SAVE THE DATE: Join us on April 12, 2025 at the Blount County Master Gardeners

Annual Plant Show and Sale

Master Gardener Intern Class Information

 The 2025 Master Gardener Intern Class will be held on Tuesday mornings from January 28, 2025 - April 29, 2025 from 9:00 am - 12:00 at the Blount County Extension Office.

An informational meeting will be held on December 10th at 6:00 pm in the Dorothy Herron Room at the Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick St. Maryville, TN, 37804. Questions? contact John Wilson at jawilson@utk.edu or call 865-982-6430 ext. 5.

Congratulations to the 2024 Blount County Master Gardener Intern Class! 


Come Visit the Extension Office's Newest Demonstration Gardens

Firewise Garden: Wildland fires can occur in residential development areas with disastrous loss of life, property and resources.  But, recognizing the problem and knowing how to protect your family, home, property and your neighborhood before a fire happens. View the building and plants used in the Extension Office Firewise Garden project. click on the link. In August, 2022, the Master Gardeners unveiled a Firewise Landscaping  at the Blount County Extension Office. This demonstration landscape received a Search for Excellence Award at the 2023 International Master Gardener Conference.

Slope Garden: While working on other demonstration garden projects at the Extension Office, the Master Gardeners discovered a grassy slope too steep for mowing. Use of hand trimmers was labor-intensive and the use of herbicides threatened the habitat for bees and other wildlife nearby. An easily replicated plan was implemented, replacing the grass with a garden thereby eliminating the need to mow, hand trim, or use herbicides while controlling weeds, using plants well-suited to a slope and our local environment. click on the link.


Become a Blount County Master Gardener

Certified Extension Master Gardeners are trained by University of Tennessee (UT) Extension Service professionals to provide sound, practical, research based information in the areas of residential and consumer horticulture.

We strive to promote environmental stewardship and share the joys of gardening by:

  • Coordinating and managing gardening-related service projects;
  • Answering horticultural questions posed by community gardeners;
  • Helping to educate the public by holding gardening classes and plant clinics, and writing about gardening topics of interest to our community.

For more information click HERE.                                  

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Upcoming events

  • 17 Dec 2024 6:30 PM Blount County Extension Office
  • 12 Apr 2025 9:00 AM UT TSU Extension Blount County, 1219 McArthur Rd, Maryville, TN 37804

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