Events

Unfortunately, we must reschedule Wednesday, September 24’s speaker, Krista of Homegrown National Park, due to unforeseen illness. We really want you to have the opportunity to meet Krista, the face of the organization, and we will let you know as soon as we have the event rescheduled.

In lieu of this event, we are holding an impromptu potluck and native plant donation at the Carriage House on Wednesday instead. Please bring native plants to donate to Fulton High School Garden and Arboretum and if you don't have a plant to bring, bring your favorite dish to share instead. We will also provide beverages and food, too.

This is a great opportunity to get to know each other better and donate our native plants to a great cause. See below for all of the details. 
 

We need donations of your native plants for:

Who: Fulton High School Gardens & Arboretum!
When: Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 24

Where: Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum’s Carriage House, 2649 Boyd’s Bridge Pike

Why: Our member, Karen Clements Wilkinson, started this garden several years ago, and even though she is retired now, she still works with the kids at Fulton HS to grow food and get them interested in the outdoors. 

In the past year, Karen got the native plant bug - and she took it to heart, going big with planting natives, when prior to that, she’d focused on “traditional” gardening. She’s accomplished SO much in just a year - she says she has seen so many butterflies and other cool insects that she’d never seen there, prior to planting a lot of natives.

Karen and Fulton High School recently won Native Plant Rescue Squad’s “Sassafras Award” in the community category!

It’s time to expand the garden’s diversity - it’s a big place, so she is in need of a lot of plant material to make a big impact for 2026!

Please label your plants if you can, and bring them to the seminar! No plant is too large, too small, or too unruly - she will take them all!