MEETINGS
* SUNDAY: Longtime Master Gardener Dee Clark will teach gardening for wildlife, 4 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, 20 Belvoir Ave. Enter the church’s bottom story on the east side. Free. 332-1780.
EVENTS
* JULY: Pick your own blackberries, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday at Crabtree Farms. Call for harvest availability: 493-9155, ext. 14.
* July 29: Farm Tour. Visit farming operations, learn about conservation programs and see historical sites via bus. Bus leaves at 9 a.m. from the J. Merle Crawley Agriculture Service Center, 6183 Adamson Circle. The tour lasts all day. Cost is $5, which includes lunch and transportation. Call 894-1687, ext. 3, to register.
Looking ahead
* AUG. 2: Chattanooga Native Plants and Wildflowers Group meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Agriculture Service Center, 6183 Adamson Circle. Dennis Horn, lead author of “Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians,” will speak about Tennessee wildflowers. Mr. Horn is the Tennessee Native Plant Society vice president and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Rare Plants in Tennessee. Free. 842-7500
* AUG. 10: Chattanooga Herbies meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Chattanooga Food Bank’s conference room, 2009 Curtain Pole Drive. Learn about growing and using herbs for dogs and cats. Anyone with an interest in herbs is welcome. Contact: Jane Goodin, 875-9689.
* SEPT. 18-19: Crabtree Farms’ seventh annual fall plant sale and festival features a wide variety of fall vegetable starts, including lettuce mix, spinach, snap peas and perennial herbs and flowers. Includes local growers, handmade crafts, free kids activities and farm tours. Petting zoo on Sunday only. www.crabtreefarms.org or 493-9155.
TO REACH US
If you have a home or garden event, class or meeting to publicize, send who, what, when, where (including street address) and cost to Anne Braly at abraly@timesfreepress.com or Karen Hill at khill@timesfreepress.com or call 757-6285.