Rhea County

AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES

AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES

HORTICULTURE

A community gathering of adults and children

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

EVENTS

The Rhea County Extension Office is located at 125 Court Street, Suite 3 Dayton, TN 37321 with Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Directions to Rhea County

UPCOMING EVENTS

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Visitors to the 2025 UT Gardens, Knoxville, Spring Plant Sale

Start Your Garden with the Spectacular Spring Plant Sale

Heather Slayton in the forest

Tennessee Valley Agriculture Club Scheduled to Meet April 8

lettuce and yellow squash

Home Gardeners Test Varieties of Vegetables and Flowers

Brad Collett, executive director of the Tennessee RiverLine; Karen Hundt, community planning and design director for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency; Emily Mack, president and CEO of River City Company; Gail Loveland Barille, director of Outdoor Chattanooga; and Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly

Tennessee RiverLine Announces 2025 Award Recipients at 7th Annual Summit

John Sorochan, UT Distinguished Professor of Turfgrass Science and Management; Alan Ferguson, FIFA senior pitch management manager; UT Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman; Kaj Heyral, FIFA26 director of infrastructure and technical services; and Christian Stiegler, FIFA head of stadium and infrastructure management, pose during the 2026 Pitch Management Research Field Day at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Feb. 25, 2026.

FIFA Returns to UT for Final Pitch Management Research Field Day Ahead of World Cup 26

Spotted lanternfly egg masses on a tree

Help Stop the Spread of Spotted Lanternflies by Finding Egg Masses

Students walk on UT campus with Ayres Hall in the background

UT Board Approves Projects and New Degree Program

yellow and red heirloom tomatoes in a basket

Personality Hire with a Past: Heirloom Tomatoes

bowls of food with vegetables, hummus, and walnuts

UT Extension Offers Tips for National Nutrition Month

turkey and a deer in a forest

Woods and Wildlife Field Day Set for April 30

attendees at the 2025 beef summit trade show

UT Extension to Conduct Southeast TN Beef Summit

A crowd listening to a speak in the UT Gardens, Knoxville, at the 2025 Green Industry Field Day

Save the Date! Tennessee Green Industry Field Day Scheduled for June 11

UTIA and UT Knoxville Research Teams Will Develop Automated Compost Monitoring System

Paul Plummer

UT College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

strawberry plants growing in a greenhouse

University of Tennessee Team to Evaluate Whether New Biofungicides Persist in the Environment