Events

Winner of the Native Plant Rescue Squad's Sassafras Award!

Over the past 12 years, Wild Ones member Karen Wilkinson has designed and installed 4 garden areas at Fulton High School, and is in the process of converting them to native plantings, with over 100 species and varieties so far. She will take us on a tour, describing her process, successes and challenges.

Register here (includes parking instructions): https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sassafras-award-winner-fulton-high-school-garden-tour

Wild Ones Smoky Mountains invites you to our first-annual Bioblitz and Picnic at the Meadow! The Wildlife Meadow at Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum is one of its most important but often overlooked installations. Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch for your group, and dine "al fresco" with other nature lovers after having some fun observing native bees, butterflies and other cool insects just doing their thing! We will gather at 9 a.m. to learn about the meadow's history and ecology, then we'll Bioblitz two portions of it - photographing as much life as we collectively can - until picnic time! While we eat, we'll upload the photos to iNaturalist so that KBGA, and future ecology researchers, will have a permanent snapshot of the meadow and its life in 2026.

More info to come!

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!