Native Plant Seminars
The Tennessee Native Plant Society hosts monthly Native Plant Seminars. These events are held via Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Eastern (6:30 p.m. Central) and last about one hour. All members, and potential members, are welcome to join the seminars at no cost. The link to join each seminar is posted on our Calendar website pages.
Join us for an hour a month to learn more about our Tennessee native plants. If you miss the live seminar, you can usually watch the video by clicking on “VIDEO” next to the seminar listing below. Of course, you won’t be able to ask questions on the video.
2023 TNPS Native Plant Seminar Schedule
January 18 – Dennis Bishop, Designing in Nature: Transforming Lawns to Native Plants – VIDEO
February 21 – Allan Trently, Native Plant Highlights from West Tennessee: 2008 to Present – VIDEO
March 21 – Todd Crabtree, Rare Plants and Plant Communities of Southeast Tennessee – VIDEO
April 18 – Erin Tripp, Tennessee: A Global Hotspot for Lichen Biodiversity – VIDEO
May 16 – Rita Venable, Bumble Bees of TN & What They Do – NO RECORDING
June 20 – Dennis Whigham, Native Orchids in Tennessee – Ecology & Conservation Needs – VIDEO
July 18 – Nate Fields, Plant for a Change: Cultivating Native Habitats and Nurturing Greener Communities Alongside People With and Without Disabilities – VIDEO
August 15 – Sam King, Removing Invasive Plants – VIDEO
September 19 – Tony Lance, Certify Your Yard (TWF)
October 17 – Jaimie Matzko, Biodiversity in your Landscape: Why it Matters (Updated)
November 21 – Dennis Horn, Tennessee Orchids
Join Us
Check out the TNPS Calendar for the details of these events and the meeting links.
Seminar Video Archive
Activities
Darel Hess, Wildflower Photography
Mary Priestley, Nature Journaling, Handouts #1, #2, #3, #4
CoreyPine Shane, Southeast Medicinal Plants
Pandy Upchurch, Edible Natives
Robin Whitfield, The Color of Conservation– ACTIVITY VIDEO
Growing 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
Non-native Plants
Margie Hunter, Invasive Plants of Tennessee
Margie Hunter, Beyond Aesthetics: Garden As If Life Depends On It
Observation & Identification
Randy Hedgepath, Some of My Favorite Wildflowers
Dennis Horn, Spring Wildflowers Across Tennessee
Larry Pounds, Plants of the Cumberland Trail
Larry Pounds, Fall Wildflowers
Milo Pyne, Native Plants of the Cedar Glades
Dave Walters and Dr. Cindi Smith-Walters, Winter Tree Identification
Ann Willyard, Scientific Names
Pollinators
John Froeschauer, Moths and Butterflies: Natural History and Gardening
Steve Murphree, Insect Pollinators
Archive – Other Recorded Events
Cooper Breeden, Tennessee Plant Conservation Alliance – PDF
Mark Fraley Podcast: Interview with Writer/Naturalist Joanna Brichetto, Sidewalknature, 9/21/22
Mark Fraley Podcast: Interview With Bart Jones, Tennessee Native Plant Society, 2/25/22