Visitation Criteria

We want your visit at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum to be an enjoyable one. Please assist us in protecting and promoting these wonderful Gardens.

Visitation Guidelines:

• Cameras are permitted in the Gardens and we want you to share your pictures with family and friends;
   

• Safeguard our flowers and plants, seeds and trees. Watch where you step and please leave everything as you first discovered it;
   

• Please accompany your children at all times. We want this to be a pleasant and safe trip for you and your family;
   

• Please do not sit on walls, trees, or buildings;
   

• Pets are not allowed, except those necessary for mobility or other support;
   

• Smoking is not permitted;
   

• Do not litter!
   

The Knoxville Botanical Gardens were established in 2001 by a not-for-profit board dedicated to creating a special place where people come to appreciated the beauty of nature. These 44 acres were formerly the Joe N. Howell and C.B. Howell Nurseries. We thank the Howell families for leaving this community such an enchanting place.

Click here to obtain directions to our facilities.