Garden Buzz | UT Gardens - The State Botanical Garden of Tennessee

Join us for a celebration in support of pollinator health, initiated and managed by Pollinator Partnership. Garden Buzz will offer participants opportunities to learn more about pollinators in Tennessee through educational sessions and to fill their gardens with locally grown plants that attract pollinators.

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The University of Tennessee Bee Campus Committee, a group comprised of UT faculty, staff and students, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and UT Gardens, invites communities across the state to celebrate Pollinator Week at a series of pollinator events on June 18, 2024.

Pollinator Week is an annual celebration in support of pollinator health, initiated and managed by Pollinator Partnership. Garden Buzz will offer participants opportunities to learn more about pollinators in Tennessee through educational sessions and to fill their gardens with locally grown plants that attract pollinators.

There will be Garden Buzz Pollinator Parties on June 18th across the state of Tennessee at all three UT Gardens locations. Pollinator Parties will include pollinator party pack giveaways while supplies last, education, and garden tours.

Each UT Gardens location will have its own event; plant selections and event activities may differ across the state.

To find out more about the Garden Buzz Pollinator Parties across the state, click below on the city name.

Decorative image with text about the event in Knoxville

Garden Buzz at UT Gardens, Knoxville will take place on June 18, 2024, from 5:30-7:00pm EST. The event is free and open to the public, and it will include: children’s activities, garden tours, honey tasting, information booths, insect display, and a pollinator party pack giveaway (while supplies last.)

Decorative image with text about Garden Buzz in Crossville

Garden Buzz at UT Gardens, Crossville, will take place on June 18, 2024. The event will be from 12:00-2:00pm CDT and is free and open to the public. It will include: children’s activities, Cumberland County beekeeping booth, NRCS seed giveaway, honey tasting, TN native butterfly information booth, and a pollinator party pack giveaway while supplies last.

Decorative image with text about Garden Buzz in Jackson.

Garden Buzz at UT Gardens, Jackson, will take place on June 18, 2024, from 12:00-1:30pm CDT. The event is free and open to the public. It will include: children’s crafts, honey tasting, Jackson beekeeping information, a Master Gardener booth, and a pollinator party pack giveaway while supplies last.

Read more about Garden Buzz 2023 at tva.com.

At the UT Gardens, we are always happy to support pollinator-friendly gardening. In Knoxville, we even have a certified Monarch Waystation and often have pollinator-related research projects throughout the Gardens.

Here are some great resources for pollinator-friendly gardening:

Pollinator Week was initiated and is managed by Pollinator Partnership, and fourteen years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. Pollinator Week has now grown into an international celebration, promoting the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies.

People across the planet have pledged to continue promoting pollinator health and well-being through their Pollinator Week events. Through the numerous virtual and in-person gatherings, webinars, planting sessions, garden and farm walks, and monument lightings, Pollinator Week 2024 is geared to be the busiest and best one yet! (from Pollinator.org)

Thank You!

Thank you to each of our partners that play an integral not only in Garden Buzz but also in supporting pollinators in our state.