August is here! It’s time to start replacing hot-weather crops like green beans and sweet corn with cooler-weather crops. One of my favorites is carrots.…
Greenhouse photo by Petra Faltermaier. Cactus photo by Dominique Vince. While local garden centers give us great advice and a variety of plants that grow…
Tall Verbena is an excellent plant to use in a summer garden to attract butterflies and other pollinators all summer long.
788 Shearer Cove Rd, Chattanooga 37405 In 2008, George sold his house with a swimming pool and moved to a smaller home in a curve…
4700 Stag Road, Red Bank 37415 Master Gardener, JoAnn Langston initiated this Master Gardener Project at the Alpine Crest Elementary School in 2014. Built in…
5797 Taggert Drive, Hixson 37343 I have a long story of how I developed an interest in landscape and gardening and what led me to…
6635 Declaration Drive, Hixson 37343 In the Summer of 1996 Jackie and Mitch moved into their gray box, colonial style home with a weed covered…
6465 Harbor Master Drive, Hixson 37343 Purchased in late 2018, the .6 acre yard was a veritable blank slate but held promise as one of…
6513 Stonington Drive, Hixson 37343 Established 29 years ago, the Johnson garden is half Japanese and half redneck with a sprinkling of British stumpery. Being…
9308 Smith Cemetery Circle, Soddy Daisy 37379 When Rich and Brenda purchased their 1-1/2 acre slopping property in 2019, it was a tangled mass of…
Helichrysum italicum ‘Silver Stitch,’ is a remarkable plant that captivates with its unique appearance, versatile nature, and fragrance. Belonging to the Asteraceae family, this half-hardy…
10020 Lovell Rd., Soddy Daisy 37379 Alan and I moved to this property in 2000. It was all woods so we had it cleared and…
The bounty of the squash crop makes it an economical choice for the kitchen garden. It thrives in full sun, warm temperatures, and well-drained soil.…
Heliotrope Augusta® Lavender was planted in 2021 at the UT Gardens in Jackson, TN as a trial. Previous cultivars could not survive our heat and…
Peonies are native to the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The genus has over 30 species. Many are European natives. Two are native to…
Leucojum is often listed under the common name summer snowflake. Leucojum produces white bell-like flowers in the spring and adds to a garden of daffodils…
It’s time to plant potatoes! Laura Robinson, Chattanooga Foodbank Garden Coordinator, contributed these notes on putting your potatoes into the ground, with a nod to…
Named for its distinctive tulip-shaped blooms, our state tree is the tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). It’s a beautiful tree and can be found in every…
Recently the Chattanooga Bluebird Society partnered with the Orchard Knob Elementary School Outdoor Leadership Program, the City of Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Department, and the…
An article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, says that according to local experts plants are prepared for cold temperatures. This article quotes Haley Treadway…
In this month’s issue of Friends Magazine, Master Gardener Ann Bartlett introduces us to the fern family, a group of ancient vascular plants that have…
American Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) shines in all its spring glory. This native tree is a showy plant in spring, transitions to a graceful green presence…
Master Gardener Ann Bartlett tells the story of one of her favorite holiday herbs, rosemary in this month’s issue of Friends Newsletter.Legend has it that…
The spreading shrub’s evergreen foliage remains vibrant gold throughout the year, taking on coppery-pink tones from late fall to winter. All Gold juniper grows well…
Looking for an easy-to-grow tree that doesn’t require a lot of space? Kindred Spirit oak is the answer. Nurseryman Earl Cully planted a thousand acorns…
We’re looking forward to meeting you at the Little Debbie Hamilton County Fair to be held at McDonald Farm in Sale Creek, Tennessee, November 9–12. This 2,100-acre farm is…
Garlic is fun and easy to grow in Tennessee. There are two main types of garlic – softneck and hardneck. Typically, softneck varieties prefer warmer…
While goldenrod has long been considered a weedy plant best relegated to roadsides and wild spaces, there are native species and improved hybrids that can…
On Vancouver Island in Canada’s British Columbia province, Butchart Gardens have since become a National Historic Site and a destination for more than a million…
Oakleaf lettuce, as the name suggests, has a unique leaf shape as well as a more open head. This more open structure can help reduce…
The words “Mountain Mint” evoke cooling thoughts of the Smoky Mountains, paired with a refreshing natural aroma. It should not conjure up the horrors that…
3420 Glendon Drive Chattanooga, TN 37411 When the Littlefields purchased their 1926-built home 43 years ago, the mature trees in the backyard called for a…
Want a big bodacious plant for the Garden? Add a Cardoon. The Cardoon is a perennial plant in USDA zones 7 and 8, and has…
1266 Durham Drive Chattanooga, TN 7421 Established in the Spring of 2022, this experimental garden has become a ‘classroom’ for ways urbanites can transform a…
Sponsored by the North American Butterfly Association-Tennessee Valley Chapter, the Butterfly Nursery at Audubon Acres consists of three raised beds brimming with an array of…
7804 Safari Drive Chattanooga, TN 37421 Until the 2020 tornado, Holly and Tim’s garden was mostly a shade garden with stone terracing to control erosion…
7819 Safari Drive Chattanooga, TN 37421 Tammy and Chuck DeArk are sharing their charming and informal country-style cottage garden, accented with vintage and unexpected garden…
Although many gardeners do not want to use pestisides, there are times when a pestiside may be necessary. Ann Bartlett gives a primer on label…
Lewis and Clark spent the winter near the Hidatsa Indian tribe in North Dakota in 1804 to 1805. They bought food from the three closest…
Master Gardener Ann Bartlett shares her two favorite holiday herbs:Sage-Indispensable for Good HealthThyme-The Versatile Holiday Ingredient For more information on these two old time favorites…
As the Dog Days come to an end, it is the perfect time to plan and plant an autumn vegetable garden. Many of these cool…
4403 Tennessee Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37409 Parking: W. 44th & W. 45th & Virginia Avenue. No parking on Tennessee Avenue. English Cottage Gardens Landscape architect…
1835 Old Wauhatchie Pike, Chattanooga, TN 37409 Parking: Field on left below Conservancy; no parking near Conservancy Teaching Garden & Ecology Preservation A place of…
412 East Brow Road, Lookout Mountain., TN 37350 Parking: Two entrances – E. Brow Road & N. Hermitage Naturalized Native Plantings for Wildlife Established in…
205 N. Bragg, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 Parking: E. Sunset Road (small lot); Spiritualist Camp Ground; corner E. Sunset & N. Forrest Pollinator Garden &…
120 Averill Street, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 Parking: West side of Averill Street Formal and Wooded Garden Working with Scott Drucker Landscape Design, this couple…
910 E. Brow Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 Parking: Lee Street (both sides); Richardson Street (south side); E. Brow (metered parking)Native Plant Specialist The Hulse…
1305 Whitt Rd, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 Parking: Fairy Trail Park; Soccer Field across the street Public Oasis with Native Plantings This public garden was…
910 East Brow Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 – The Hulse garden is a masterpiece of diversified plantings with the intention of supporting hummingbirds, butterflies,…
205 N Bragg Ave, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 – In 1904, the Lookout Mountain First Baptist Church was founded and built on the corner of…
120 Averill Street W, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 – Working with Scott Drucker Landscape Design, this couple wanted to create a peaceful oasis surrounding their…
English Cottage Gardens 4403 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409 (St. Elmo) – Landscape architect Scott Drucker and his wife Olga have landscaped the city lot…
412 East Brow Rd., Lookout Mtn, TN 37350 – Naturalized Native Plantings for WildlifeEstablished in 2012, garden is a pesticide-free, organic, naturalized habitat for wildlife.…
Submitted by James Newburn A native ornamental tree that shows off white tubular flowers in late spring and early summer. There are two species of…
Red gladiolus image by Van3ssa. White cosmos image by Manfred Richter. Blue Ageratum flower by Goran Hovat. Master Gardener Ann Bartlett gives us a lesson…
Photo by Ann Bartlett For decades, rose hybridizers were unconcerned with disease resistance. They assumed that everyone growing roses followed a spray program. Then along…
Photo courtesy Kimberly Ann Farms. The tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, which translates to comforting wolf peach, has a rather recent recorded history starting in the 1500s.…
What causes the ground to be littered with pencil-size leafy branches when there has been no storm? Could it be squirrels? No, it is Twig…
Maclellan Island photos by Ella Kliger. Master Gardener Ella Kliger describes her first visit to Maclellan Island during a winter project to remove invasive plants…