PRESENTING SPONSOR:
BAZILLION BLOOMS
Dogwood Arts is on a mission to Keep Knoxville Blooming and make it easy
for you to make a difference––one tree at a time. Beautify your own landscape, honor someone special, or donate a tree to the Dogwood Trails and Keep Knoxville Blooming for years to come! Trees are $25 each or five for $100 (disease-resistant, spring-blooming).
Planting trees is a simple and effective way to clean our air, reduce stress, and conserve the environment. Over 11,000 dogwood trees have been added to our community in just 11 years through the Bazillion Blooms program. Knoxville’s iconic Dogwood Trails were created in 1955 to help beautify our neighborhoods. As the landscape ages, it is increasingly important to revitalize tree plantings along these trails and throughout our region to ensure their beauty continues into the future.
11 YEARS
11K TREES PLANTED
A BAZILLION BLOOMS
HOW IT WORKS:
OPTION 1:
PICK-UP & PLANT YOURSELF
Purchase bare-root trees and plant them yourself! Tree orders are currently closed for this option, but will reopen in January 2021. Plan ahead for spring blooms! Fall/winter is the best time to plant trees: the combination of warm soil, fall rains, and cool temperatures stimulates root growth to help your tree get established for next spring.
OPTION 2:
BUY IN MEMORY OR CELEBRATION
No matter what time of the year, you can celebrate a special event, honor an individual, or memorialize a loved one by donating a tree to the Historic Dogwood Trails. Your gift will Keep Knoxville Blooming and include a commemorative card (with your personal message) that will be mailed to the recipient of your choosing.
VISIT OUR PARTICIPATING
GARDEN CENTERS
Larger blooming trees, flowering shrubs, bulbs, and perennials are available at these participating Garden Centers: Ellenburg Landscaping & Nursery, Mayo Garden Centers, Northshore Nursery, and Stanley’s Greenhouse.
NOTE: You cannot purchase the bare-root $25 trees from these Garden Centers.
Refunds or replacement trees are not available. Dogwood Arts purchases the highest quality bare-root trees from Middle Tennessee growers. Proper planting and care is critical to successful growing.
Video produced by Knoxville Weekend
WHY PLANT DOGWOODS?
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To keep our historic Dogwood Trails blooming for years to come! The first Dogwood Trail was planted in 1955. With a dogwood trees’ average life span of 25 years in an urban setting and up to 50 in a native setting, it is important to plant for the future.
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Dogwood trees offer 4 seasons of interest: spring bloom, summer shade, crimson fall color and winter berries for wildlife. The berries provide food for American Cardinals along with over 35 species of birds.
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Spring flowers provide nectar to pollinators including bees and spring azure butterflies
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Planting trees increases property values by providing beauty, decreasing utility costs by providing shade and improving air quality
