Upcoming events
A Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner
Come enjoy a delicious meal (or take one to go!) prepared by Garden neighbors and local chefs, Tor and Romoke Ajanaku of Kiangas Kitchen.
SoundBath Meditation
Experience the combined benefits of meditation and soundbath in this 60-minute immersive session, which support mental and physical well-being.
Holiday Open House
Join us as we kick off the holiday season. Stop by anytime 5-8PM for a glass of wine and an opportunity to shop from a delightful selection of botanically inspired offerings in the Garden’s gift shop. We look forward to seeing you!
Fall Pollinator Walk
Join Board Member & Master Gardener Susan Kiss for an exploration of the garden landscape through the lens of pollination. Come learn about what makes a landscape prime for pollinators while you take a stroll through the gardens.
Fall Festival
The Garden’s annual community celebration featuring hay rides, music, crafts, games, food & artisan vendors and more.
Saturday Monthly Story Thyme
Join us for our monthly version of Story Thyme! Our preschool program features engaging stories, nature exploration, hands-on gardening, crafts and other activities that nurture the youngest gardeners and their grownups.
Green Thumb Gala
The Garden’s largest annual fundraiser is a celebration of the seasons supporting the Garden’s mission to grow gardens, honor history and cultivate community. Tickets coming soon.
Saturday Monthly Story Thyme
Join us for our monthly version of Story Thyme! Our preschool program features engaging stories, nature exploration, hands-on gardening, crafts and other activities that nurture the youngest gardeners and their grownups.
Smoky Mountain Orchid Society Show
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is proud to partner with the Smoky Mountain Orchid Society (SMOS) for their annual juried show. Come enjoy a magical display of unique orchid specimens at the Garden’s Dogwood Center.
Smoky Mountain Orchid Society Show
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is proud to partner with the Smoky Mountain Orchid Society (SMOS) for their annual juried show. Come enjoy a magical display of unique orchid specimens at the Garden’s Dogwood Center.
Haydn in the Garden
Music begins at 7pm.
Join us for an evening of music and food in the gardens. Tarik’s North African cuisine will offer delicious dinner options 5-7pm and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra musicians will delight you with a progressive concert beginning at 7pm that moves through multiple garden spaces. This event is free and open to the public. Please bring your own chairs/blanket for picnicking and enjoying the music. For more information and to see a map of the performance locations, please visit the KSO website.
Labor Day Sunflower Project
The Labor Day Sunflower Project is a celebration of collective work, bringing together the individual efforts of many for the enjoyment of all. Bring your native, domesticated, cultivar, nativar, sunflowers and sunflower seed heads to Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum on Labor Day morning. Cut your flowers and seed heads with an 18 inch stem to help us as together we weave them into a massive circle of flowers representing the beauty created by our collective labor. There will be live music, food, lots of flowers, friends, neighbors, and a uniquely Knoxville art installation to create.
SoundBath Meditation
Experience the combined benefits of meditation and soundbath in this 60-minute immersive session, which support mental and physical well-being.
Saturday Monthly Story Thyme
Join us for our monthly version of Story Thyme! Our preschool program features engaging stories, nature exploration, hands-on gardening, crafts and other activities that nurture the youngest gardeners and their grownups.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Kids' Terrariums
Join Plant Curators for a hands-on class for the youngest plant lovers. Children ages 5 and up will create their very own terrarium. All materials will be provided and each participant will take home their own creation.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Natural Indigo Dyeing
Join Riley Douglas of the Museum of Infinite Outcomes at Knoxville Botanical Garden for an all-inclusive natural dyeing class. Participants will focus on the learning process of indigo dye using salt and the oxidation process of the plant itself. This class is excellent for beginners, dyers, or folks who want to dip into the history behind the hues of blues.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your June Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Orchid Care & Repotting
Richard Gettings of the Smoky Mountains Orchid Society will lead a demonstration workshop for the proper care and repotting techniques for orchids. Whether you have orchids of your own or are just curious, this is bound to be a class full of useful and delightful information. If you have questions about your own orchid, you are invited to bring your specimen along for expert advise and tips.
Summer Pollinator Walk
Join Board Member & Master Gardener Susan Kiss for an exploration of the garden landscape through the lens of pollination. Come learn about what makes a landscape prime for pollinators while you take a stroll through the gardens.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your June Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Saturday Monthly Story Thyme
Join us for our monthly version of Story Thyme! Our preschool program features engaging stories, nature exploration, hands-on gardening, crafts and other activities that nurture the youngest gardeners and their grownups.
Yoga in the Garden
Start your June Saturdays off with an hour of slow flow power yoga in the garden.
Birding Walk
Join Ranger Clare Dattilo of Seven Islands State Birding Park for a morning walk to discover and delight in the feathered-friends that live at or visit the Garden.