My kids and I had a great time here. The flowers were beautiful and the atmosphere was very peaceful.

A lovely place to spend a nice afternoon. There is plenty to see and the walking trails and gardens are well kept. Lots of places to take pictures and its all free (unless you are a professional photographer taking family photos, in which case there is a small usage fee). Easy to access via bike or car (parking is free). There is also a playground for small children and a tables to bring a picnic.

Gorgeous place to walk, sit, relax. Never knew there was such an awesome oasis right on campus/in town! A must visit in my opinion!

We sure enjoyed our visit to the UT Gardens. It was a great place to spend a Sunday afternoon especially during this pandemic. We live in Knoxville and have never been here so it was exciting to find a new place to visit at different seasons of the year. You will enjoy your stroll through these gardens.

Beautifully laid out. Always something in bloom from spring until the fall. Late July and early August were especially beautiful with a surprising array of flowers in bloom. Theres even a section especially created for children. Admission is free.

Beautiful plants and flowers, a lot of variety and different species. Good place to walk, sit, study, or have a picnic. Nice little fish pond/waterfall and lots of different types of gardens (kitchen garden, rose garden, etc). A lot of places to sit and there is even a kids section for kids to run around, play, and learn. It is a short walk around the whole garden and it is especially pretty in the summer. They also do art in the gardens which is a neat addition to the already gorgeous space. It is very well tended to and overall a fun place to visit.

I enjoyed walking leisurely today It is November, so I look forward to seeing everything bloom in the spring!

What a beautiful and peaceful place to walk. Great way to pass time while waiting on the vet clinic. Highly recommend.

Beautiful Gardens! A Quaint and quiet place to walk, sit, and enjoy the outside.

Wonderful display of many types of flower and other plant. Well maintained grounds makes it a enjoyable visit

Beautiful location with many flowers in bloom right now . Various artist decorated pansies, about 2 diameter each. Each has been individually decorated. Some with glitzy glamour others beautiful painted decoration that are about to be up for auction. I attended a class on starting fall container plants and my hands were too full to take pictures. Bad of me! Well worth the trip Easley done off of freeways.

Beautiful spot to walk, explore, or sit with your lunch. Along the Greenway, it makes a nice stop during a bike ride.

I visited this garden for the first time to shoot some photos. Now I use it as a place to take my Sheltie for a walk. It is well managed and kept. I can’t speak for everyone but I’ve never met truly negative people at this garden. Mostly everyone minds their business and is having solo or family time. There’s a lot of space to move around which is a plus for social distancing. It’s a good way to be involved in nature.

Just lovely, beautiful tropical plants and a very relaxed atmosphere. A great place to start your day.

So very pretty. wonderful place.

Beautifully manicures gardens in the heart of UTK campus. Definitely check out the garden/veggie area with the raised beds. Great place to take a stroll or kill some time in if you’re waiting to meet some friends downtown.

The UTK Gardens have become a really special place to me. I love every minute I get to spend here and would recommend anyone who is interested in visiting to do so.

THESE ARE THE BEST GARDENS in the Knoxville area, dont even bother with the Botanical Gardens, that is SO disappointing compared to UT. Spring and summer are amazing here. They have restrooms but Im not sure if they are open 24/7. The best thing about these gardens is its the safest place to be, by yourself, in the entire area, in my opinion. There are always people there, and its very open.

Most volunteers were masked - the full-time UT employees were not. We were the only masked visitors. But it was Monday morning and it was pretty empty.. Social distancing was easy. The gardens are always beautiful, but a lot of plants were wilting from the heat

Awesome place for a walk and also has a labyrinth. A must see for anyone that wants to take a walk.

A beautiful evening to enjoy the UT Gardens!! We have been several times, but the dogwood art exhibit was a nice surprise!!

Very cool place to chill out. Beautiful plants and a fun variety of garden types. Only downside is the rather busy road between the gardens and the river but makes getting there easy.

We have visited this garden a couple of times and really enjoy it. Where else can you see a bullet ridden old pickup truck in a floral display. The hound dog near the entrance is a nice touch too. The flowers are beautiful and attract a number of butterflies. The rose garden with small water falls is probably the highlight of the garden.

Great gardens to walk through and enjoy. Especially love the Japanese garden.

Well kept garden, plenty of spots for lunch, pleasant walk.

Beautiful, well maintained. Lots of trails and many places to sit and enjoy

Great place to walk around

This was my second time here. Its quite beautiful. The earlier you go in morning the better. Lots of shade along pathways. Childrens garden is exceptionally nice!

This place is amazing! Nice walkways, some shaded areas. Lots of great folks volunteer to keep it looking nice too!

One of my favorite places in Knoxville.!

Beautiful garden that volunteers help take care of.

I did a veterans project here about two years ago and was able to interact with other veterans and staff plus learn about plants.

Awesome landscaping and gardens to enjoy. Plenty of shady spots to sit, relax and read. We enjoy the plant sales each year and other activities as well. We look forward to enjoying the spring gardens soon! Definitely worth a visit and enjoy nature’s palette!

A beautiful garden with all kinds of flowers, plants and trees. Great placement of benches and chairs in vignettes for relaxation or contemplation. Picnic tables, rest rooms and skids garden and active area

Dont be fooled by a drive by glance of the Gardens, get out and walk them.

This is nice but not all the trees are labeled. It would also be nice if they labled the birds. I want to know all their names.

Amazing botanical gardens with access to Knoxville greenway for running, biking, fishing, etc after a nice stroll

Very well kept and beautiful place to visit and explore. Loved the kids zone.

Good floral display for the middle of summer. Clearly well managed. Worth a visit.

One of my favorite places to visit; serene and inviting. Plus, I get ideas for my place there.

Great place for fresh air, beautiful flowers and trees, and stretching your legs along the river.

Gorgeous well kept gardens perfect for a family outing. Worth a trip

So beautiful. Highly recommended!

Its always beautiful, any time of year.

A very nice place for a picnic. The flowers are beautiful and the place is very beautiful and shady

Very nice place to visit.

What a treat to wander in a beautiful garden on a late summer day.

Wonderfully colorful with rotating art installments and very informative.

This place is magic. A great escape from the city with awesome displays and plants of all kind. Love the fish pond with all the roses and the labyrinth!

Awesome place for an afternoon stroll!

Great for walks with a date or significant other. If you have spare time you can even volunteer to help tend the garden.

Obviously its winter right now...so the foliage takes a beating....but its a nice quiet area to hang out and enjoy

Beautiful childrens area and nice paths for walking in the shade.

This place is so beautiful. Our family comes here every time we do picture it is so beautiful and I highly recommend it. On the side they have a heart statue. They also have a gazebo waterfalls also a really old blue truck. Our favorite pictures are the ones with the truck in it.

Very nice beautiful walk. My daughter and I pretty much had the place to ourselves

Nice place, looks like it is a work in progress with a few areas still under development. It’s pretty and nice to take a walk there. Appreciated that you can bring your dog (on a leash) and it is free (accepts donations). I forgot my dog’s water bottle and she got overheated. There is a sign “restrooms this way” but no further direction so we just went into a building and found some drinking fountains, no idea if that was ok. Lots of nice info and ideas for gardening, and spots to enjoy nature. In the kitchen garden there are veggies for sale on the honor system. A children’s garden area as well.

Great place for family pictures

Awesome place to walk around with the family or a significant other.Has great little paths that navigate you around so many different species of plants and foliage there is also very unique art pieces staged throughout the gardens which is great to look at.Perfect place for a simple date with some outside activity or even for some unique photo opportunities.

Gorgeous gardens. So many hostas, a labyrinth, very clean restroom.

Always love walking through here! We went when everything was closed due to Covid-19. Everyone was keeping away from each other.

Great place to walk around beautiful atmosphere. Also good pokemon go hunting ground.

These are beautiful gardens with a huge variety of plants and trees!

This is a beautiful garden of you get a chance you should check it out

This is the premier chill out, go to place. The gardens are beautifully manicured with walking trails and benches. Go and contemplate nature. Relieve your stress. Regain your strength. Meditate, if you do that. Theres something about this place that can take the place of any drug for relaxation. Today, Tennessee Urology had the first annual 5k race/walk at the Gardens. Perfect setting for a worthy cause.

Beautiful peaceful gardens walkthrough

A jewel in our city!

This is a great place to spend the afternoon. Dog friendly too. Perfect in all seasons & educational. Great place to relax, picnic. Its free, which is also great. If you like pokemon, this is a good spot. Photographers love it here.

Beautiful green space. Lush. Need a garbage can somewhere.

Beautiful garden with a very nice koi pond and fun play area for kids

Beautiful gardens with a variety of plantings and areas of interest.

Its very interesting

Beautiful. The kids love it. We learn new things every time we go and there is always something new.

Beautiful place to sit and have a meal with friends!

My son and I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent together. Great place to anchor down with some friends and family or go solo with a book.

Beautiful, glad they have been adding more sitting areas an play areas for kids. However, some of the new permanent structures are beginning to take away from the serenity.

Ive lived in Knoxville for 13 years and only visited here just the other day. Loved it. So pretty and quiet. Great place to chill and unwind.

A great place to take family photos and see beautiful flowers

There is a great variety of plants here and its fun to stroll the grounds. It would be nice if more of plants were identified.

It always makes me happy to be here

Beautiful gardens and love attending the annual Dog costume contests

I was in the area and had a little extra time to wait until my next appointment. The gardens was a perfect place to relax and enjoy nature’s bountiful colors. There’s so much to do and it’s free unless there’s a paying event. They test out new plants and display specimens that are good for our geographical area. Come visit!

Great Outdoor Garden to walk and wander with family.

Nice Gardens. Always in a state of becoming. As I suppose a University Garden should be. Even so a great place to stroll, gather ideas for landscaping. And just meander alone or together.The playground is a nice example of what a natural play place could be.

Beautiful. A Knoxville gem.

Amazing flowers. Well maintained.

Just a peaceful beautiful place

Just a beautiful happy place to be.

I love UT Gardens beautiful place, flowers, herbs, trees.

It is beautiful and quaint. Such a gem in Knoxville.

Good place to hangout and relax

On display are a huge variety of Native and non-Native, non-invasive species, plus a display of various kinds of fruit and vegetable gardens, and herb-lined walkways. There are pleasant niches in which to sit, as well as a well-secluded area suitable for weddings. Its set up with various themed sections, including a childrens park.

Always beautiful and one of the few places that can still be peaceful even when its full of people. And if you ever get the chance to go to one odd the many seasonal plant sales UT has here, you absolutely should. They have goodies for any level of gardene.

This is a truly beautiful garden free for you to go and meander around in. Need to get out and enjoy the outdoors, but no time to go to the mountains & fight traffic? Go to U.T. Gardens! Take your time. Listen, look, take in the scent. When you get home you will feel rested with your batteries recharged.

My 3 year old learns alot about the plants and fruits and veggies

So many happy bees!

Beautiful for a short or long walk.

Thia placw has a fire pole graet for kids

Very well kept.

This is a beautiful garden area, I just wish we would have had more time to enjoy all the different areas at a leisurely pace. The purpose of our visit was to see our great niece have her prom pictures taken. There were couples everywhere making memories.

Enjoy this beautiful garden