Knox County Master Gardeners |
Knox County Speakers Bureau |
To schedule a speaker, contact UT Extension at 865-215-2340. Speakers Bureau Topics: Sample Speakers Bureau topics include items of general interest, including organic vegetable gardening, ornamentals (flowers and shrubs), and general topics such as composting, irrigation/watering, insects, weeds, and common diseases. |
ABC's of Blueberries
Composting: Hot or Cold, Fast or Easy
Cover Crops
Diagnosing Summer Lawn Problems
Don't Treat your Soil like Dirt
Getting Started with Herbs
Good Bug Gardening
Killer Tomatoes vs. Tomato Killers
Lawn Repair
Native Plants
Off With Their Heads! Pinching, Deadheading and Cutting Back
Pruning (basic rules and tools, as well as plant-specific pruning)
Propagating Plants: Making More of your Favorite Plants
Proper Planting and Care of Trees
Raised Beds: Build 'em and Fill 'em!
Safe Weed Control
Seasonal Containers
Seed Starting
Shade GardeninSoil Preparation (Soil Testing/Soil Test Report)
Three B's: Bees, Birds, And Butterflies
Tomatoes 9-1-1
Undertree Gardens - Tough Places for Tough Plants
Due to COVID, we switched to video presentations in 2020.
There were more than 7000 views of 35 videos in the first half of 2021.
If you are a Master Gardener and would like to share your knowledge with the Speakers Bureau - or would like to provide "behind the scenes support", please contact Marsha Lehman, using the Knox County Master Gardeners directory.