LEARNING
Hungry for GARDEN LEARNING?
Whether you’re a novice or master gardener, there are numerous GARDEN LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES every month of the year in the MidSouth. Many are free or cost a nominal fee. Check them out!
If we’ve left off a GARDEN LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, please include it in the comment section below and we’ll add it to our page. Thank you!
FIELD TRIPS-
- P. Allen Smith Home/Garden Tours — Little Rock, AR
- Strawberry Plains Audubon Center — Holly Springs, MS
- Swan Conservation Trust — Summertown, TN,
- The Farm, – Summertown, TN
- UT Gardens Jackson — Jackson, TN, West TN Research & Education Center
FLOWER and GARDEN SHOWS-
- Antiques + Garden Show — Nashville, TN (Feb)
- Annual Daffodil Show — Dixon Gallery & Gardens (March)
- Arkansas Flower + Garden Show — Little Rock, ARK (Mar)
- Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show – Knoxville, TN (Feb)
- Home Show of the MidSouth – Memphis, TN (Feb), TN (Apr)
- Master Your Garden Expo – Chattanooga
- Nashville Lawn + Garden Show — Nashville, TN (Mar)
FORUMS-
GARDEN SPEAKERS-
- Cooper-Young Garden Club – beautification ideas, starting a garden walk, and more.
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Speakers’ Bureau – list of topics, contact Memphis Area Master Gardeners
GARDEN TALKS-
Free or Nominal Fee
- AIA Memphis — community lectures, bike rides,
- Bartlett Gardening Classes — great speakers, come early to get a seat
- Brooks Museum — lectures on landscaping, home decor
- Dixon Gallery + Gardens — Wkly lunch + learn, speakers, symposiums, workshops, tours
- Germantown Farm Park — classes, tours, workshops
- Germantown Library Calendar — often has garden talks
- Memphis Area Master Gardener’s Hotline–901-752-1207, 7777 Walnut Grove Rd., Agricenter, Wing B
- Memphis Botanic Garden Calendar -lunch + learn, workshops,
- Memphis Public Library Main Branch — events calendar, often has garden class
- Memphis Tilth— check for upcoming events
- Millington Farmer’s Market– garden seminars May-Oct.
- Palladio Garden – 2x monthly garden talks 10am
- Shelby County Extension Office — classes, hotline, seminars, lunch + learn
- Shelby Farms Greenline Park — garden workshops, family healthy events
- TN Naturalist Program — 40 hrs instruction,
- Urban Earth Garden Center — twice-monthly classes garden talks, 9:30 + 1 pm
- West TN Urban Forestry Council – offers tree ID classes in Fall
- Wolf River Conservancy – summer lecture series
GARDEN TALKS – OUT OF TOWN
- Annual Williamsburg Garden Symposium – (April)
- Davidson Horticultural Symposium – (March) Davidson College, Davidson, NC
- Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium – (April) Woodstock, Vermont
- Historic Garden Walk – (April) Virginia
- Southern Gardens Symposium – (October) St. Francisville, LA
NATURE HIKES-
PLANT SALES-
- Bartlett City Plant Sale — April
- Dixon Gardens Plant Sale: (April)
- Bobby Lanier Farm Park Fruit Tree Sale--Germantown, (March)
- Fayette Cares Plant Sale: (April), Oakland
- Grow Memphis Edible Plant Sale (April)
- Lichterman Nature Center Plant Sale – (April)
- Mid-South Daffodil Society Bulb Sale – (November)
- Mid-South Hosta Plant Sale — (May)
- Memphis Botanic Gardens Plant Sale (April)
- Tipton County Master Gardeners Plant Sale (March)
- Zonta Club of Memphis— annual plant sale (April)
PLANT SWAPS-
- West TN Gardeners Swap Group — (FB)
- Lichterman Nature Center annual seed swap + sale — (January)
- 2nd Annual “That Hippie Seed Swap” in Memphis — (February)
TAXONOMY-
- Plant Latin Dictionary
- Illustrated Guide to Botanical Terms
- Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
- Fine Gardening-Pronunciation Guide with audio
- Virginia Tech-Meanings of Latin Names — click on name for picture + more information
- Plant Families
- Botany Word of the Day – An illustrated guide to botany terms.
- Overplanted.org – Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
TOURS AND WALKS-
- Central Gardens Home + Garden Tour (Sept)
- Collierville Garden Tour – (June)
- Cooper Young Garden Walk — (3rd weekend in May) one of largest, most eclectic in the South
- Through our Garden Gates — (June) Memphis Area Master Gardeners
- Mid-South Hydrangea Society — (June)
Out of town
- Buffalo Garden Walk – largest in USA
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival – July
- Capital Hill House and Garden Tour –
- Garden Walk Cleveland – Cleveland, OH (July)
- Gardens for Connoisseurs – Atlanta, Ga (Mother’s Day weekend)Newport Garden Walk
- Miami Beach Garden Tour – Miami, FL (March)
- Sacred Heart Garden Festival – (April) Augusta, GA
- Sheffield Garden Walk and Music Tour – Chicago, IL (May)
- West Seattle Garden Tour – June