Some were also used as insect repellents, and dyeing materials. Stone markers identify the plants to help answer visitors' questions. Orris root was, and still is, used as a preservative. As the seasons change, so do the plantings in each of these gardens. Spring brings a showing of daffodils and early blooming perennials.
Summer is highlighted with colorful annuals, vegetable and dyeing materials.
In autumn, those late bloomers and cool weather vegetables accompany the cotton and tobacco. Winter interest is usually provided by the rose clamoring up the iron gate trellis, as well as a few pansies. Inclusion of sites does not imply University of Tennessee or Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County approval of their product or service to the exclusion of others that may be similar, nor does it guarantee or warrant the standard of the products or service offered.