Seminars
Native Plant Seminars
The Tennessee Native Plant Society hosts monthly Native Plant Seminars via Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Central (7:30 p.m. Eastern) and lasting about one hour. Join us for an hour a month to learn more about Tennessee native plants and how we can conserve them for future generations.
All members, and potential members, are welcome to attend the seminars. The link to join each seminar will be provided when you register to attend. Please don't register more than two people at a time and only if you actually plan to attend.
If you miss the live seminar or the number of attendees exceeds our room capacity, you can usually watch the video by clicking on “VIDEO” next to the seminar listing below or visiting our YouTube channel later in the week. Of course, you won’t be able to ask questions on the video.
1/15 — Eli Harris, Botanical Tools & Techniques: Introduction to iNaturalist – VIDEO
1/20 — Mary Priestley, A Legacy of Conservation: Mack Prichard’s Role in Preserving Tennessee’s Natural Heritage – VIDEO
2/17 — Ciera Wilbur, Old Growth Forest Network – VIDEO
3/17 — Jason and Leslie Anne Allen, Springtime in the Cedar Glades – VIDEO
4/21 — Bart Jones, Native Orchids of Tennessee – VIDEO
5/19 — Harry Babb (“Habitat Harry”), The Forgotten Flora of the Mid-South – VIDEO
6/23 — David George Haskell, Presentation disrupted, rescheduled for 9/3
7/9 — Eli Harris, Botanical Tools & Techniques: A Deeper Dive into iNaturalist Capabilities and Uses – VIDEO
7/21 — Dr. Richard Clements, Native vs. Exotic Species: An Environmental Science Perspective – VIDEO
8/18 — Cancelled
9/3 — Dr. David George Haskell, "How Flowers Made Our World" - VIDEO
9/15 — Shawn Krosnick, Floral Morphs to Frugivores: Reproductive Ecology of Passiflora incarnata
10/20 — Brittany Bajo-Walker, Hidden in Plain Sight—The Biodiversity of the Duck River
11/17 — Roger McCoy, Limestone Glades of Tennessee’s Central Basin: Significance, Preservation, and Management
2026 TNPS Native Plant Seminar & Workshop Schedule
Archive of Other Recorded Events
Seminar Video Archive
Activities
- Nate Fields, Plant for a Change: Cultivating Native Habitats Alongside People With and Without Disabilities
- Joy Grissom, Native Plant Rescue Squad
- Darel Hess, Wildflower Photography
- Tony Lance, Certify Your Yard (TWF)
- Rosanna Ohlsson, Collecting and Saving Seeds from Native Plants
- Janneke Petersen, Symbiotic Schoolyard [presentation begins about 14 minute mark]
- Bieke Puncochar, Neighbors 4 Native Plants
- Mary Priestley, Nature Journaling — Handout #1, Handout #2, Handout #3, Handout #4
- Deborah Rosenthal & Karen Hill, Native Plant Ordinance Panel Discussion
- CoreyPine Shane, Southeast Medicinal Plants
- Pandy Upchurch, Edible Natives
- Robin Whitfield, The Color of Conservation — Activity Video
Appreciation & Identification
- Adam Bigelow, Wildflowers of Southern Appalachia
- Todd Crabtree, Rare Plants and Plant Communities of Southeast Tennessee
- Eli Harris, Floristic Diversity of Window Cliffs State Natural Area
- Randy Hedgepath, Some of My Favorite Wildflowers
- Elizabeth Hermsen, Plant Fossils of Tennessee
- Dennis Horn, Tennessee Orchids
- Dennis Horn, Spring Wildflowers Across Tennessee
- Jennifer R Mandel, Conservation, Agricultural Research & Education at the Univ of Memphis
- Alisha Millican, Fungus Among Us – An Intro to Fungi for the Home Gardener
- Larry Pounds, Plants of the Cumberland Trail
- Larry Pounds, Fall Wildflowers
- Mary Priestley, Evolution of Flowering Plants
- Milo Pyne, Native Plants of the Cedar Glades
- Steve Slack, Keystone Flora Native Plant Nursery
- Holly Taylor, TSP Highlights in Plant Conservation
- Allan Trently, Native Plant Highlights from West Tennessee: 2008 to Present
- Erin Tripp, Tennessee: A Global Hotspot for Lichen Biodiversity
- Sandra Villasenor, River Cane: Our Native Bamboo
- Dave Walters and Dr. Cindi Smith-Walters, Winter Tree Identification
- Dennis Whigham, Native Orchids in Tennessee – Ecology & Conservation Needs
- Ann Willyard, Scientific Names
Gardening & Landscaping
- Dennis Bishop, Designing in Nature: Transforming Lawns to Native Plants
- Meredith Clebsch, Low-Tech Native Plant Propagation
- Paula Gross, Best Tree for Your Garden
- Bart Jones, The Wild and Wondrous World of Orchid Pollination
- Jaimie Matzko, Biodiversity in your Landscape: Why it Matters
- Deborah Rosenthal, Restoration Gone Wild [first half not recorded due to moderator error]
Non-native Plants
- Adam Dattilo, Stopping the Spread of Cogongrass in Tennessee
- Margie Hunter, Invasive Plants of Tennessee
- Margie Hunter, Beyond Aesthetics: Garden As If Life Depends On It
- Sam King, Removing Invasive Plants
Pollinators and Other Animals
- Connie Deegan, Coexisting with Snakes
- John Froeschauer, Moths and Butterflies: Natural History and Gardening
- Kris Light, The Birds and Bees of Wildflowers
- Steve Murphree, Cicadas Return
- Steve Murphree, Galls and Gall Makers
- Steve Murphree, Insect Pollinators
- Sara Wittenberg,
Pollinators in the Garden
