Gardening Events

Join us at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens on Tuesday, June 2 when Furniss Harkness, Master Gardener and award-winning beekeeper, will be our speaker. In 2024, he was honored with a Tennessee Beekeepers Association Life Membership for his dedication and service to the beekeeping community. Furniss regularly teaches beginner beekeeper classes and workshops for local […]

Tour the personal gardens of local Master Gardeners. For details: https://memphisareamastergardeners.org/community-events/through-garden-gates/

Plan to attend this FREE presentation by Neel Neelakantan, Master Gardener and technology expert, as he demystifies AI and demonstrates how he has utilized AI in various garden related projects for the Dixon. Bring a lunch or eat at Park + Cherry, the Dixon's cafe.

One of the world's leading authorities on boxwood will be our speaker on July 7. Lynn Batdorf, retired Curator for the National Boxwood Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum and author of numerous authoritative texts on boxwood, will discuss the "Culture, Pests and Diseases of Boxwood". Grown for centuries, boxwood is a familiar shrub in many […]

Lynn Batdorf, Author and Retired Curator of the National Boxwood Collection, U.S. National Arboretum "As the Official Registrar for Buxus Cultivars from his base at the U.S National Arboretum, Washington, DC, Lynn Batdorf steadily worked through the increasing numbers of old and new Buxus cultivars which required botanical clarification and descriptive citation before official Registration. […]