Plant Production

2025 Fall Gardeners’ Festival is Scheduled for August 26

Jul 23, 2025 News Release

A box shaped like a barn on a post in a garden

Everyone Is Invited to Attend Annual Event

Landscape & Gardening / Youth & Family / AgResearch / Extension / Plateau AgResearch and Education Center / UT Gardens, Crossville / Agricultural Education / Landscape / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Residential and Consumer Horticulture / Sustainable Residential Landscapes

Grow Your Garden in a Small Space with Containers

Jul 08, 2025 News Release

Natalie Bumgarner on a rooftop garden demonstrating how to care for container plants

UTIA Horticulture Experts Explain How To Grow Vegetables and Fruit on Your Patio, Deck or Balcony

Landscape & Gardening / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / Agricultural Education / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Irrigation / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Residential and Consumer Horticulture

Seed Grown Sunflowers: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Jul 01, 2025 News Release

Sunflower with two bees on it

UT Gardens’ July Plant of the Month

Landscape & Gardening / Plant Sciences, Department of / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Crossville / UT Gardens, Jackson / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Plant of the Month / Plant Production / Plant Protection

USDA Awards Grant to Study Hurricane Helene Flood Impacts on Croplands

Jun 23, 2025 News Release

Emine Fidan standing in a field that was impacted by floods

UTIA Researchers Help Farmers Manage Contaminants in Croplands

Environment / Farm & Food / AgResearch / Beef and Forage Center / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Economics and Markets / Food Safety / Forage / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Health and Safety / Plant Production / Soil / Water

Today Show Visits Rocky Top

Jun 11, 2025 Highlight

John Sorochan

Distinguished Professor of Turfgrass Science John Sorochan Was Featured

General / AgResearch / East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / Agricultural Education / Climate / Plant Production / Turf

34th Summer Celebration Scheduled for July 10

Jun 10, 2025 News Release

Two women point at plants at UT Gardens, Jackson, with white Summer Celebration tents in the background

Enjoy Seasonal Activities, New Event Theme

General / Landscape & Gardening / Youth & Family / AgResearch / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Jackson / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Agricultural Education / Commercial Horticulture / Family and Consumer Sciences / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Landscape / Master Gardener / Plant Production / Residential and Consumer Horticulture

Celebrate Pollinators on June 17 at the UT Gardens

Jun 09, 2025 News Release

a bee flying over white flowers

Garden Buzz Celebrations Scheduled in Knoxville, Crossville and Jackson

Insects & Pests / Landscape & Gardening / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Crossville / UT Gardens, Jackson / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Agricultural Education / Landscape / Plant Production / Plant Protection

Hardy Geraniums Stand Out Under Trees and Shrubs, Trouble Areas and Partial Shade Gardens

Jun 02, 2025 News Release

Hardy Geranium, a purple flower

UT Gardens’ June Plant of the Month

Landscape & Gardening / Plant Sciences, Department of / State Botanical Garden of Tennessee / UT Gardens, Crossville / UT Gardens, Jackson / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Landscape / Plant of the Month / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Sustainable Residential Landscapes

UT Extension Launches Statewide Master Forage Program

May 29, 2025 News Release

Bruno Pedreira and 4 other men in a field examining grass used for forage

The Goal Is to Enhance the State’s Forage and Livestock Industries

Farm & Food / General / Beef and Forage Center / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / Agricultural Education / Beef / Beginning Farmer Education / Climate / Continuing Education / Economics and Markets / Forage / Livestock and Forage Systems / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Soil / Weed Management / Weeds

Tennessee Green Industry Field Day Scheduled June 12

May 21, 2025 News Release

a person holding a bucket and picking up dirt out of it

Register by June 5

Environment / Insects & Pests / Landscape & Gardening / AgResearch / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Entomology and Plant Pathology, Department of / Extension / Plant Sciences, Department of / UT Gardens, Knoxville / Agricultural Education / Landscape / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Soil / Turf