Spring Featured Gardens

2705 Riverside Drive,Knoxville TN 37914

09 April, 2022

Description

Explore three beautiful private properties at our 2022 Featured Gardens event! Celebrate another blooming spring with Dogwood Arts at our 2022 Featured Gardens event! We are honored that these three Knoxville residents have opened their properties to the public as a part of our annual celebration of East Tennessee's natural beauty. Each garden is unique in design and offers a variety of plant material and special features. This event is free though a $5 donation per garden is suggested. Tours are self-guided; although Dogwood Arts staff and volunteers will be on-site for questions. There is limited parking at each garden, and guests will be admitted on a first-come-first-served basis. These private properties require extensive walking and are not handicap accessible. Schedule: Saturday, April 9: 10AM - 5PMSunday, April 10: 12PM - 5PMFeatured Gardens (scroll down for garden descriptions): GATOP 2705 Riverside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914Derrynane 7209 Rutgers Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919 (parking)Edenwood 930 Bream Dr. Knoxville, TN 37922Garden Descriptions: GATOP: Dr. Alan Solomon & Andrea CartwrightIncluded in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Gardens, GATOP (God’s Answer To Our Prayers) features many hundreds of botanical specimens such as conifers and hollies, extensive displays of wildflowers, perennials, and ground covers, as well as numerous water features and large marble outcroppings. Complimenting this unusual garden are stainless-steel, iron, bronze and stone sculptures. This site features one of Knoxville’s oldest marble quarries. The marble loaded wagon pulled by two mules is manned by bearded twin brothers, Homer (1) and Homer(2) and is adjacent to the blacksmith shop. __ Derrynane Garden Design by Jack McCoyDerrynane Garden has been designed to use plants to create outdoor spaces and experiences to be enjoyed in their own unique and wonderful way. Garden rooms and curvy brick pathways offer a beautiful and interesting mixture of plants to stimulate your senses with color, texture, sound and provocative scents. Enjoy a stroll thru the Ashe Grove, the Beer Garden, the Elysian Retreat, the Oasis and the stunning Border filled with blooming tulips.This informal and casually elegant garden is sure to inspire you, so plan to take notes and photos as you dream of creating your own garden oasis. ___ Edenwood Ron and Sarah CronanOur own little prequel of heaven on earth. Within these fenced two acres you’ll find life – plants and animals living, breathing, and working together year after year in this certified National Wildlife Habitat. This mostly-organic garden changes with the seasons, sprouting beauty of different forms 365 days a year. As you stroll through our plot, you’ll encounter a large selection of conifers, Japanese maples, woody plants, perennials, herbs, bulbs, an orchard, a vegetable garden, and greenhouse, and even a homemade chicken coop – be sure to say hello to the ladies: Primrose, Marigold, and Fern. This garden has grown, shifted, and aged with us – creating our own little deeply-rooted sanctuary in the middle of bustling West Knoxville. Please call Dogwood Arts with questions or concerns (865) 637-4561 or email [email protected] for more information. Dogwood Arts, presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union, is a 501(c)3 organization with a mission to promote and celebrate our region’s art, culture, and natural beauty. Dogwood Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Knoxville, TN that promotes and celebrates the art, culture and natural beauty of our region.