicated gardener who kept meticulous records about what he planted and how it performed. As he prepared to return to Monticello following his presidency, Jefferson began planning more extensive flower gardens on the grounds of the house. Master Gardener Cate Mueller will show you those gardens and how many of the perennials seen there still take pride of place in American gardens today. Jefferson holds a special position in the gardening history of the United States, but many, if not most, of us find ourselves connected intimately to our personal “heritage gardening” that we have learned from our own families. Cate will show connections that her own garden has with her family heritage as well as with the gardens in the Age of Jefferson.

The class is free, but registration is required. The Zoom link will be sent after registration.

September Third Saturday Class "Creating a Native Plant Habitat"
2020-09-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
Presented by: Ron McKitrick

Master Gardener & Photographer Ron McKitrick will show us how to create garden habitats for native birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators using native plants. Among the benefits, natives use less water and fertilizer since they thrive in local conditions. Through his own trial and error process combined with an understanding of environmental factors, Ron discovered that he not only transformed his backyard but also stimulated his own well-being. His examples will include the various ground covers, vines, perennials, shrubs, and trees he used to create his garden habitats. Join us to learn from his gardening experiences and be encouraged to enhance your own backyard with native plants.

Register: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/627001094157258018/false#/invitation

3rd Saturday Class: Pollinator Gardens Through the Seasons
2020-08-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Video Meeting
“Pollinator Gardens through the Seasons” will highlight native plants recommended to sustain pollinators throughout the year. Keystone plant species for Hamilton county will be discussed, as well as companion plantings that make each season special. In addition, the talk will cover best practices for maintaining wildlife and pollinator habitats, such as winter leaves should be left in beds and under trees to benefit our bees, moths, butterflies, and birds. All pictures will be from Ann Brown’s certified pollinator garden.

Handouts on native plants, bloom times, a Monarch Waystation planting guide, etc. can be downloaded in PDF format and printed from the Wild Ones’ website: https://tnvalleywildones.org/plant-info/how-to-plant-a-native-plant-garden/

Questions, email Ann at brownw01@yahoo.com. I am more than happy to help.

Enroll in any of our third Saturday classes by clicking here.

bownw01@yahoo.com
