Trails and Gardens
April 11-30, 2012
At the heart of the Dogwood Arts Festival are the region’s spectacular dogwood trees. The Dogwood Trails showcase this year’s spring spectacle in over 60 miles of breathtaking landscaping, rainbow-hued flowers, and blossoming trees. The scenery is available for touring and photography, compliments of the homeowners. Explore by way of a leisurely stroll, bicycle ride, Sunday drive, or professionally-guided bus tour. A founding tradition of the Dogwood Arts Festival, the nationally-recognized Dogwood Trails are a must-see!
Westmoreland is the 2012 featured Trail.
Bus Tours of the Dogwood Trails
Enjoy everything that the scenery has to offer and let someone else do the driving! Professionally guided bus tours will be available through two of the Dogwood Trails. More details to come soon!
Dogwood Trails & Garden Byway Maps
Dogwood Trails [click to view PDF]:
Chapman Highway
Farragut
Fountain City
Holston Hills
Lakemoor Hills [Loudon Lake]
Sequoyah Hills
Westmoreland: 2012 Featured Trail!
Dogwood Garden Byways [click to view PDF]:
Deane Hill
Halls Timberline
Island Home
Morningside
North Hills
Dogwood Trail Descriptions
[click to view PDF]
Chapman Highway
Farragut
Fountain City
Holston Hills
Lakemoor Hills [Loudon Lake]
Sequoyah Hills
Westmoreland: 2012 Featured Trail!
2011 OPEN GARDENS
Featured Garden for 2011:
Dr. Richard Gillespie
2117 Manor Drive
Lakemoor Hills [Lake Loudon] Trail
The home of Dr. Richard Gillespie at 2117 Manor Drive was built in 1962 by Mr. and Mrs. Loye Miller. Situated on ten wooded acres, and directly across from the Speedwell Manor, the grounds were planted by Mrs. Miller who was an avid gardener. Of interest are bricks used in the house which are reported to have come from the jail house in Dayton,TN – site of the famous Scopes Trial.
Since 1991, Dr. Gillespie has maintained Mrs. Miller’s original woodland plan and added even more plants. His personal passion is for the lovely peony, a shrub familiar to many southern gardeners for its grace, beauty, and spectacular fragrance. Early, mid, and late season bloomers, Dr. Gillespie has over 120 of these beauties in his garden. Many of the beds are filled with peonies he has started from seed, a process which takes five years to see to fruition.
Alongside Manor Drive, the property is lined with azaleas. Along the front of the house are mature boxwoods, with an adjacent large Savannah Oak and an interesting Ironwood tree. Magnolias form an archway over the drive, ending at a circular fountain surrounded by boxwoods and annuals. Behind the house are azaleas, masses of Lenten Roses, dogwoods, pine trees and a border of Euonymus Coloratus. Of further interest is the pool, built of bricks salvaged from one of the Dale Avenue Tobacco warehouses. We think you will find Dr. Gillespie has remained true to Mrs. Miller’s intentions while adding his own signature to this lovely garden. Please stop in for a visit when you drive through the Lakemoor Hills [Lake Loudon] Trail, this year’s featured trail!
2011 RESIDENTIAL OPEN GARDENS
Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily April 6-24
NORTH
Bill and Ginger Baxter (many varieties of dogwood)
3901 Sam Cooper Road, 37918 (Fountain City)
Mike & Barbara Cruze (also water feature)
2324 Rifle Range Road, 37918 (Fountain City)
Kevin Fincher & Jonathon Repass
1624 North Hills Blvd, 37917 (North Hills)
Lloyd Ronnie King
1629 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)
SOUTH
Monte and Anne Whitney Stanley
3029 Davenport Road, 37920
Driveway north of Stanley’s Greenhouses
WEST
Eddie Mannis (gardens and water features in back)
3835 Kingston Pike, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Mr. and Mrs. James Taulbee
2141 Cherokee Blvd, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
J.D. “Bud” and Carolyn Mynatt (water feature)
7133 Wellington Drive, 37919 (Deane Hill)
West Hills Baptist Church
409 Winston Road, 37909 (West Hills)
Lena Peroulas (gardens in back)
651 Broome Road, 37909 (West Hills)
Dennis and Linda Hopkins (woodland garden)
1708 Pheasant Ridge Trail, 37922 (Westland Drive area)
2011 RESIDENTIAL CAMERA SITES
Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily April 6-24
NORTH
Van & Tanya Young
5014 Hedgewood Lane, 37918 (Smithwood)
Doug and Oda Wyatt
5901 Parkdale Road, 37912 (Ft. City-Panorama)
Stephanie and Art Clancy, III
1816 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)
Chris and Donna Hundley
3100 Kenilworth Lane, 37917 (North Hills)
Patrick O’Laughlin
1628 North Hills Blvd., 37917 (North Hills)
SOUTH
Rick Hill
6014 Kaywood Drive, 37920 (Lake Forest)
(The three gardens below are side-by-side woodland gardens with spectacular bluff overlooks, fern gardens, & water features)
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Crawford
3509 Bluff Point, 3790 (Lakemoor Hills)
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Ann Graf
3505 Bluff Point, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)
Dr. & Mrs. David Gerkin
2300 Lakemoor Drive, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)
EAST
Mr. Al Gill
4920 Shady Dell Trail, 37914 (Holston Hills)
WEST
Neal & Dena Pinsker
722 Bluff Drive, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Dr. Tucker & Claire Gentry
640 Kenesaw Ave, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Bob and Lori Golden Stryer (also water feature)
2345 Cherokee Blvd, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Rick Gentry
609 Blows Ferry Road, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Hillard
4053 Towanda Trail, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
Dr.’s Bryce and Lisa Bowling
3519 Taliluna, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)
David and Jeannine Alley
8412 Corteland Dr. 37909 (West Hills)
Dr. and Mrs. John Woods
6905 Lark Lane, 37919 (Deane Hill Garden Byway)
FARRAGUT
Mark and Lisa Caldwell
11617 Georgetown Drive, 37934 (Village Green)
Fox Den Entrance
Fox Den at Kingston Pike, 37934
Fox Den Country Club
12284 North Fox Den Drive, 37934
2011 COMMERCIAL CAMERA SITES
Business Sites Recognized for Civic Beautification
FARRAGUT
Farragut Town Hall / Memorial Plaza
11408 Municipal Center Drive, 37934
NORTH
Pratt’s Country Store
3100 Tazewell Pike, 37918 (closed Sunday)
Stevens Mortuary Garden
1304 Oglewood, 37918
Rose’s Mortuary (meditation garden)
1421 N. Broadway, 37917
SOUTH
Stanley’s Greenhouses
3129 Davenport Road, 37920
Dogwood Animal Hospital
5900 Chapman Highway, 37921
Ye Olde Steak House
6838 Chapman Highway, 37920
2011 PUBLIC GARDENS
Walking trails & seating may be found in these gardens
DOWNTOWN
Charles E. Krutch Park (meandering stream)
Clinch and Union, 37902
Ivan Racheff House & Gardens (mature plantings)
1943 Tennessee Ave, 37921
Hours: 9-4 Gardens
UT Gardens –Agricultural Campus (trial gardens, many new varieties)
Neyland Drive east of Veterinary College
Hours: Daylight
SOUTH
Ijams Nature Center (natural plantings)
2915 Island Home Avenue, 37920
Hours: Daylight
EAST
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum (impressive specimens of many varieties)
2743 Wimpole Ave, 37914
Hours: Daylight
Directions: knoxgarden.org
Holston Hills Community Park
Chilhowee Drive & Holston Hills Road
Hours: Daylight (Camera Site)
WEST
Dowell Springs Business Park (120 acre business park with walking trails and water features)
Middlebrook Pike just west of main post office at Weisgarber
Hours: Daylight
FARRAGUT
Campbell Station Park & Farragut Library (wonderful walking pathway)
405 No. Campbell Station Rd, 37934
Hours: Daylight
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Memorial Plaza (newly dedicated, very impressive bronze memorial)
11408 Memorial Center Dr. 37934
Hours: Daylight
2011 AREA GARDENS
Savage Gardens-Lake City
From Knoxville take I-75N to Exit 128. Across 441, remain on Lovely Bluff Road to Spout Springs. Rt. on bridge, go to top of hill to Open Garden sign.
Hours: Saturday-Sunday 9 am – 5 pm
U.T. Arboretum-Oak Ridge (excellent holly collection)
Located alongside Route 62; 901 South Illinois Road
Open daily during Festival, 10 am – 5 pm
Red House Flower Farm (charming natural gardens & pond; great picnic area)
3393 Rutledge Pike, Blaine, TN 37709
From Knoxville, take I-40 to Rutledge Pike Exit onto 11-W North, go north about 20 miles. Farm will be on your left.
Hours: Saturday and Sunday during Festival – daylight
2011 ROSE GARDENS
Presented by members of the Tennessee Rose Society. Open May 7 & 8, May 14 & 15: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Carlson
917 Hayslope Drive, 37919 (Westmoreland Hills)
A beautiful garden of hybrid tea roses, grandiflora and floribunda, with a small miniature garden out front and a beautiful display of “knockout” roses.
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Spruiell
9705 Tunbridge Lane, 37922 (Seven Oaks)
A beautiful garden landscaped with more than 200 roses in a formal display accented by a water feature and stone pathway.
Jim & Kathy Brennan
525 Altamira Drive, 37934 (Farragut)
“Bren-rose Garden” features approx. 250 roses, hybrid teas, floribundas, hybrid perpetuals, English roses, Old Garden Roses, climbing and rambler roses on arches and an arbor planted all around the house with a garden pathway
Michael & Mary Bates
513 Altamira Drive, 37934 (Farragut)
A spring woodland and perennial garden with a sunny side and front yard with climbers and shrubs including David Austin English roses and over one hundred hybrid teas and floribundas.
2011 HISTORIC SITES
Most of our historic homes have period gardens and plantings. Crescent Bend and Bleak House have more formal gardens.
First Presbyterian Church (est. 1792)
Historic Cemetery
620 State Street, 37902
865.546.2531
http://fpcknox.org/
Mabry-Hazen House
1711 Dandridge Avenue, 37915
865.522.8661
Hours: Wed. – Fri. 11 am – 5 pm & Saturday 10 am – 3 pm
James White Fort (corner Hall of Fame Dr. & Hill Ave.)
205 E. Hill Avenue, 37915
865.525.6514
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:30 am – 5:00 pm (last tour 4 pm)
Blount Mansion and Garden
200 W. Hill Avenue, 37902
865.525.2375
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 9:30 am – 5 pm (last tour 4 pm)
Craighead-Jackson House
200 W. Hill Avenue, 37902
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:30 am – 5 pm
Crescent Bend/Armstrong –Lockett House
Wm P. Toms Memorial Garden
2728 Kingston Pike, 37919
865.637-3163
Hours: Tues-Sat. 10 am- 4pm
Bleak House (Confederate Memorial Hall)
3148 Kingston Pike, 37919
865.522.2371
Hours: Wed., Thurs & Fri. 1 pm – 4 pm (last tour 3:15 pm)
Historic Ramsey House Plantation
2614 Thorngrove Pike, 37914
865.546.0745
Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10 am – 4 pm & Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm
Gov. John Sevier Farm Home – Marble Springs
1220 W. John Sevier Highway, 37920
865.573.5508
Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm
2011 TREES OF INTEREST
Look for the Pink Ribbon identifying the trees; courtesy of Cortese Tree Specialist
DOWNTOWN
Courthouse (Gay Street and Main)
Lawn – left of Courthouse
Note: Tennessee State Champion Horse Chestnut
First Presbyterian Church (est. 1792)
Historic Cemetery
620 State Street, 37902
Note: White Redbud & County Champion Hackberry
Old Gray Cemetery
543 N. Broadway, 37917
Hours: Daylight
Note: Extremely large Red Oak Tree – perhaps largest remaining tree in downtown
LAKEMOOR HILLS [LAKE LOUDON] TRAIL
3500 Timberlake Road left side of road
Note: Massive, Knox County Champion, short leafed pine – largest of its species in Knox County. It is 119” in circumference, 77’ tall, and has a 52’ average branch spread.
3837 Maloney Road
Note: A very large, very beautiful Gold Thread Cypress
Across from 3524 Bluff Point Drive
Note: a large grove of Shagbark Hickories – perhaps 12 or 15 of them. The largest one is the Knox Co. Champion of this species. It is very unusual to see these mature Shagbark Hickories as they are somewhat rare in our county. Notice the beautiful loose, plated bark.
3529 Bluff Point Dr.
Note: Interesting Dogwood growing out of the front porch of the home
After turning right on Blow Drive, immediately on left
Note: A large American Elm. Many elms were killed by Dutch Elm disease but Knox Co has a nice healthy supply of trees of this species.
Just past 3601 Blow Drive on left
Note: An extremely large Southern Magnolia clump. This tree is most familiar as a single trunked tree. However, it will create a clump form with root sprouts from a parent tree developing new stems around the main trunk.
3710 Maloney Road
Note: Burford Holly hedge by the street. This ornamental plant had its origins here in Knoxville at the Howell family nursery now known as the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum.
2011 WALKING TOURS
April 7 – 30
Fourth & Gill Dogwood Walking Trail
Stroll through one of Knoxville’s premier historic districts while the dogwoods are in bloom and enjoy the streetscapes and gardens that grace century old homes. Maps located in a special event mailbox on the 1300 block of Luttrell street, beside Brownlow School Lofts, detail notable trees and gardens for the self-guided tour.
Sponsor: Historic Fourth & Gill Neighborhood
Fourth & Gill
Dawn to Dusk
Admission: Free
865.521.7155
http://www.fourthandgill.org/
2011 OPEN HOUSES
April 9
Historic Russell House Open House
Mr. Russell will open this historical house to the public and narrate the tour with some historical facts.
NW Corner of Campbell Station & Kingston Pike
11409 Kingston Pike, Farragut
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Admission: Free
678.860.8516
http://www.townoffarragut.org/
April 11-17
Speedwell Manor Open House Tours
Historic tours of Speedwell Manor, built in 1830 and moved to Knoxville in 1950. All original wood and windows with period antiques. Also includes historic cemetery for revolutionary soldier Jesse Wells.
Speedwell Manor
2112 Manor Road, Knoxville
1-5 p.m.
Admission: Free
865.577.8182
2011 PLANT SALES
April 16
Talahi Plant Sale
Sponsors: Knoxville Garden Club and Garden Study Club
Lakeshore Park
Corner of Northshore Drive and Lyons View Pike, Knoxville
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission: Free
April 30
North Hills Garden Club Perennial Plant Sale
The North Hills Garden Club donates many wonderful perennials that are known to thrive in this area and grow in the gardens of these historic homes. Select annuals and hanging baskets also available. Beautifully unique arts and crafts are available in the booth area.
Sponsors: North Hills Garden Club
North Hills Park
off Kennington Lane at Kenilworth (follow the signs)
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission: Free
865.524.4026
Facebook Page: North-Hills-Garden-Club-Annual-Perennial-Plant-Sale
2011 GARDEN FESTIVALS
April 30
18th Annual Spring Garden Festival at Franklin Square
A variety of plants will be on sale, including annuals, perennials, wildflowers, herbs, day lilies, ferns, and others; garden related arts and crafts; gardening services and information; jazz; family activities.
Sponsors: The Knox County Council of Garden Clubs and the Franklin Square Merchants Association
The Shops at Franklin Square
9700 Kingston Pike, Knoxville
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Admission: Free
865.539.2791
http://www.franklinsq.com/
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