Summer Celebration
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Chuck Denney
Gardening is the number one hobby in the country, but even the greenest thumb can use a little pointer from time to time. You’ll find plenty of gardening advice here at UT’s Research and Education Center in Jackson, site of “Summer Celebration.” Gardening, landscaping, horticulture and lawn care are the main topics of discussion here. Visitors can meet and talk to dozens of UT’s top experts. Nancy Van Tol is with the UT Agricultural Experiment Station.
Nancy Van Tol
“We really do. I don’t believe there’s anywhere in the state that you could go on any given day except here in Jackson at this Research and Education center where this many experts are together in one place that can help homeowners with almost any lawn and garden problem they have. From the beginning homeowner who just wants to plant some flowers in a pot to those who are master gardeners and expert landscapers.”
Chuck Denney
More than 25-hundred gardening enthusiasts visited by sunset. Among them, Maggie Speight whose been gardening for decades in Nashville.
Maggie Speight
“I love it. I grew up on a farm in Mississippi, so I love to see research being done for all the plant life.”
Chuck Denney
Summer Celebration is always held the second Thursday in July.
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