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Growing Great Gardens!

Register here for Growing Great Gardens!

Check out our flier, Click here!

Seats are filling up, so get your registration packet here. 

Super Tool-Sharpening 

Party 

Speaking of planning, winter is best time to prepare your tools for another season of pruning, clipping, snipping and shoveling. Not at the top of your list right now? Well, we have a way you can clean and sharpen them, have a great time sharing information with other gardeners, and get to pet some pretty neat farm animals, too.Come to our Super Tool-Sharpening Party on Sunday, Feb. 5, from 2-4 p.m.  More info here.

Thanks to our Sponsors ~ 

Supporting us in 2011

Masco Foundation for the Masco Pavilion Garden that is being built on the northwest side of the Conservatory.

ITC for their sponsorship of the left front knot garden next to the terrace.

Walmart, PNC, Total Community Credit Union and The Wagner Group for providing program sponsorships for Growing Great Gardens and our Plant Sale. 

Messenger Printing for producing our beautiful seasonal postcards to keep you "in the loop" about our upcoming activities.These postcards contained the work of our volunteer photographers and winning entries of our Photo Contest.

Click here to see photos of
Pinky, TJ and the gang
at Gnome Day! 

Visitors at the Conservatory

Want to be a TCF Volunteer?

Say Hi! to Our Garden Groomers. The Groomer Team is dedicated to keeping our gardens in tip-top shape. They water, weed, fertilize, prune, tie-up roses and floppy plants, analyze pest and disease problems and provide a wealth of information to us through their observations. Want to join our GG Team? We'd love to have you! 

Email Louise Doute, our volunteer coordinator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

(Back row, l-r: Becky Poma, Lois Walker, Kathleen Kozakowski. Front row, l-r: Louise Doute, Jim Thompson, Lisa Kozakowski, Jeff Nicita, Jeanine Fennessey. not pictured: Cathy Dinco, Susanne Kozakowski, Sandi McCown, Jill and Jim Parrish, Sandy Salowich, Gordy Zahn)

We've just installed the latest round of engraved brick pavers at the "C". If you order this month, your paver would be placed in late August. Want to order? Proceeds from the sale of the pavers help keep our gardens beautiful.

Did you know?

• Most of our visitors are from cities outside of Taylor? We've had visits from 4 countries and 17 states.

• We've planted over 1000 trees and shrubs in the gardens.

• Our espaliered apple and pear trees were grown by Peter Thevenot from River Road Farms in Decatur, TN. Peter is renowned worldwide for his skills in the ancient art of espalier.

• The Conservatory weighs over 3 tons.

• Our Garden Groomers maintained over 100 large container gardens this year.

• The hedge surrounding our gardens are Arborvitaes, or Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens'.