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Keep the lush look of summer going year-round. Learn how to select, site, and care for your houseplants throughout the year. From pruning anxiety to winter care, learn from a top voice in local houseplant care and design.
Dwyan Young-Smith, FloraDayLeaf
Courtyard Classroom
Not Yet Members: $40
Members: $32
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Some of the most beautiful cut flowers need a head start in fall. This class covers cool-season annuals and biennials that overwinter in the ground and reward you with blooms in the earliest days of spring. Beat the heat and leave with a clear plan for cooler days.
Meredith McGraw Bishop, Bloom & Bounty
Massey Auditorium
Not Yet Members: $40
Members: $32
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Great spring bulb displays are actually planned in the summer! Learn how Cheekwood designs its annual showstopping bulb program, then apply those same principles to map out your own spring garden.
Hilary Swaim, Cheekwood
Courtyard Classroom
Not Yet Members: $40
Members: $32
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Join us for a special panel discussion on what works for pollinators in Middle Tennessee gardens. From plant selection to habitat design, we’ll cover what’s growing – and flying – in your zip code. Weather permitting, this conversation will take place in the Howe Garden at Cheekwood.
Master Gardeners of Davidson County
Courtyard Classroom
Not Yet Members: $15
Members: $12
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9 AM – 3 PM | Americana-inspired food vendors
10 AM – 2 PM | Scavenger hunt! Fill out your train ticket “passport” for a chance to win a free Cheekwood Membership.
10 AM – 2 PM | Trains art activities
12 – 2 PM | Performance by Kelsey Rae Copeland: This singer-songwriter specializes in a retro-country sound rooted in reflective storytelling that has served as inspiration for a number of American legends. Currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, she mixes tradition and old-school country “twang” with a hint of mystery.
9 AM – 3 PM | Americana-inspired food vendors
10 AM – 2 PM | Scavenger hunt! Fill out your train ticket “passport” for a chance to win a free
Cheekwood Membership.
10 AM – 2 PM | Trains art activities
12 – 2 PM | Performance by Aaron Till & Mickey Justice: This duo performs traditional country, roots, and Americana music on a variety of instruments from the fiddle to the bouzouki. Their natural musical chemistry and beautiful harmonies will evoke the spirit of the open roads and railways.
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Tennessee is one of the most biodiverse states in the country. This class covers the keystone plants, native fauna relationships, and landscape features that define our region. Learn how these natural treasures can support smarter, more connected designs for your home garden. This class is perfect for people new to gardening in Middle Tennessee.
Courtyard Classroom
Not Yet Members: $40
Members: $32
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Treat the moms in your life to a day surrounded by flowers. Stroll the Bradford Robertson Color Garden as it becomes a showroom for newly planted summer blooms and then take home your favorite annuals, perennials, flowering shrubs, and ready-to-go planters, including lantana, coneflower, salvia, and hydrangea.
Cheekwood’s horticulturists will be on-site to share tips. Come for the plants you love, and leave with a few you didn’t know you needed!
Salsa Franklin Taco
Vietastic
Wyldeflour Pizza
Moosic City Creamery
Nashbowls Acai
Eat Bubbles
The Mac Shack
Salsa Franklin Taco
