Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum

Venue Type: Galleries and Museums

Address

2743 Wimpole Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37914-5958

United States

Venue Description

In June 2001 a group of interested Knoxvillians formed a not-for-profit corporation for the purpose of creating a botanical garden and arboretum on the 44-acre site of a 200-year old nursery in Knoxville, Tennessee. The site is located in East Knoxville on the former property of the Joe N. Howell Nursery and the C.B. Howell Nursery. The Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum sits on a ridge-top 5 minutes from downtown Knoxville surrounded by an urban community. The land was the site for a family nursery business originally established in 1786 and represents a significant cultural landscape in Knoxville's history.This site has potential significance for the cultural and horticultural history of Knoxville as well as historical data from Civil War and Native American activity on this property. We see the preservation and restoration of this site as a catalyst for the ongoing improvement and development of East Knoxville in addition to contributing to the revitalization of downtown Knoxville. Our hope is to see this historic landscape preserved, restored and expanded as a public garden, a community resource and as a tourist destination. We envision: every tree native to this region displayed along with rare and exotic species already established, pleasure gardens designed by nationally noted garden designers to create a collection quite extraordinary and significant to Knoxville, a bird sanctuary, areas designated for plant cultivation, meditation, water features, sculpture and ultimately an amphitheater for plays, concerts and festivals. During the past year the enthusiastic and committed Board of Directors of the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum has been very active in promoting this project throughout the community and refining short and long range plans while working toward implementing them. Additionally, we have had exciting and promising discussions with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Services hoping to establish a partnership for educational and research programs.

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