Chapters in Tennessee

When: December 6, 2025 at 9:00am (meet at 8:45am near the Carriage House parking lot)

Address: 2749 Boyds Bridge Pike, Knoxville (this version of address works best for GPS)

Register for this volunteer session here.

Join us for a day of community service and environmental stewardship as we give back to Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum! In appreciation for KBGA's generosity in providing us with a free seminar space, we will remove invasive plants outside the historic Carriage House. Wild Ones will have staff on hand to assist in identifying invasive plants. 

What to Expect:
We will be focusing on the removal of invasive plant species to help preserve the natural beauty and health of the gardens. This is a “rain or shine” event, unless there are severe storms predicted (if so, we will notify you.)

This is a wonderful opportunity to:

learn to identify invasive plant speciesconnect with like-minded community memberscontribute to the upkeep of a cherished local landmark. 

Dress: Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing that you don't mind getting dirty. 

Refreshments: Wild Ones will provide sustenance to keep our volunteers energized and hydrated throughout the event. We'll have pizza from Baker Boys once we finish, just after noon! Please register so we know how many people to feed!
Register for this volunteer session here (if you didn't already do so above!)

Equipment:
Bring work gloves if you have them (we have some). All other tools will be provided, but if you have personal tools you prefer, please label them well and feel free to bring them.

Whether you're an experienced gardener or just looking to spend a day outdoors, your efforts will make a significant difference.

We look forward to seeing you and working together to support Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum!

We tend to think that gardening happens in spring and summer. Our view of fall is all about the striking colours of trees, mostly maples. However, fall offers an abundance of garden interest in the form of flowers and foliage colors, along with displays from berries and seed heads that overflow into the winter season. With the addition of attractive bark and silhouettes from woody plants, we will explore these attributes that are overlooked during the other seasons.

Snow Ferreniea is English, learning initially about plants and gardening from her parents, both of whom were avid gardeners. She received her formal education in horticulture in England. Coming to America in the 70’s, she continued to pursue her passion for plants, especially native ones, as a professional horticulturist. Snow was director of horticulture at Garden in the Woods. She has also worked at the New Your Botanical Garden, Holden Arboretum and Wayside Gardens.

The Wild Ones Appalachian Highlands Chapter and the Washington County Master Gardeners are co-sponsoring this talk. 

More details soon. 

Everyone is welcome!

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

Board Meeting.