We had a number of good walks this April and many on some of Dogwood Trails. One new one which has been around a long time is the Knoxville Botanical Gardens in East KNoxville. Once you drive up Summit Hill to the end past Weigals you see signs for Mabrey Hazen House and also some green signs for Knoxville Botanical Gardens. Follow the signs another 2 miles or so and you will find this jewel.
We had around 22 folks come to take pictures and hear about the history and future of this 48 acre garden spot. The Family who had this property for over 150 years built some pretty stone structures and walls. There are so many interesting and often exotic forms of flowers, plants and I think Vicky Baumgartner said over 20 types of Dogwood Trees. It is a must see for everyone!
Then on the weekend there was a bike and bloom that met at Spring brook park east of the big pool area. We had thought maybe 12-20 would be coming and ended up with right at 50 people. !!! We biked over to the industrial park and pond then added the new Alcoa Pedestrian bridge that also extends another 2-3 miles further towards Louisville road. We then came back to main trail and headed to center of Maryville A few took a breather and got a snack at the nice Maryville Library (my hubby and gracie enjoyed that) then half went on and went to the end of the greenway towards Sandy springs area You can do 22 miles along greenway there and the plans for an eventual link between Blount and Knox greenways is an exciting plan for the future. Thanks to Cycology bicycles also for helping with this Dogwood arts ride sponsored by Covenant Health www.cycologybicyles.com has a link to get added to their mailing list of rides
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