NOTE: Please scroll to the bottom to access the calendar! Click on each event on the calendar to see additional information about it.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events:
2023 HSN Community Outreach Grant Fundraiser
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Thanks to all who made our 2023 Grant Fundraiser a great success!
See the "grants" page for more information about our Community Outreach Grants.
The Annual 2023 HSN Plant Sale will be coming soon!
April 15 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds - Expo Building 3
8:30 am - 2 pm
To see a list of plants that will be available at the sale, please click here.
(This list is subject to change, depending on our growers)
For information about plants new to the sale in 2023, please click here.
Want to see what the HSN Plant Sale is all about??
Click here to watch a video from last year's sale!
45th Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Wildflower Festival May 5-6
at Cedars of Lebanon State Park
See the calendar entry below for more info and to register.
HSN COVID policy:
Our HSN Board has discussed at length the concern among members over gathering in groups due to the pandemic. In consideration of that apprehension, our HSN Board recommends that for any type of gathering, our membership will follow the guidelines set forth by the host of the gathering be that the venue or an individual. Each member will have to decide whether or not to participate based on the guidelines set. These are difficult times and we will navigate them with flexibility, innovation, creativity and respect for all.
Meetings:
NOTE: Cheekwood's remodeling of Botanic Hall is now complete! Meetings usually held at Cheekwood 's Botanic Hall have resumed at that location.
Unit Meetings -
These meetings are open to the public.
NEXT MEETING: May 8, 2023, 6:30 pm.
Cheekwood Massey Auditorium.
Speaker: Evelyn Story Allen
Topic: Native Plants for the Home Landscape
Past Unit Meetings – Unit Meetings are open to the public. To view zoom recordings or presentations from past unit meetings, click here, then scroll to find the desired date.
NOTE TO MEMBERS: If you are unable to attend a unit meeting online or in person at the time it was held, but later view the recording, you may count it toward your required 2 meetings, or report the time you spent viewing the recording, on the TimeTracker.
Zoom links and other information about events can be found on the calendar below. Instructions for making reservations and attending meetings virtually will be sent by email to members through the Google Group HSN Message Exchange. Instructions for members are also posted in "Resources".
Garden Workdays - Workdays for members resumed in March at the Cheekwood and Centennial Gardens. Please check the calendar below for details and sign-up info. Links to sign up can also be found on the "Membership" and "Resource" pages after login.
Note: As of March 9, 2022, Cheekwood has lifted its COVID restrictions. Masks and vaccination for volunteers are no longer required!
Workshops - Crafts, Botany/Horticulture/Herbalism, and Culinary Workshops will usually meet on Mondays at Cheekwood or an alternative location or virtually, subject to pandemic guidelines. See the calendar below for details. These meetings are for members only.
Herb Study Groups - Herb Study groups usually meet on the 4th Monday each month. For more information and how to sign up contact Catherine Martin. These meetings are for members only. See the calendar entries below for exact dates/times and more details.
Lunch/Dinner Groups-
These groups are for members only.
The in-home lunch group has resumed meeting in member's homes. Contact Carol Oldham if you want to be included in this lunch group.
Dining-out lunch groups meet in local restaurants. Contact Jill Meese if you would like to join a dining-out lunch group.
Dinner Group has resumed “in person” gatherings instead of the "at home" format we have been using beginning June 2022. Please contact Todd Breyer if you would like to be in the dinner group.
Specific information about any of these meetings/events can be found by clicking on the event on the calendar below. Information will also be shared with members via the Herbary, the Green Book (both now available to members online under "Resources"), and HSN Message Exchange emails.
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