Glenmore Mansion’s Garden Market Blends Crafts, Native Plants and More for a Memorable Springtime Event

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The annual Garden Market takes place 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 6 on the grounds of Glenmore Mansion.

Vendors who specialize in yard and garden craft items, native plants and other outdoor decorative items will have information and goods for sale. Glenmore volunteers will sell plant stock dug from member gardens and host a luncheon under the big tent.

Locally-grown strawberries will also be for sale. Local musicians will pick their guitars on Glenmore's front porch.

The Mansion will be open for tours given every hour beginning 9 a.m. with the last tour at 1 p.m. Tour tickets are $5.

Visitors may wish to explore the nearby Branner Family Cemetery and adjacent Civil War site of the Battle of Mossy Creek.

The historic Glenmore Mansion is a circa 1868 Victorian mansion built by John Roper Branner, president of the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad at that time.

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