Special Events are Coming Up!
Garlic Fest
Saturday Sep 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
Cumberland County Complex Fairgrounds 1398 Livingston Road, Crossville, TN
UT Gardens, Knoxville- Fabulous Fall Plant Sale
A preview sale will be held on Friday, October 3 from 4-7pm for UT Gardens’ members, active UT Gardens’ volunteers, and UT employees For Everybody on Saturday, October 4, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. 2506 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN
Master Gardeners of Hamilton County, Fall Garden Festival
October 11, 2025 (RAIN DATE: OCTOBER 25)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
October Sky Festival
October 18th. Oliver Springs
Knoxville Botanical Garden Plant Sale
October 26th. 1-5pm.
We grow our plants with 45 years of combined experience!
Plant Care Instructions
Tropical Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes
Also called “Monkey Cups”, these tropical plants are native to southeastern Asia. They grow well as house plants as long as they receive ample amount of light to produce their exquisite pitchers. Artificial light can be beneficial especially in winter time to keep them happy and producing their traps.
Butterworts -Pinguicula
Tropical Sundews - Drosera
Sundews come in many sizes and shapes but some are much hardier and forgiving. Watering is super easy on these; always standing on a saucer of (rain/purified/ro-) water. Fungus gnats, fruit flies and house flies are mainly on their dinner plate.
Venus Flytrap, US Native Pitcher Plants - Sarracenia, Native Sundews
Apparently rarely seen in full glory; these natives boast in full sun. Just not in our garden soil! Feeding is not necessary as they are so effective in catching their own food they will start to suffer from indigestion come late fall!
“The biggest reason people fail with their carnivorous plants is wrong care instructions! “I had a flytrap and it died-conversation usually leads to hearing “it was kept inside” - well it belongs outside! :-)”