Do You Need Advice? The Fall Gardeners’ Festival Is Coming Up

Aug 11, 2025


This year’s Fall Gardeners’ Festival has been planned to be bigger than those prior, with 16 scheduled presentations on Aug. 26.

The UT Gardens, Crossville — in collaboration with the Cumberland County Master Gardeners — will host the day-long event at Plateau AgResearch and Education Center.

This free event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with registration beginning at 8 a.m., for those not pre-registered.

Featured at the event are educational presentations and demonstrations, workshops, wagon tours of the Plateau Center and exhibits.

The 16 tent presentations include:

• Making the Most of Your Home Greenhouse
• Tennessee Vegetable Garden Trial Favorites
• Tips and Tricks for a Successful Fall Garden
• Raised Beds and Container Gardening
• Sustainable Landscape Design
• Invasive Plants of Tennessee
• Fruit for the Home Garden
• Understanding Soil Health
• How to Grow a Cutting Garden
• Living Screens for the Landscape
• Herbs: Creative Culinary Companions
• Home Turf Advantage: Winning at Lawn Care
• Pollinator and Plant Companions of Tennessee
• Duds and Studs: Woody Ornamental Plant Selection
• Friends in the Shade: Keeping Your Hosta Company
• Garden Defenders: Beneficial Insects in Your Landscape

The first 500 attendees will receive a UT goody bag.

For more information and to register, visit the Cumberland County Master Gardeners website: ccmga.org. The festival is listed under the “programs” tab.
 

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