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Open Days

Opening America's Best Private Gardens Since 1995

GATOP, Knoxville, TN

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May 10, 2008
Penelope and John Maynard10:00 am - 4:00 pm

We created a garden among rock ledges and oak woods on the steep shoulder of Mount Aspetong. The site is fragmented; thus, the garden areas are designed to flow from one to another, linked together by a…

Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Burke10:00 am - 4:00 pm

“Bedrock” is composed of a garden on several levels that complements a 200-year-old farmhouse and red barn on the curve of a dirt road. Views of the Beaver Dam river are captured below the perennial garden…

One Britton Avenue10:00 am - 4:00 pm

One Britton Avenue is a unique site with a rich history as the original location of the Belvedere Golf and Country Club. The unusually large number of native oaks and mature pines on the property emphasize…

Phillis Warden10:00 am - 4:00 pm

This garden of many facets includes perennial borders, two water gardens, a formal vegetable garden, wildflower garden, fern garden, marsh garden, tree platform overlooking the marshlands, woodland…

River Run Farm10:00 am - 4:00 pm

River Run Farm is a horse farm estate dating from the 1920s. John Smith designed the current formal gardens in the 1980s. The garden rooms are filled with many flowering trees and shrubs that bloom year…

GATOP10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Atop a hillside overlooking the Tennessee River and the Great Smoky Mountains exists an estate of great historical and botanical interest called GATOP (God’s Answer to Our Prayers). Among the many…

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