The Knox County Extension Master Gardeners will present a class called Cover Crops – Yes You Should! from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Saturday, September 7, at Bearden Branch Library.  Join Master Gardner Marsha Lehman to learn why and how.  Free and open to the public. For more information call 865-588-8813 or visit online knoxlib.org

The Knox County Extension Master Gardeners will present a class on How to Read a Soil Report from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 14, at the Cedar Bluff Branch Library.  Now is the time.  You are thinking ahead to that area garden next spring.  You want to improve the soil.  Have your soil tested before you even start to amend it.  Learn how tho take a good test and how to interpret the results with Master Gardener Marsha Lehman.  Free and open to the public.  For more information call 865-470-7033.

The Knox County Extension Master Gardeners will present Cover Crops – Yes, You Should! from 1-2 p.m., Monday, September 16, at Davis Family YMCA.  Who should plant cover crops?  YOU should!  Join Master Gardener Marsha Lehman to learn how and why. Free and open to the public. For more information call 865-777-9622 or visit online ymcaknoxville.org/

Native Plants:  Wild but not Woolly is back by popular demand.  Join Master Gardeners Lynn Carlson Cathy Carpenter, and Vickie Smith to learn more about the benefits and choices of native species that will enhance your landscape. This free public event is scheduled on Tuesday, September 24, from 11am-noon at Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway, Knoxville, TN 37931, phone 865-951-2653.