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UT Institute of Agriculture > The University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville > Garden Tours and School Field Trips

Garden Tours and School Field Trips

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Garden Tours
 

Come and visit UT Gardens, Knoxville and have a guided tour. Enjoy 10 acres of gardens and learn about the history of the UT Gardens. Garden Tours will take you through a variety of unique and inspiring garden spaces as you learn about garden design elements, garden art, unique cultivars, UT Gardens trials program and much more. Garden Tours are great for any group from your garden club to a church group. Fees for our guided Garden Tours help support the UT Gardens Education Program. Tour groups will also get to reserve space in the garden for a picnic lunch. 

Cost: $6 per person

 
  
  
Garden Field Trips
 
Garden Trips are our version of a school field trip. Garden Trips are designed to enhance your school curriculum by reinforcing what you are teaching in the classroom. Garden Trips offer a variety of topics including plants, seasons, environmental issues, animals and much more. Using the natural environment of the UT Gardens, Garden Trips provide opportunities to incorporate science, math, language arts and other educational subjects​ into one trip. Each program can last 2 to 3 hours depending on your school's specific needs. Schools can choose to have lunch in our children's garden as part of your trip. 

 
Cost: $8 per student, teachers and parents are free
 
 
 
 
To schedule a tour call (865) 974-7151 or email dstowell@utk.edu
 

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