Brenna Wright rinses off a mess of greens in a plastic tub behind wooden tables loaded with tomatoes and herbs. It’s a hot day, and Wright works under the shade …
Cultivating the Land at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum’s Center for Urban Agriculture
Young Jack Ndayise and his parents, Leoncia Nshimirimana and Clement Ndayisaba, work in the hot mid-morning sun, harvesting vegetables in the garden they share with multiple families. Last spring they …
Checking in with the Labor Day Sunflower Project
On a bright June morning, Aaron Shugart-Brown clears a flowerbed in the Friendship Garden on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Morgan Street. The community garden is planted with beds …
Boating, Swimming, and Beer at Mead’s Quarry Lake
Mead’s Quarry Lake, once the site of an industrial-age Tennessee marble quarry, later an illegal dump, has nearly completed its transformation to recreational area with all the amenities and regulations …
Still Water: A Troubled Spring at the Fort Dickerson Quarry Lake
This Memorial Day marks the two-year anniversary of the legalization of swimming in the Fort Dickerson Quarry Lake in South Knoxville’s urban forest. Hopefully, it will not be the last. …