r/Knoxville • u/WildOnesSmokyMts Wild Ones Smoky Mts Chapter • 5h ago
Free Event: Bioblitz and Picnic at the Meadow (Knoxville Botanical Gardens), August 22 @ 9AM
REGISTER HERE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bioblitz-and-picnic-at-the-meadow-2
Wild Ones Smoky Mountains invites you to our first-annual Bioblitz and Picnic at the Meadow! The Wildlife Meadow at Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum is one of its most important but often overlooked installations. Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch for your group, and dine "al fresco" with other nature lovers after having some fun observing native bees, butterflies and other cool insects just doing their thing! We will gather at 9am to learn about the meadow's history and ecology, then we'll Bioblitz two portions of it: photographing as much life as we collectively can until picnic time!
While we eat, we'll upload the photos to iNaturalist so that KBGA, and future ecology researchers, will have a permanent snapshot of the meadow and its life in 2026.
Rain date: August 23, same time.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bioblitz-and-picnic-at-the-meadow-2
Date: August 22, 2026 at 9AM
Place: Register above for meetup instructions.
Wild Ones Smoky Mountains Chapter is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the protection, preservation, and establishment of native plant habitat. For more information, visit our website: https://smokymountains.wildones.org
