UT Gardens

The UT Gardens are open seven days a week when the sun is up. Admission is free unless a special event is happening. Their website is very educational, though limited in the way it can look by being an official UT webpage.

The gardens are very lovely and very hot in the summer, but that's outdoors anywhere in Knoxville. I enjoyed the topiaries and some of the sculpture through the gardens. The wooded area was very nice as were the test mounds. The herb garden didn't seem like it had been getting very much love recently.

The rose garden was an addition that looks like it will prove a money-maker for the gardens, which is always a good thing. I really enjoyed the new garden exhibit painted purple that showcased both good gardening practices and how gardening can still be done with people with various disabilities.