Looking Ahead
* MARCH 6: Chattanooga Regional Hosta Society’s monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at Bachman Community Center, 2815 Anderson Ave., Signal Mountain. Jo Kellum, a landscape architect, author and past garden design writer for Southern Living, will be featured speaker. Information: 344-5876.
* MARCH 8: Monthly meeting of Green Thumb Garden Club at 7 p.m. at Collegedale City Hall in the East Room, 4910 Swinyer Drive. Guest speakers Geraldine Powell and Beth Cox will present “Orchids 101 — How To Keep Orchids Alive and Blooming.” Free. Information: 238-3647.
* MARCH 9, 16, 23 and 30: Beginner and newcomer gardening classes at UT Agricultural Extension building. Classes meet 6:30-9 p.m., with different topics each night: soil, fertilization and turf grasses; landscaping and attracting wildlife; trees, shrubs and herbs; and wildflowers, perennials and annuals. $50 for four classes. Door prizes each week. Class size limited to 50 participants. Early registration advised; call 855-6113.
* MARCH 15: Tom Harper, an internationally recognized expert on growing and breeding phalaenopsis orchids, is featured speaker at the upcoming meeting of the Tennessee Valley Orchid Society, to be held at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home, 6623 Lee Highway. Information: 886-2950.
* MARCH 22, 29 and APRIL 5: Learn how to make wedding bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres and table centerpieces in three-session class 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Grafe Studio, 4009 Tennessee Ave., $75. Information: 468-4172.
To Reach Us
If you have a home or garden event, class or meeting to advertise (free), send who, what, when, where (including street address) and cost information to Anne Braly at abraly@timesfreepress.com or Karen Hill at khill@timesfreepress.com. Or call 423-757-6285.