Knox County Master Gardener

Dixie Lee Farm Market
2025-09-20, 2025-09-13, 2025-09-06, 2025-08-30, 2025-08-23 | 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.

Pavilion Farm Market
2025-09-18, 2025-09-11, 2025-09-04, 2025-08-28 | 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.

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.

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/

Tellico Farm Market
2025-09-17, 2025-09-10, 2025-09-03, 2025-08-27, 2025-08-20 | 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.

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.

Intern Training Committee Meeting
2025-09-15 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Plant Clinic - Norwood
2025-09-13 10:00 - 12:00 | 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.

KGBA Litter Pick-Up
2025-09-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Knoxville Botanical Gardens Area Litter Pick-Up
Please join volunteers from Knox County Master Gardeners and Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum (KBGA) for a litter pick-up on the streets surrounding KBGA.
Time: Saturday, September 13, 2025, 9:00 AM to noon
Location: Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville
Parking: The sign-in table and parking will be across the street from the Martha Ashe Garden on Wimpole Avenue.
Keep Knoxville Beautiful will provide the following equipment:
• Litter Pickers • Gloves • Safety Vests • Trash Bags
We recommend wearing long pants and all volunteers must wear closed-toe shoes. Please bring your own sunscreen, bug protection, and water.
We welcome people of any age who wish to lend a helping hand. After the pick-up take a walk through the Botanical Gardens and enjoy the fall blooming plants. There is no admission fee at the Botanical Gardens.
KCMG members may record volunteer work and travel time and mileage as KBGA.

SB-Garden Photography
2025-09-11 10:30 - 11:30 | UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37919, United States
Speakers Bureau: Polishing your Photography Skills – Where to Start
Join Elle Colquitt as she shows us how to showcase our gardens through photography. She will discuss how composition, color, light, and backgrounds can be used to either isolate or interact with the subject. Also to be discussed, how to look for graceful lines, curves, patterns, and textures within individual flowers, plants, or garden elements in order to capture their unique beauty and essence.
Free and open to the public.
photo by Elle Colquitt

Butterfly Festival
2025-09-06 10:00 - 13:00 | UT Arboretum, 901 South Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, 37830, United States
10th Annual UT Arboretum Butterfly Festival
by UT AgResearch and UT Arboretum Society
September 6, 2025, 9:30 a.m. EDT – Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center – UT Arboretum Auditorium (Oak Ridge)
The 2025 UT Arboretum Butterfly Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 6th, 10am-1pm.
The event is a cooperative educational endeavor to provide opportunities for the public to learn from the UT Insect Zoo, two butterfly tents, lectures, and children’s art activities ways we can protect our pollinators.
More details about this event can be found here: website.
$5 cash/car.
For information about other UTIA events across the area: https://agresearch.tennessee.edu/field-days/
photo credit: Jan Gangwer

Guided Walk @ Collier
2025-09-06 09:00 - 10:00 | Collier Preserve, 316 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN, 37849, United States
Collier Preserve Presents: Guided Nature Walk
Saturday, September 6 @ 9-10am

Take a 1/2 mile walk in the woods with a Master gardener! Meet at the Powell Branch Library next door where there is plenty of parking. Additional parking available across he street at Powell Methodist Church on far right side of parking lot.
Free and open to the public.

Symphony @ KBGA
2025-09-04 17:30 - 21:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
“Baroque at the Botanical” at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Thursday, September 4, 2025 @ 5:30-9pm

In partnership with the Knoxville Symphony, the KBGA hosts a free evening of music that invites the community to discover pockets of music throughout four garden spaces on the property.
Event is free. Wells BBQ picnic dinners available for purchase until 7.

For full details, visit knoxgarden.org.

Sunflowers @ KBGA
2025-09-01 09:00 - 13:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Labor Day Sunflower Project at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Monday, September 1, 2025 @ 9am-1pm

The Labor Day Sunflower Project is a participatory celebration of collective work, bringing together the individual efforts of many for the enjoyment of all with live music, food, lots of flowers, friends, neighbors, and a uniquely Knoxville art installation to create. See knoxgarden.org for more details.

Wild Ones
2025-08-27 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/

Become a Master Gardener
2025-08-27 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

Garden Classroom
2025-08-23 13:30 - 16:00 | Corryton Community Center, 9331 Davis Drive, Corryton, TN, 37721, United States
KCMG Garden Classroom
Keeping Soil Covered and Native Plants
If you are interested in learning more about how to improve your soil, native plants and landscape design, you will want to join this class.
The class will be Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Corryton Community Center, 9331 Davis Drive, Corryton, TN from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM.
Light refreshments and drinks provided. A raffle will be held at the end of class. Seats are limited to 25 on a first to register basis.
Registration is required: Please email classroom@knoxcountymastergardener.org if you would like to attend.

Plant Health Workshop
2025-08-22 10:00 - 12:00 | UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States
UT Gardens presents:
Plant Health Monitoring – How You Can Help!
The focus is on pest ID and management.
In a world of global trade and changing climate there are more frequent new threats to plant health, and early detection is the key to successful management. Participating in this workshop will help you to recognize signs of these pests and diseases and to know how to react. Presentations from UT Gardens Education Coordinator Whitney Hale and Dr. Midhula Gireesh, UTIA Extension Specialist in entomology, will cover national, regional, and garden-specific efforts in plant health monitoring.
Register here: https://utgardens.wildapricot.org/event-6241905
This free event will be held in the South Greenhouse, Room 124. It counts as 2 CEUs for Pest and Disease Management.
photo by Elle Colquitt

Guided Walk @ Collier
2025-08-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Collier Preserve, 316 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN, 37849, United States
Collier Preserve Presents: Guided Nature Walk
Tuesday, August 19 @ 7-8pm
Take a 1/2 mile walk in the woods with a Master gardener! Meet at Collier Preserve parking lot next door to Powell Branch Library.
Free and open to the public.
