Sewanee Gardeners’ Market Opens Saturday

The Sewanee Gardeners’ Market, open every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the summer, will have its opening day on Saturday, May 24. The market is located on Highway 41A next to Hawkins Lane and the Mountain Goat Trail. 

This week, in addition to locally grown vegetables, flowers, plants, homemade items and meat, the Sewanee Garden Club will be selling locally grown plants from members’ gardens from 8 a.m. until noon. They will also have books, containers and garden decorations for sale.  Plants will include coneflower, feverfew, hosta, campanula, sunflower, viburnum, pink phlox, quince, golden seal, Italian arum, oakleaf hydrangea, red/yellow columbine and redbud saplings.

Proceeds from the Garden Club’s sale will benefit local projects such as the Shakespeare Garden in Sewanee. 

For more information call Judy Magavero at (931) 924-3118.

Garden Club Offers Summer Tour

The Sewanee Garden Club invites members, area residents and interested gardeners to tour four lovely local gardens and then join the group for a light luncheon on Friday, June 21. Carpools will gather at 9 a.m. at the Hair Depot parking lot on Highway 41A across from Taylor’s Mercantile. Carpooling is recommended because some homes have limited parking.
The group will tour the gardens of David Landon, Janet Graham, Mesha Provo and Betty Barton Blythe. Lunch will follow at Flournoy Roger’s home. Please RSVP for driving directions and addresses. There is no set charge for lunch, but donations are appreciated; these help fund the club’s projects, including the Shakespeare Garden on campus and gardening at the Bridge at Monteagle nursing home. For more information or to make reservations, contact Judy Magavero at (931) 924-3118 or email <jmagavero@blomand.net>.