Thru April 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.

    

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Bus Tours of the Dogwood Trails
April 13-15 

Enjoy everything that the scenery has to offer and let someone else do the driving!  Professionally guided bus tours are available through this year’s featured Westmoreland Trail and the Farragut Trail.

The tour of the Westmoreland Dogwood Trail begins on Lyons View Drive and includes spectacular homes, beautiful lawns, colorful plantings, a rustic waterwheel, and a view of Fort Loudon Lake and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Tour Farragut’s Dogwood Trail with a stop at Town Hall to visit the Farragut Folklife Museum and Farragut Memorial Plaza, which includes the Admiral Farragut statue and a Civil War Trail marker.

Westmoreland Dogwood Trail Schedule:

Friday, April 13: 11 am
Saturday, April 14: 2 pm
Sunday, April 15: 11 am

Farragut Trail Schedule:

Friday, April 13: 2 pm
Saturday, April 14: 11 am
Sunday, April 15: 2 pm

Buses will depart at the corner of Gay Street and Clinch Avenue.  $5 per seat.  Seating is limited.  To reserve your seat, please call Dogwood Arts Festival at [865]637.4561.  Tickets will also be available at Market Square while space is available.  Handicap accessibility will be provided with advanced reservation.

Sponsored by: 

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Dogwood Trails & Garden Byway Maps

Sponsored by:

             

Dogwood Trails [click to view PDF]:
Chapman Highway
Farragut
Fountain City [East] & Fountain City [West]
Holston Hills
Lakemoor Hills
Sequoyah Hills
Westmoreland: 2012 Featured Trail!

Dogwood Garden Byways [click to view PDF]:
Deane Hill 
Halls Timberline
Island Home
Morningside
North Hills

* Note that the bloom graphic on the maps denote a Featured Open Garden as detailed by number below.

  

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Dogwood Trail Descriptions

[click to view PDF]
Chapman Highway
Farragut
Fountain City
Holston Hills
Lakemoor Hills [Loudon Lake]
Sequoyah Hills
Westmoreland: 2012 Featured Trail!

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Dogwood Walking Trail Maps

   Official Health and Fitness Sponsor

[click to view PDF]
4th & Gill
Alcoa Springbrook Park
Farragut
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
Old North Knoxville Neighborhood

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2012 Trails, Gardens and Camera Sites

Westmoreland :: 2012 Featured Trail

Past broad Northshore Drive and willow-bordered Fourth Creek, the entrance to Westmoreland is marked by colorful plantings and a rustic waterwheel. The Westmoreland Dogwood Trail ends at the junction of Lyons View Drive and Kingston Pike.

In Westmoreland, open stretches of smooth lawns and bright gardens alternate with deeply wooded area carpeted with mayapples and violets.  From homes along Sherwood Drive’s highest elevation, the Cumberland Mountains are dimly visible toward the west.

Featured Garden

1. Peter & Chris Chilian
808 Arden, 37919

Camera Sites

2. Jonathan & Betsy Johnson (beautiful water feature)
6507 Sherwood Drive, 37919

3. Mike & Dena Morton (lovely plantings)
6416 Sherwood Drive, 37919

4. Jack & Joyce Tapscott (wonderful mature, two-color dogwood)
6504 Orchard Drive, 37919

Open Garden

5. John Law
7107 Stonemill, 37919

RESIDENTIAL OPEN GARDENS
Open April 11-30 :: 10am–5pm daily 

NORTH         

6. Bill and Ginger Baxter (many varieties of dogwood)
3901 Sam Cooper Road, 37918 (Fountain City)

7. Sammie Carver
1007 Luttrell St. Knoxville, 37917 (Fourth & Gill)

8. Nancy Fitzpatrick
934 Luttrell St. Knoxville, 37917 (Fourth & Gill)

9. Lloyd Ronnie King
1629 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)

10. Judith Neff
811 Gratz St. Knoxville, 37917 (Fourth & Gill)

11. Kevin Fincher & Jonathan Repass
1624 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)

12. Kim Stephens
1012 Luttrell St. Knoxville, 37917 (Fourth & Gill)

SOUTH   

13. Mr. & Mrs. Pete Crawford
3509 Bluff Point, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)

14. Dr. & Mrs. David Gerkin
2300 Lakemoor Drive, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)

15. Dr. Richard Gillespie
2117 Manor Drive, 37920

16. Mr. Richard & Mrs. Ann Graf
3505 Bluff Point, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)

17. Rick Hill
6014 Kaywood Drive, 37920 (Lake Forest)

18. Monte and Anne Whitney Stanley
3029 Davenport Road, 37920
Driveway north of Stanley’s Greenhouses

WEST

19. West Hills Baptist Church
409 Winston Road, 37909 (West Hills)

20. Eddie Mannis (gardens and water features in back)
3835 Kingston Pike, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

21. J.D. “Bud” and Carolyn Mynatt (water feature)
7133 Wellington Drive, 37919 (Deane Hill)

22. Lena Peroulas (gardens in back)
651 Broome Road, 37909 (West Hills)

23. Mr. and Mrs. James Taulbee
2141 Cherokee Boulevard, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

RESIDENTIAL CAMERA SITES
Open April 11-30 ::  10am – 5 pm daily

NORTH

24. Stephanie and Art Clancy, III
1816 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)

25. Patrick O’Laughlin & Nicole Houle
1628 North Hills Boulevard, 37917 (North Hills)

26. Doug and Oda Wyatt
5901 Parkdale Road, 37912 (Ft. City-Panorama)

27. Van & Tanya Young
5014 Hedgewood Lane, 37918 (Smithwood)

SOUTH

(The three gardens below are side-by-side woodland gardens with spectacular bluff overlooks, fern gardens, & water features)

28. Mr. & Mrs. Pete Crawford
3509 Bluff Point, 3790 (Lakemoor Hills)

29. Dr. & Mrs. David Gerkin
2300 Lakemoor Drive, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)

30. Mr. Richard & Mrs. Ann Graf
3505 Bluff Point, 37920 (Lakemoor Hills)

EAST

31. Mr. Al Gill
4920 Shady Dell Trail, 37914 (Holston Hills)

WEST

32. Drs. Bryce and Lisa Bowling
3519 Taliliuna, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

33. David and Jeannine Alley
8412 Corteland Drive, 37909 (West Hills)

34. Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Hillard
4053 Towanda Trail, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

35. Neal & Dena Pinsker
722 Bluff Drive, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

36. Bob and Lori Golden Stryer (also water feature)
2345 Cherokee Boulevard, 37919 (Sequoyah Hills)

FARRAGUT         

37. Mark and Lisa Caldwell
11617 Georgetown Drive, 37934 (Village Green)

COMMERCIAL CAMERA SITES

Business Sites Recognized for Civic Beautification

NORTH

38. Rose’s Mortuary (meditation garden)
1421 N. Broadway, 37917

39. Stevens Mortuary Garden
1304 Oglewood, 37918

SOUTH

40. Dogwood Animal Hospital
5900 Chapman Highway, 37921

PUBLIC GARDENS

DOWNTOWN

41. Charles E. Krutch Park (meandering stream and many sculptures)
Clinch and Union, 37902

42. Ivan Racheff House & Gardens (mature plantings, tea house, water feature)
1943 Tennessee Ave, 37921
Hours: 9-4 Gardens

43. UT Gardens –Agricultural Campus (trial gardens, many new varieties)Neyland Drive east of Veterinary College
Hours: Daylight

SOUTH

44. Ijams Nature Center (natural plantings)
2915 Island Home Avenue, 37920
Hours: Daylight

EAST

45. Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum (impressive specimens of many varieties)
2743 Wimpole Ave, 37914
Hours:  Daylight
Directions: knoxgarden.org

WEST

46. 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

47. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Memorial Plaza (very impressive bronze memorial)
11408 Memorial Center Drive, 37934
Hours: Daylight

48. Campbell Station Park & Farragut Library (wonderful walking pathway)
417 No. Campbell Station Road, 37934
Hours: Daylight

AREA GARDENS

49. 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

50. 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

51. U.T. Arboretum-Oak Ridge (excellent holly collection)
Located alongside Route 62; 901 South Illinois Road
Open daily during Festival, 10 am – 5 pm

ROSE GARDENS

Stroll through each of the three open rose gardens presented by members of the Tennessee Rose Society.  Open weekends of May 12, 13, 19, and 20 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

52. 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.

53. 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

54. 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.

HISTORIC  SITES

Most of our historic homes have period gardens and plantings. Crescent Bend features the 3 acre terraced Wm P. Toms Memorial garden.

55. 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)

56. Blount Mansion and Garden
200 W. Hill Avenue, 37902
865.525.2375
Hours:  Tues.-Sat. 9:30 am – 5 pm (last tour 4 pm)

57. Craighead-Jackson House
200 W. Hill Avenue, 37902
Hours:  Mon.-Sat. 9:30 am – 5 pm            

58. Crescent Bend/Armstrong –Lockett House
Wm P. Toms Memorial Garden
2728 Kingston Pike, 37919
865.637-3163
Hours: Tues-Sat. 10 am- 4pm

59. Gov. John Sevier Farm Home – Marble Springs
1220 W. John Sevier Highway, 37920
865.573.5508
Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm

60. Historic Ramsey House No longer part of the name
2614 Thorngrove Pike, 37914
865.546.0745
Hours:  Tues.-Sat. 10 am – 4 pm & Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm                   

61. 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)

62. Mabry-Hazen House   tel. 865.522.8661
1711 Dandridge Avenue, 37915
Hours:  Wed. – Fri. 11 am – 5 pm & Saturday 10 am – 3 pm

63. Dr. Tucker and Mrs. Claire Gentry
640 Kenesaw Avenue, 37919

DOWNTOWN

64. First Presbyterian Church (est. 1792)
Historic Cemetery
620 State Street, 37902
Note: White Redbud & County Champion Hackberry

65. Old Gray Cemetery
543 N. Broadway, 37917
Hours:  Daylight
Note: Extremely large Red Oak Tree – perhaps largest remaining tree in downtown

Special Springtime Events

March 31, April 7, 21, & 28
Riverboat Luncheon Cruises

The cruise will board the Star of Knoxville Riverboat at Volunteer Landing in downtown Knoxville. Guest can enjoy a delicious lunch on the way to Crescent Bend. Upon arrival guest will have an hour to tour the house and gardens. Coffee and desert will be served on the return trip.
For more information & to make reservations call the Tennessee Riverboat Company at (865) 525-7827.

Crescent Bend House & Gardens and the Star of Knoxville Riverboat
2728 Kingston Pike
(865) 637-3163
http://www.crescentbend.com

April 1
“Pretty-n-Pink” Day

Guests are invited to wear their very best pink outfits and visit Crescent Bend to see the 25,000 tulips that will be in full bloom.  The Meandering Path Garden, which has been planted with thousands of various shades of Pink tulips, will serve as the backdrop for this Sunday afternoon annual event as Crescent Bend raises funds for Breast Cancer research and awareness education.
Sponsors:  Random Acts of Flowers, the Knoxville Affiliate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Care Institute Group, Inc.

Crescent Bend House & Gardens
2728 Kingston Pike
1-4 PM
Admission: Free
(865) 637-3163
http://www.crescentbend.com

April 4, 11, & 18
Crescent Bend High Teas

Come and enjoy the elegant pleasure of partaking in a formal High Tea and take the tour of the house museum and gardens were 25,000 tulips will be in bloom.
Special entertainment will also be provided during tea time.
Guests may choose to tour the house and gardens before or after the tea.

(For groups of 30 or more, additional dates and tea times can be arranged at any time of the year.)

For more information on Crescent Bend or to make reservation for a High Tea, Please call us at (865) 637-3163.  You may also contact us by email at Events@CrescentBend.com

Crescent Bend House & Gardens
2728 Kingston Pike
(865) 637-3163
http://www.crescentbend.com

April 7
Funny Bunny Day

Bring the entire family and hop on over to Crescent Bend House & Gardens and enjoy a wonderful day with the Easter Bunny in the garden who will bound around playing with children and delivering his eggs filled with candy and “jokes”.

Refreshments and Punch will be served. Activities for the kids include Easter Egg Hunts through the day and Arts & Crafts. The abundance of blooming tulips in the garden makes Crescent Bend a great place to take a family Easter picture. Be sure to bring your cameras. Standard admission charges apply.  Egg hunts are at (10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm & 1:30pm.)

Crescent Bend House & Gardens
2728 Kingston Pike
10 AM-2 PM
Admission: Free
(865) 637-3163
http://www.crescentbend.com

April 14
Historic Homes of Knoxville Bus Tours

The Historic Homes of Knoxville will conduct two 3-hour bus tours. The two tours will be divided into a Morning and Afternoon tour. The Morning Tour will begin at Blount Mansion, with stops at Crescent Bend House & Gardens, and Marble Springs Historic Farmstead. The Afternoon Tour will begin at James White’s Fort, with stops at Ramsey House Plantation, and the Mabry-Hazen House.

Morning Tour: 9 AM- 12 PM
Afternoon Tour: 1 PM-4 PM
Admission: $20
Reservations: (865) 637-3163
http://www.hhknoxville.org

April 14
Talahi Plant Sale: “Can You Dig It”

Sponsor: Knoxville Garden Club and Garden Study Club logo

Lakeshore Park
Corner of Northshore Drive and Lyons View Pike, Knoxville
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Admission: Free
Rain or shine

April 21
Market Square Farmers’ Market

Farm and food vendors from the Market Square Farmers’ Market will be set up along Market Street between Union Ave. and Clinch during the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk.  Enjoy fresh baked goods and coffee while strolling downtown Knoxville.

Market St., between Union and Clinch
9 AM- 2 PM
Admission:  Free
(865) 405-3135
http://www.marketsquarefarmersmarket.org

April 28
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

April 28
19^th 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
www.franklinsq.com