Reminder: Save the date – Butterfly Festival in Oak Ridge

Posted by Melanie Staten | Aug 7, 2025 | Anderson, Our Town Outdoors | 0

Butterfly Festival (file photo)

It’s just over a month away! Save the date for the 10th University of Tennessee Arboretum Society Annual Butterfly Festival on Saturday, September 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UT Arboretum Auditorium and surrounding grounds, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Activities include the UT Insect Zoo, two butterfly tents, educational speakers, children’s activities, local artisans, food trucks and dulcimer music.

Full details coming soon!

Co-sponsored by the UT Forest Resources Research and Education Center, this educational event is designed for children and adults of all ages.

The UT Arboretum Society celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2025; to learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org

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Melanie Staten

Melanie Staten spent many years in Washington, D.C., working on Capitol Hill as a press secretary, at the White House as deputy assistant press secretary and at the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S as director of legislative and political issues. She was a general assignment reporter at WBAL- Baltimore and worked ten years as a reporter for a Manassas, Virginia newspaper. She was director of public relations for Westminster at Lake Ridge in Lake Ridge, Virginia. After moving to Knoxville, she became director of communications for the Amputee Coalition of America and later director of communications for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. She is publicity chair for the UT Arboretum Society and a board member of the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists. She was a performer and manager for the Front Page Follies. Melanie is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Communications.

Reminder: Save the date – Butterfly Festival in Oak Ridge

About The Author

Melanie Staten

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