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Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum

Elizabeth Eason Architecture worked with the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum on plans to renovate a stone building at the historic site.
In 1786, the land where the garden and arboretum sits was awarded to David Wessels Howell, who established a plant nursery and orchard in the area that would later be known as Knoxville, TN. By 1942, Joe Howell, an heir to the original Howell Nursery, recognized the need for landscape designers in Knoxville and started a separate plant nursery and landscape design business on the east end of the original property.
One of the most striking features of the Joe Howell Nursery are the stone walls and buildings surrounding the property and partitioning off parts of land. The walls were built as a selling tool to show prospective clients and showcase the variety of stones available in East Tennessee.
Elizabeth Eason Architecture worked on designs for the renovation of an open-air stone building to be used as a public shelter within the gardens. Salvaged beams, cedar siding and exposed framing were used in the renovation.