The University of Tennessee Gardens

The UT Gardens offers a variety of classes for children, families, and adults throughout the year. It provides an attractive venue and colorful setting that has become a popular location for all types of photography in the East Tennessee region. Some 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropicals, trees, shrubs, vegetables and ornamental grasses are evaluated each year. It also functions as an outdoor laboratory to evaluate the performance and landscape use of every type of plant, from trees and shrubs to annuals and perennials to ornamental grasses and aquatic plants