The University of Tennessee Gardens
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May and June Educational Classes - Knoxville
The UT Gardens offers a variety of classes for children, families, and adults throughout the year.
Click here for more information about our May classes (pdf).
Click here for more information about our June classes (pdf).
Books and Blooms is back! Every Thursday at 10:30 A.M in the Knoxville Garden.
This popular event returns again for 2012 and features stories, songs, and crafts for the younger set. The event is free and open to the public. If you would like to be put on an email list to receive a weekly reminder about Books and Blooms, please email Derrick Stowell at: dstowell@utk.edu
Summer Garden Discovery Camps - Register Today!
The UT Gardens is excited to present a fun-filled summer of day camps for children 4 to 12! Each camp will explore a different garden topic and includes fun activities and take home projects.
Click here to download a copy of our 2012 camp schedule
To register, please contact Derrick Stowell at 865-974-7151 or email dstowell@utk.edu.
Hydrangea Symposium - UT Gardens Jackson
Friday June 1st and Saturday, June 2nd. A two-day event featuring an exciting plant sale offering a large selection of new and hard-to-find hydrangeas. Friday, enjoy a propagation workshop plus demonstrations on pruning, drying, and arranging hydrangeas. Saturday, experience tours of exceptional private gardens followed by presentations on a colorful array of topics relating to hydrangeas.
Cost: Full registration - $80, Friday only - $30, Saturday only - $60. Registration deadline is May 4th. For a full description and schedule of events and a link to register online, click here.
UT Farmers Market (Knoxville) - Starts May 16th
Come picnic in the gardens, buy your groceries, listen to local music and mingle!
The UT Farmers Market will be held Wednesdays from 4-7 p.m. at the UT Gardens on Neyland Drive from May 16, 2012 to October 24, 2012. Fresh produce, local food (including UT Culinary Institute creations), entertainment, children's events, educational information and more...
If you are interested in participating as a vendor, please click here.
Professional Photography Policy
The UT Gardens in Knoxville are proud to provide an attractive venue and colorful setting that has become a popular location for all types of photography in the East Tennessee region. Considerable materials and labor are required to maintain the Gardens to the high standard that has attracted so many professional photographers to use the Gardens in their work.
As a result, starting March 1, 2011, the UT Gardens will implement the following Professional Photography policy. ‘Professional Photographer’ being defined as one who charges a fee for their services.
Professional photographers who wish to take advantage of the UT Gardens’ as part of their commercial work are asked to become Friends of the UT Gardens at the $100 level or above. These funds will directly support the maintenance and upkeep of the UT Gardens. Membership information is available at http://utgardens.tennessee.edu/membership.html.
Photographers who do not wish to become Friends of the UT Gardens at this level may schedule photo shoots on the grounds for a fee of $35 per hour. Non-member (commercial) photographers who bring clients to the UT Gardens without scheduling in advance, or without paying the sitting fee, may be asked to leave the grounds.
The full policy may be viewed here.
UT Gardens T-Shirts and Note Cards - Now Available
Visit the eMarketplace of the UT Institute of Agriculture to order your UT Gardens logo t-shirt, spring or fall notecard set, or garden poster. Proceeds from all sales benefit the UT Gardens.
UT Gardens Knoxville Volunteers
The UT Gardens Volunteer Program has resumed our weekly sessions - your chance to work with garden staff each Tuesday or Thursday morning from 9-12. To learn how you can join in these work sessions, contact Beth Willis at ewillis2@utk.edu; 974-2712
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Thanks due to Spring Meadow Nursery and Netherland Bulb Co.
Spring Meadow Nursery and Netherland Bulb Co. recently made large donations of plant materials to the UT Gardens. Their generous support is greatly appreciated!
Dogwood Arts Festival Presents Bazillion Blooms
Bazillion Blooms is a Dogwood Tree planting program to beautify our East Tennessee communities, improve the health of our environment and foster community support and pride in our beloved native dogwood. For more information, click here
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Corona is the official tool sponsor of the UT Gardens.
Dramm provides a portion of the watering tools used in the UT Gardens.
Contact The UT Gardens
UT Gardens
Department of Plant Sciences
252 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-8265
Fax: (865) 974-1947
Email: utgardens@utk.edu
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