Knox County Master Gardener

Plant Clinic - Norwood
2025-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Norwood Branch Library, 1110 Merchant Dr., Knoxville, TN, 37912, United States
Ask a Master Gardener Plant Clinic Table
Norwood Branch Library

When: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 10am to noon
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 10am to noon
Additional dates to TBA
Who: Free and open to the public
A team of Knox County Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Intern Training Committee Meeting
2025-09-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Intern Training Committee Meeting
1st & 3rd Monday each month at 10am…Join us!
All meetings will be held at the following Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83693767889?pwd=[REDACTED]
Log your TEMG hours as KCMG Intern Training Committee

Ebenezer Farm Market
2025-09-16 | Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37923, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at Ebenezer Road Farmers Market
Every Third Tuesday afternoon, April – Nov 2025
A team of gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Tellico Farm Market
2025-09-17, 2025-09-24, 2025-10-01, 2025-10-08, 2025-10-15 | Tellico Community Center, 202 Chota Rd, Louden, 37774, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at Tellico Village Farmers Market
Every Third Wednesday morning, April-October 2025
A team of gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

UT Ag Research Field Day
2025-09-18 | 3450 Maloney Road Knoxville 37920, 3450 Maloney Road, Knoxville, 37920
HORT, HOPS, AND CROPS Field Day
by UT AgResearch and Education Center
September 18, 2025, doors open at 8 a.m. EDT
ETREC Plant Science Unit, 3450 Maloney Road, Knoxville 37920
Registration now open: tiny.utk.edu/HortHopsandCrops25
Information: hort-hops-and-crops-field-day-2025
UT Agriculture Research is sponsoring a field day Thursday, September 18. This event is free and open to the public. Several events, talks, tours and exhibits will take place. This particular ag facility is involved in growing hops to determine viability as a Tennessee crop. Please pre-register at tiny.utk.edu/HortHopsandCrops25
For information about other UTIA events across the area: https://agresearch.tennessee.edu/field-days/

New Harvest Farm Market
2025-09-18 | New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane, Knoxville, TN, 37918, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at New Harvest Park Farmers Market
Thursday afternoon, September 18, 2025 @ 2:30-6pm
A team of gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Pavilion Farm Market
2025-09-18, 2025-09-25, 2025-10-02, 2025-10-09, 2025-10-16 | Harden Valley Event Center, 2620 Willow Point Way, Knoxville, TN, 37931, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at Pavilion Farmers Market
Every Thursday afternoon, June 5-October 30, 2025
A team of gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Dixie Lee Farm Market
2025-09-20, 2025-09-27, 2025-10-04, 2025-10-11 | Renaissance Plaza, 12740 Kingston Pike, Farragut, 37934, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at Dixie Lee Farmers Market
Every Saturday morning May-Oct 2025
Renaissance Plaza
A team of gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Market Square Farm Market
2025-09-20, 2025-09-24 | Market Square, Knoxville, 37902, United States
KCMG Ask a Master Gardener Table at Market Square Farmers Market
Saturday 8:30am- 1:15pm, September 20 & November 1, 2025
Wednesday 9:30am-1:15pm, September 24 & October 22, 2025
A team of Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions and discuss gardening topics of interest. Please stop by and join us for a chat.

Tree Walk @ KBGA
2025-09-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Tree Walk: Tree Health at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 9-11am

Join Lee Rumble, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent with UT-TSU Extension Knox County, for a walk about the Garden grounds and an opportunity to train your eye to tree health.

Register and get more information at knoxgarden.org.

Become a Master Gardener
2025-09-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Learn How to Become a Master Gardener Volunteer!
Do you love growing food and flowers? Want to learn best practices and share your wisdom? Have you ever wondered about how to become a Master Gardener Volunteer?
Plan to attend a free live Zoom presentation by UT-TSU Extension – Knox County Master Gardener Coordinator Rylan Thompson.

You will hear about volunteering in community gardens and projects, meet volunteers already involved in the program and learn how to participate in upcoming training classes led by horticultural specialists.
Please RSVP: cthomp55@tnstate.edu or call 865-215-2340

KCMG Informational flyer 2026

Wild Ones
2025-09-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum – Carriage House, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914
Wild Ones Smoky Mountains Chapter Monthly Seminar
Last Wednesday of Each Month at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm (Eastern Time)
The Carriage House at Knoxville Botanical Gardens
2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914 Map
Live Stream Available

Wild Ones chapters are a space where like-minded people gather to support each other in learning about landscaping with native plants and to share with others in their communities and networks about why it’s important to reintroduce native plants into public and private gardens and how to go about doing it.

Please visit the host website for details: https://smokymountains.wildones.org/

Smart Yards Festival
2025-09-27 09:00 - 13:00 | UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States

Gala @ KBGA
2025-09-28 17:00 - 21:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Green Thumb Gala at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Sunday, September 28, 2025 @ 5-9pm

In its 16th year, Green Thumb Gala is the largest fundraising event for Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. We invite you to gather for a memorable evening under the tent on the great lawn surrounded by iconic stone walls, a picturesque maple grove, and the magical Secret Garden.

Guests will enjoy a festive cocktail hour with a garden-inspired silent auction followed by a seated dinner, entertainment, and one-of-a-kind live auction.

For tickets, visit knoxgarden.org.

Preview Plant Sale UT Gardens
2025-10-03 16:00 - 19:00 | UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
Fabulous Fall Plant Sale
Friday & Saturday, October 3 & 4, 2025
UT Gardens, 2514 Jacob Drive, Knoxville
Fall is the best time to install many types of plants, and our sale is the best place to buy them! We will have a diverse selection of perennial flowers, shrubs, uncommon evergreens, native plants, houseplants, herbs, veggies and much more. Need planting and landscaping advice? Garden staff and Master Gardeners will be on hand to help customers with plant suggestions and general gardening advice. Be sure to stop by the East Tennessee Daffodil Society booth for quality bulbs and information.
A preview sale will be held on Friday, October 3, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. for all UT Gardens’ members, Gardens’ volunteers, and UT employees. Memberships can be renewed or purchased on Friday in order to attend the preview. The Plant Curators will have a booth on Friday only this year, so be sure to attend the preview sale if you are looking for unique, high quality houseplants. An additional perk of Gardens membership is a 10% discount off plant sale purchases; that perk will apply during the Friday preview sale as well as during the public sale on Saturday.
All sale proceeds benefit the UT Gardens, Knoxville.
Click below for our plant sale inventory (subject to change).
Plant Sale Inventory

Plant Sale UT Gardens
2025-10-04 09:00 - 14:00 | UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States

SB-Ferns
2025-10-09 10:30 - 11:30 | UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37919, United States
Speakers Bureau – Ferns and Fern Gardening: No Sun? No Problem! Let’s Talk Ferns!
Join Janet Cushman and Marian Phillips for an introduction to ferns, including fern history, interesting ferns and their habitats, fern life cycles, and growing ferns in East Tennessee gardens. They have worked with ferns for years in their gardens and will share some of their knowledge on how to prepare and encourage these beautiful plants to grow in your garden!
Free and open to the public.
