It’s a party to learn the art of Kokedama!  This Japanese garden art uses the practice of taking the root ball of a plant and suspending it in a mud ball, which is then coated with soft green moss. It is a living planter as well as a distinctive display piece. BYO drinks and snacks for a fun night out and take home your own hanging garden! Open to first 25 participants. MBG Members $20/Non-Members $30. Register online here.

Chris Emanus, Grounds and Landscape Manager at the Dixon and Garden, will discuss fall care of your fescue lawn. The workshop will include how and when to overseed, how to water, and the specifics of care and maintenance. Each participant will receive a worksheet to take home.

Join us for this presentation by Margie Hunter -- writer, gardener, hiker, and an aspiring amateur botanist and naturalist from Nashville, TN.  Her book, Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee: The Spirit of Place, was published in 2002 by University of Tennessee Press, and her website is www.gardeningwithnativeplants.com.  She loves the natural history of Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains in particular.  Her blog, the Smokies Blog, follows her quest to hike all the trails in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park  (www.hikinginthesmokies.wordpress.com).