Promoting healthy
and sustainable urban
and community forests
in Tennessee
- Program Overview
- Tree Registries
- Arboreta
- Annual Conference
- Awards of Excellence
- Notable Trees Exhibit
Events
July 17 TUFC Board Meeting Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville
Oct 4-5 Urban Forestry Conference Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville
Oct 6 Tennessee Tree Climbing Championship Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville
Nov 15 TUFC Board Meeting Knoxville
Wright Forest
Natural Area,
Johnson County
The Wright Forest Natural Area is the only known example of an extensive white pine and hemlock pre-settlement forest, which originally covered much of the floor of Shady Valley in Johnson County. It is part of a working "century farm," having been in the same Wright family from a land grant dating to the late 1700s. One of the earliest stewards of this farm was Celia Brown Cole, daughter of the original settler in Shady Valley. More
