Saturday, February 27, 2010

March and April Events, 2010

There will be an explosion of color and warmth soon, and along with that come many garden and plant events in Tennessee. There will be guided wildflower hikes, display shows, and plant sales. These plant sales are a great way to get good quality plants while supporting the various sponsoring groups.

I'll add more as I can, but for starters -


Nashville Lawn & Garden Show March 4-7 State Fairgrounds in Nashville

Nashville Rose Society Annual Pruning Party , open to the public! March 14, 10:00 AM
http://www.nashvillerosesociety.com/

DIRT! The Movie! a film about soil and our human relationship with it March 20 3PM at the downtown Nashville Public Library
http://npl.atiba.com/events/events.aspx?k=&d=1%2F6%2F2009&t=1%2F6%2F2010&ct=&cl=Main&ag= See the trailer here: http://dirtthemovie.org/


Middle Tennessee Daffodil Society Show March 27, 1:30-4:30 Cheekwood
http://www.cheekwood.org/Gardens/Garden_Shows_and_Lectures.aspx

Perennial Plant Sale April 10, 9AM State Fairgrounds in Nashville
http://www.ppsmt.com/

The annual Plant and Herb Sale, sponsored by the Herb Society of Nashville April 17, 9AM.
Sports Arena at the fairgrounds in Nashville. http://www.herbsocietynashville.org/events_open_to_the_public.htm

Trails and Trilliums, "A Celebration and Sale of Native Plants" April 17& 18, Sewanee TN
http://trails.sasweb.org/

Growild, Inc. Spring Open House Friday April 30 and Saturday May 1, 2010 From 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both days. Music, wonderful food, hayrides, bird, butterfly and wildlife walks and talks and beautiful gardens. http://www.growildinc.com/

The Elsie Quarterman Glade Festival, a celebration and study of cedar glades habitat, which is an ecosystem unique to Middle Tennessee April 30- May 1
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/Cedars/features/festival2010.shtml

NUMEROUS wildflower hikes in various Tennessee State Parks. Search your favorite park or try this site, which I just found:
http://www.blueshoenashville.com/wildflowers.html

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