One of my major goals last year was to find every garden resource in the Mid-South Area and put them all in one place. See the Memphis Horticultural Society link below. Being both an “information junkie and a galavanting gal”, I didn’t want to miss some amazing garden event because I heard about it too late. Now I feel pretty confident I’ve found most resources, but if I’ve left off your organization or have broken links, please let me know. I’m happy to add them here.
Check out these great garden links, pencil in future garden events on your calendar.
+ please mark May 19-20, 2018 on your calendar for the “3rd Annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk”
featuring Dr. Doug Tallamy on “Using Native Plants in the Urban Landscape”.
Garden Resources
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Check out Memphis Horticultural Society for COMPREHENSIVE LIST of all Mid-South garden resources.
- Buffalo Garden Walk ppt–coming soon
- Building/Crafts:
- Garden directions –build all things garden related
- Calendar Planting Guide:
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Assoc (MAMGA) –planting calendar for vegetables
- Another Planting Guide for Memphis
- Composting:
- Education: free or nominal cost, call ahead for details
- AIA Memphis — community lectures, bike rides,
- Bartlett Gardening Classes — great speakers, come early to get a seat
- Brooks Museum — often has 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 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.
- TN Naturalist Program — 40 hrs instruction,
- Shelby County Extension Office — classes, hotline, seminars, lunch + learn
- Shelby Farms Greenline Park — garden workshops, family healthy events
- Urban Earth Garden Center — twice-monthly classes garden talks, 9:30 + 1 pm
- West TN Urban Forestry Council – offers tree ID classes in Fall
- Garden Calculators:
- Native Plants:
- Native Plant Finder –type in your zip code, plants ranked by the number of species it helps.
- TN invasives + what to plant instead –extensive list
- Native Plants for dry shade
- Missouri Botanical plant list ABC with links
- TVA Native Plant Selector
- Tennessee Smart Yards
- Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
- TN Native Plant Society
- http://www.audobon.org/native-plants
- Plant Resources:
- 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 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)
Trees:
TV Garden Shows + online garden videos:
- Family Plot TV Show –Dr. Chris Cooper
- Nature of Conservation Show, Judith Rutschman–schedule
- Volunteer Gardener TV Show –past episodes available online
- In the Garden with Bryce Lane
- Designing Women: The Work of Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand
- Good Gardening Videos –extensive collection
- Growing a Greener World
- Central Texas Gardener –many great videos applicable to Memphis
- Garden Answer- succulents, containers, and much more
- The Victory Garden Series
- Library of American Landscape History –films, + more
- My Garden School
- Gardening Australia
- Around the Farmer’s Table -Wisconsin show-gardening, farming, cooking
- youtube has an extensive list of garden videos-check out these people/shows:
- Vegetables:
2 responses to “Memphis Garden Goldmine Revealed!”
Hi, I’m Pam Ellis with the Crittenden County Master Gardeners and we are planning a seminar at First Baptist Church of Marion on Saturday, September 14 from 9-6. The title is “From Garden to Goodies”. We are really excited about our program and would appreciate any publicity you could give us. I have attached our cover letter and publicity pamphlet. Please feel free to make any copies necessary and share with whomever you like. Thank you for your help.
Hi Pam,
We’re happy to promote your event and look forward to attending in September. Please resend the attached cover letter and publicity pamphlet to kimhalyak@me.com since I can’t view it.
Thanks for sharing. Kim