Knox County Master Gardener

Dixie Lee Farm Market
2025-08-23, 2025-08-16 | 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.

Plant Health Workshop
2025-08-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Tellico Farm Market
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.

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.

Ebenezer Farm Market
2025-08-19 | 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.

Smart Yard @ KBGA
2025-08-18 17:30 - 19:30 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum – Carriage House, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914
Sprout Your Smart Yard Workshop at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Monday, August 18, 2025 @ 5:30-7:30pm
Meet at the KBGA Carriage House
2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914

Master Gardener Mona Yethiraj invites you to take steps toward certifying your landscape as a Tennessee Smart Yard, in balance with the local environment for the benefit of both people and our ecosystem.

Registration fee $15. Attendees will receive a complimentary soil test, a downspout diverter, two native plants, and a free Smart Yards sign upon completing the residential certification. Learn practical tips and get inspired to create a more sustainable landscape. Learn more about the program: tnyards.utk.edu.

Details and registration at knoxgarden.org

Soil & Natives
2025-08-16 13:30 - 16:00 | Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Ashville Highway, Knoxville, 37914, United States
KCMG Garden Classroom is offering a free class about 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 16, 2025 at Burlington Library,4614 Asheville Highway, Knoxville, 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 Clinic - Norwood
2025-08-16 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.

Yoga @ KBGA
2025-08-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Yoga Class at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 10-11am
Meet at the Visitors Center
2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

Outdoor yoga class hosted by Yoga6 Bearden benefitting KBGA.
Details and registration at knoxgarden.org

Hummingbird Festival
2025-08-16 | Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, 37920, United States
Ijams Hummingbird Festival

Celebrate all things wings!
Join the fun of the Ijams Hummingbird Festival: A Celebration of Wings presented by Wild Birds Unlimited Knoxville on Aug. 16! Experience birds up close, learn from local bird nerds, enjoy guided walks and dip netting, shop in a curated marketplace, and more!
There are separate fees for parking, admission and workshops.

For tickets and more information: https://www.ijams.org/ijams-hummingbird-festival

SB-Moss
2025-08-14 10:30 - 11:30 | UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37919, United States
Speakers Bureau Public Talk
Embracing Moss: A Green Touch for Our Community
Rosanne Smith and Jean Hess – two Knox County Master Gardeners who have cultivated moss and talked about it for years now – plan to give a seminar on moss appreciation and care. Local Knoxville artist Robert Thompson will let us share fine photographs from his own moss garden. Knoxville moss afficianodas are also invited to join us.
Free and open to the public.
photo credit: Jan Gangwer

Garden Classroom
2025-08-09 11:30 - 14:30 | South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike, Knoxville, 37920, United States
KCMG Garden Classroom
Basic Principles of Gardening
The class suitable for new gardeners as well as those wanting a refresher with research-based information. The Plan/Prep, Plant/Pamper, and Problems/Pest information will include special emphasis on native plants.
The class will be Saturday, August 9, 2025 at South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike, Knoxville TN from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
Light refreshments and drinks provided. A raffle will be held at the end of class.
Free and open to the public. Seats are limited to 25 on a first to register basis. A minimum of 10 registrants is needed for the class to take place.
Registration is required: Please email classroom@knoxcountymastergardener.org if you would like to attend.

Perennials @ KBGA
2025-08-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Perennial Plant Care Class at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Saturday, August 9, 2025 @ 10am-noon
Meet at the Visitors Center
2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

Learn about perennial care, including planting, pruning, dividing and mulching.
Details and registration at knoxgarden.org

Guided Walk @ Collier
2025-08-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Collier Preserve, 316 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN, 37849, United States
Collier Preserve Presents: Guided Nature Walk
Saturday, August 2 @ 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.

Wild Ones
2025-07-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-25 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 Yard @ KBGA
2025-07-28 17:30 - 19:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum – Carriage House, 2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN, 37914
Sprout Your Smart Yard Workshop at
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Monday July 28, 2026 @ 5:30-7:00pm
Meet at the KBGA Carriage House
2649 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914

Led by local Master Gardeners, this workshop invites you to take steps toward certifying your landscape as a Tennessee Smart Yard, a yard that is in balance with the local environment for the benefit of both people and our ecosystem.
Visit knoxgarden.org/events for details and tickets.
Learn more about the program at tnyards.utk.edu.

Plant Clinic - Norwood
2025-07-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-21 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, June 21, 2025, 10am to noon
Saturday, July 19, 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.

Garden Classroom
2025-07-18 13:30 - 15:30 | Beardsley Farm, 1741 Reynolds St., Knoxville, TN, 37921, United States
KCMG Garden Classroom

KCMG Garden Classroom is offering a free Diseases and Pests class suitable for new summer vegetable gardeners as well as those wanting a refresher with research-based information. There will be one hour of class instruction followed by hands-on time in the garden to identify problems and strategize integrated pest and disease management solutions.

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.

Guided Walk @ Collier
2025-07-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Collier Preserve, 316 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN, 37849, United States
Collier Preserve Presents: Guided Nature Walk
Two walks this month:
Morning walk on Saturday, July 5 @ 9-10am and
Evening stroll on Tuesday, July 15 @ 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.

Garden Classroom
2025-07-12 09:30 - 11:30 | Payne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church, 2714 Martin Luther King Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37914, United States

SB-Pest Management
2025-07-10 10:30 - 11:30 | UT Extension Eastern Region Office, 1801 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN, 37919, United States
Speakers Bureau Public Talk
Integrated Pest Management
Join Master Gardener Amy Haun to learn about best pest management techniques.
Free and open to the public.

Tree Rest @ KBGA
2025-06-21 10:00 - 13:30 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Tree Rest at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Saturday, June 21 @ 10am-1:30pm
Meet at the Visitors Center
2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

Bring your lawn chair! This is a perfect opportunity for those interested in trees but less keen on a walk to enjoy the Garden’s collection. Join Board Member & former KBGA staff, Dan Steinhoff, for a discussion and exploration of trees right from the comfort of your seat.

Register at knoxgarden.org.

Solstice Dinner @ KBGA
2025-06-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Summer Solstice Dinner
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Friday, June 20 @ 7-10pm
2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

Info and tickets at knoxgarden.org

Guided Walk @ Collier
2025-06-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Rd, Powell, 37849, United States
Collier Preserve Presents: Guided Nature Walk
Saturday, June 7 @ 11am-noon and
Tuesday, June 17 @ 11am-noon
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.

Native Plant Walk @ KBGA
2025-06-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914, United States
Native Plant Walk at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Saturday, June 14, 2025 @ 10am-noon
Meet at the Visitors Center
2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

Details and registration at knoxgarden.org

Horticulture Office Hours
2025-06-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Horticulture “Office Hours”
“Office Hours” is a Live, Hour-Long Visit Where Our Extension Horticulture Team Answers YOUR Timely Landscape, Lawn, and Garden Questions!
We kick off our 2025 Series Friday June the 13th!
Topic: Early summer questions and answers for whatever you are seeing in veggie gardens, lawns, and landscapes.
So, join us at 10 eastern/9 central for a fun and interactive question and answer about all plants and gardens in Tennessee and sign up for our email communication list!
Send us your questions about early summer planting, management and pest and disease issues – we’ll answer them LIVE Friday morning!
Enter Questions HERE:
This is an online question portal where you can input your question along with useful photos.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/95830837652
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Or Telephone:
Dial:
US: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799
Webinar ID: 958 3083 7652
