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1990

RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Riverbend Nurseries is a family-owned and operated retail garden center and wholesale nursery located just south of Nashville in Franklin, Tennessee. We are open year-round to the public and grow over 1500 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and vegetables on our 275 acres of land.

Our passion is gardening, and we love nothing more than sharing our love and knowledge of plants with you.

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Add gorgeous fall interest to your garden.
Come shop our complete collection of plants that offer the fall colors you love.

2019 - 2025
WINNER

THE BEST OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY

RED & YELLOW TWIG DOGWOODS

Red and Yellow Twig Dogwood shrubs are spectacular in fall and winter in the garden! Their bright, colorful stems add an interesting texture and make an artistic addition to a landscape. They are easy to grow and thrive in full sun. They also make excellent cuttings for holiday arrangements.

ABOUT US

WELCOME TO
RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Riverbend Nurseries is a retail and wholesale nursery located just south of Nashville in Franklin, TN.

for learning and gardening help,
newest plants, giveaways, sales,
and adorable photos
of our sweet resident cat, Willow

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Learn gardening tips and
find out our latest sales.

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EDUCATIONAL POSTS

Read our latest blog posts, where we share valuable information each month that Middle Tennessee gardeners

need to know to thrive in planting zone 7.

Plant Red (or Yellow!) Twig Dogwoods for Amazing Fall and Winter Interest

How to Care for Your Backyard Birds in Fall and Winter

It's Necessary to Water New Plants Well in the Fall

GARDEN CENTER

2008 Lewisburg Pike

Franklin, TN 37064

(615) 468-2008

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday - Friday: 8am - 5pm

Saturday: 8am - 4pm

Closed Sunday

⚠️Caution Men at work⚠️ Our guys have been hard at work over the past few days installing new weed barrier inside the greenhouses. These improve the look as well as keeping dust and weeds under control. We are constantly improving and renovating! Keep an eye out for our future projects! Thank you for the support and we look forward to seeing you soon!

This fall, plant bulbs with your Pansies and Violas. Here's how:
🌷Plant in a mostly to full sun location
🌷Try grouping at least 8-10 larger bulbs, like tulips or daffodils, for greater impact
🌷If you have squirrels that love to dig them up, lay a large piece of chicken wire over your bulbs before covering them with dirt. The critters won't be able to dig them up easily, and they'll bloom up through the holes of the chicken wire!
🌷A good rule of thumb is that the depth that you plant your bulbs should be 3x the diameter of the bulb- ask us specific questions below!
🌷After planting, add an 8-8-8 fertilizer, water thoroughly, and add a layer of mulch on top to insulate your bulbs for winter
🌷Keep a list of the bulb varieties you are using, along with their location and where you purchased them from! This will come in handy next year when you really love a certain bulb but cannot remember what it is or where it came from 🩷

We have high-quality bulbs available now, and it is the perfect time to plant:
•50 in a bag/ $25
•Individual 75 cents each

Happening this morning! Nonna Lisa's organic, homemade baked goods will be with us. Bring a coffee and grab a cookie or muffin while you're here- it's the perfect start to your Saturday. ☕️🍪☺️

Lynn and Tyler have been at the Tennessee Nursery & Lanscape Association trade show yesterday and today! This trade show has been held at the Farm Bureau Expo Center in Lebanon. They've had the opportunity to attend seminars and talk about all things gardening and plant growing with potential customers and other professionals in the business. 🍁✨️

We have bulbs… lots of bulbs!! Too many bulbs to count! So, we have bulk packs of bulbs on sale, 50 bulbs for $25!
Varieties include: Hyacinth, Narcissus and tulips
Buy one of each and plant them to create a beautiful bulb garden for years to come!

Bags cannot be split varieties and must be in quantities of 50.

We also have regularly priced bulbs for .75 a piece.
These bulbs can be bought by the individual or as many as you please.
Varieties include: Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, Allium, and Hyacinths.

Cozy up to all the fall vibes at your local nursery! 🍁🌼🧡

Lots has been happening around here the last several days! We've been putting up new plastic in prep for colder weather and installing new flooring in our main greenhouse!🍁✨️ What are you all thinking of this cooler weather? We're loving it!🧡

“Copper Coin” Chrysanthemum! One of the many varieties of mums we have in stock! All of our mums are grown right here in Middle Tennessee on our property! These mums are also a perennial, so plant them in your yard for next year's beauty!
10” mums for $10 each!

Pumpkins are going fast! Once we are sold out we are out for the season! We have an assortment of sizes still in stock, but availability changes quickly around here! We have mums and seasonal annuals still in stock as well. We look forward to seeing you!

Enter our ✨️BOO Basket G•I•V•E•A•W•A•Y!✨️🎃

One winner will receive an adorable pumpkin pot & 10-inch Mum, perfect for decorating your porch this fall!🎃🌼

✨️The winner will be announced THIS Friday, October 17th, on IG! (Local entries only, as we do not ship)

✨️To Enter:
🎃FOLLOW us on IG
🎃LIKE this post
🎃TAG 3 friends in the comments

🎃FOR 2 ADDITIONAL ENTRIES per share: SHARE in your Stories or repost!

We're loving celebrating fall together here at your local nursery! 🍁🎃✨️ Enter below!

Happy Monday, y'all! We thought it'd be fun to show off some of your inviting, cozy, autumnal front porches that you've shared with us! 🍁🌼😍

Thank you, Laurie Williams Sylvester, and Stephen Oliver, for shopping locally with us and sharing! 💛

We'd love to see your front porch all dressed up for autumn- tag or DM us! 🙌

ON SALE NOW!!

We have 10gal Emerald Arborvitae for $50. Once planted they will be about 3-4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. At full maturity they will be about 15 feet tall and about 5 feet wide. They are excellent for mass plantings, privacy shrubs, and noise barriers.
Call with any questions at 615-468-2008.
We are open Monday-Friday 8-5 and Saturday 8-4.

We still have plenty of pumpkins in stock, although we have sold a bunch and they are going quickly…! We are still fully stocked on our homegrown Mums and ornamental annuals! We have sold out of our cornstalks for the year. Call with any questions at 615-468-2008.

Transitioning the front porch from summer to autumn welcomes loved ones with every changing season!

Swipe to see summer's porch!🌺🇺🇸>>

Thank you, Stephen Oliver, for sharing and shopping locally with us!🎃🍁🌼
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See 2 of the scarecrows that have been created and turned in for our fall Scarecrow Contest, and scroll thru to see all the details! >>

What kind of scarecrow would you create?! Our contest runs thru October 23rd- submit yours soon to be entered to win a big prize (see last pic!)! 🍁🌼

Today is the day! We have our Fall Festival from 10-2! We 35% off all container trees, INCLUDING Japanese maples, Crepe Myrtles, and Magnolias. This is not a sale we do often, if you need a large ornamental tree now is the time! Open until 4pm today!

Mums, Mums,Mums, and more Mums!!
We have 1 gal Mums for $7.00 as well as 10” for $10.
Come see us Saturday 10/4 from 10-2 for our Fall Festival! We will have a food vendor and children’s entertainment!

Join us THIS Saturday, October 4th, from 10AM-2PM for our annual Fall Festival!🎃🌼🍁

This is a complimentary event we offer each fall here at the garden center. Bring the whole family and enjoy pumpkin painting, face painting, a bouncy house, a family hayride, and more!🎃🍁

Enjoy the beautiful sights of fall, which will be in abundance everywhere you look! We look forward to seeing you at this free family event!🍁🌼

Good morning from all of us here at Riverbend! Here is a look at some of the fields and greenhouses where we grow some of our amazing plants.
We grow 90% of what we sell! So, that means your plants are well acclimated to this area. This includes all of our Mums, Annuals, and Veggies!

You all love Mums, and we love growing them for you! 🧡 ✨️Mum restock as of this afternoon✨️

🌼1G $7
🌼10-inch $10

Chrysanthemum ‘Bridal White’
Available now, we have them in 1 gallon containers for $7.00.

One of many of the varieties we have in stock. Come see us this Saturday from 8am-4pm.
We look forward to seeing you!

The greenhouses are full and waiting for you!! We are fully stocked on mums, veggies, annuals, pumpkins, cornstalks, and plenty more!

Give us a call with any questions at 615-468-2008! We look forward to seeing you!😊

Rainy days are purrr-fect pumpkin picking out days! ☔️🎃😻
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The weather may not feel like it, but it’s fall at the nursery!! We have plenty of pumpkins, straw bales, cornstalks, mums, and numerous varieties of flowering and ornamental annuals, as well as decor for inside and outside! Also, in stock veggie starters in compostable pots! Come see us today till 5pm and Saturday 8-4pm! We are closed Sundays!

Caryopteris (Bluebeard) is a delight in September!

🐝This perennial attracts pollinators, helping them continue to thrive in late summer/ early fall when many flowers have stopped blooming.

Plant in full sun locations; 2 varieties available:
🌸'Beyond Pink'd'
🌸'Dark Knight' (shown)

3g pots $35!

#caryopteris #flowers #pollinatorplants #fallflowers #gardenlove #instaflowers #peacefulgarden #riverbendnurseries #riverbendgrows #franklintn #springhilltn

🍁✨NEW THIS YEAR: Be a part of our Fall Scarecrow Contest!! This is a fun event that the entire family can participate in! Scroll through to be inspired!

🍁FAQ: If each of your children wants to make a scarecrow, multiple can be submitted from one family (one per person). See all the details & ask us any questions below!

🍁 One winner will be chosen & will receive a $150 gift certificate to the nursery (to be used on anything!)!

Pumpkins are ready!! 🎃🎃

Lynn, Jack, and Aden have been hard at work unloading pumpkins the past few days! We have just begun bringing out our pumpkins for this year!

In stock now we have:
Jacks-$7
Pie Pumpkins- $4
Multi’s
Small- $7
Large-$10
X-large-$15

Recently, a member of our team traveled and toured the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. If you haven't been, it is a beautiful garden to go to and be inspired! While there, they were releasing butterflies in their large, gorgeous Butterfly House. It's very special to see!

We are always striving to learn and grow here at the nursery, whether it is taking extra classes, attending horticulture conferences, learning the latest gardening trends, or touring large gardens. We're always wanting to inspire you and teach more people about the joy of gardening! 🌿🌻

Fall vibes, fresh from our growing greenhouses, at your local nursery! ☺️🍁

🌼Sunflowers $5
🌼Pansies 75 cents
🌼Mums 1G $7, 10-inch $10
🌼Ornamental Cabbage 6" pot $6.50
🌼Swiss Chard 5" pot $5

Pumpkins will be available next week (!). 🎃

Water features add tranquility to a garden. We're loving this one in particular!😍

Now in stock at the nursery!

🦋 'Blueberry Pie' Butterfly Bush

🪻Dark purple blooms in spring through summer🪻

Mature size 2-3’x 2-3’; Perfect for any size garden!

Plants are in 3-gallon containers for $30!

Cool-weather veggies are coming soon...!!

ORGANIC and grown in eco-friendly pots right here at your local nursery. More info to come soon 🥬🥦
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Hello friends, we unfortunately have sad news to share that our beloved Carolyn has peacefully passed away after an extended illness. We feel the immense hole that is left by her passing.

Carolyn had a deep love for gardening and animals. She always babied our kitties, Lily and Willow, as well as our parakeets. She was so knowledgeable about gardening and was generous in sharing her knowledge with each of our team members, as well as our customers. She had a passion for flower arranging, and she was so talented at it. Over the years, she beautifully put together countless custom pots and assisted in making many gorgeous wreaths at Christmas.

We will always miss her smile, her laughter, her sass, her wit, and everything that made her who she was. We rejoice that, as a believer, she is now with Jesus and is in no more pain, but is in eternal glory! Please feel free to share any warm thoughts about her below. 🩷

Add any of these 9 perennials to your sunny gardening bed for color through early/mid-October. 🌼 What's a flower you love out of these 9?

Bonus: When choosing annuals in spring, plant several annuals that perform a long time, such as Lantana. It will fill in bare spots in the garden and blooms profusely until mid-fall!
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Are you an "autumn" too? 🍁🌼🎃

Available now:
🌼1G Mums $7 (yellow, white, bronze, orange)

🌼10-inch Mums $10 (yellow, bronze, red, pink)

Pansies and pumpkins will be available soon!✨️
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Fall is *almost*🤞 upon us - don't you need some trees?🌳🍁

🍁Select trees marked with an orange ribbon are only $50! Look behind our barn and in our tree yard for those with an orange ribbon.

🍁Also, spring-dug deciduous B&B trees are now 25% off!

🍁Tropical plants are 35% off!

Happy Monday, friends and fellow gardeners!🧡

👋 Here's your PSA to remember to take a moment to stop and smell the roses today. ☺️🌹🌿

📸🌺 flowers shown in the garden: Lantana, Russian Sage, Drift Rose, Rose of Sharon, Coneflower, Hardy Hibiscus

#summerflowers #flowersmakepeoplehappy #gardenlife #gardenersworld #augustgarden

Tell us what's blooming in your garden this week! ⬇️🌻🌿

Here's some of what's blooming at the garden center! 🎉📣✨️ 3g gorgeous annuals pots are only $10 each!

Refresh your pots- they bloom until approx. mid-October!😍✨️

🎉We're beginning our annual B&B tree sale this week, with spring-dug deciduous B&B trees 25% OFF!

🎉Tropical plants, including Bougainvillea, Variegated Ginger, Braided Hibiscus, Palms, and more, are 35% OFF!

🎉We have a beautiful selection of large, 3g annual pots for only $10. They're perfect to replace any in container pots or your gardening bed. They'll bloom profusely until approximately mid-October!

Ornamental grasses are 25% off through tomorrow! Today, we are featuring this special variety!

🌿Plant Spotlight: 'Northwind' Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum 'Northwind')
🌿This upright ornamental grass adds dramatic vertical interest in a garden
🌿Mature size: 5-6' tall x 3' wide
🌿Loves full to partial sun
🌿Plant type: Ornamental grass; comes back year after year
🌿Low-maintenance; very hardy; looks stunning as a vertical accent or in a mass planting

Who needs some Fall in their life?! 🙋‍♀️🍁

Swipe to see some of our fave Fall pics over the years from the nursery! 🍂

Watch our Butterfly Bodyguards release our butterflies from our (✨️🦋wildly popular🦋✨️) Butterfly Garden at the @williamsonfair ! ☺️

Let us know below- did you come to our butterfly garden at the fair?

Peppers, tomatoes, and okra are doing really well in my (Rebekah's) garden. Zucchini, ehh, not so much! How about you? Share below!⬇️🍅🌿

Words to live by. 😂 Happy Wednesday, friends and fellow gardeners! 🌿🏡🌻

🌸FUN FACT: As we celebrate 35 years in business, here's a fact you might not know about your local nursery!

In 2005, our owner, Steve Bennett, applied for a patent for a new variety of Redbud he invented at Riverbend Nurseries. 'Cascading Hearts' Redbud is now well-known throughout the world.

Scroll to our last photo- this is Hochberg Ornamental Export nursery in Israel. We have visited each other’s nurseries several times. They have grown our patented Redbud Cercis canadensis ‘Cascading Hearts’ (seen in this photo) since 2010 and have sold it in several countries around the world.

🎉🌿Ornamental Grasses are STUNNING in fall, and guess what?! We've got them 25% OFF, just in time for their magnificent debut! This week only; enjoy picking from our large selection!

Where to Plant:
🌾In a grouping
🌾A part of a privacy screen (mix in something like Emerald Green Arborvitae evergreens for a textured and full look)
🌾In a spot where you need plants but can't water often

🎉Roses are 25% off this week as we begin to finish up our Garden of Savings Sales this summer!

Have you made it to the @williamsonfair yet? Butterflies flutter all around you at our gorgeous butterfly garden there!🦋✨️ Continue to tag us in your pics and videos; we love to see and share!🦋✨️

Butterflies galore 🦋🦋🦋

Will you stroll amongst all 300 of them? 🦋✨️

We'll see you tonight at the @williamsonfair ! Our interactive exhibit is located inside the main Ag building. Look for our huge greenhouse!🌸🌿🦋

Tag us @riverbendnurseries !!✨️🦋

As we celebrate 35 years this year, we are sharing pics and video over the past 35 years! 🌿 #flashbackfriday to 2013 when Riverbend was featured in a movie! 🎥

Joel Smallbone (of For King and Country) starred with Billy Ray Cyrus and Jennifer Taylor in Like a Country Song. Directed by Johnny Remo, filming occurred at the garden center on Memorial Day of 2013. 🎥

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ESTB

1990

RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Add gorgeous fall interest to your garden.
Come shop our complete collection of plants that offer the fall colors you love.

2019 - 2025
WINNER

THE BEST OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY

ABOUT US

WELCOME TO
RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Riverbend Nurseries is a retail and wholesale nursery located just south of Nashville in Franklin, TN.

SOCIAL MEDIA

FOLLOW US

for learning and gardening help,
newest plants, giveaways, sales,
and adorable photos
of our sweet resident cat, Willow

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Learn gardening tips and
find out our latest sales.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Plant Red (or Yellow!) Twig Dogwoods for Amazing Fall and Winter Interest

How to Care for Your Backyard Birds in Fall and Winter

It's Necessary to Water New Plants Well in the Fall

GARDEN CENTER

HOURS OF OPERATION

FOLLOW US

LOCATION

2008 Lewisburg Pike
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 468-2008

OPENING HOURS

Monday-Friday: 8am - 5pm

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

ESTB

1990

RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Add gorgeous fall interest to your garden. Come shop our complete collection of plants that offer the fall colors you love.

2019 - 2025 WINNER

THE BEST OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY

ABOUT US

WELCOME TO RIVERBEND NURSERIES

Riverbend Nurseries is a retail and wholesale nursery located just south of Nashville in Franklin, TN.

SOCIAL MEDIA

FOLLOW US

for learning and gardening help, newest plants, giveaways, sales, and adorable photos of our sweet resident cat, Willow

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Learn gardening tips and find out our latest sales.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Plant Red (or Yellow!) Twig Dogwoods for Amazing Fall and Winter Interest

How to Care for Your Backyard Birds in Fall and Winter

It's Necessary to Water New Plants Well in the Fall

GARDEN CENTER

HOURS OF OPERATION

​

FOLLOW US

LOCATION

2008 Lewisburg Pike Franklin, TN 37064 (615) 468-2008

OPENING HOURS

Monday-Friday: 8am - 5pm

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Add gorgeous fall interest to your garden.
Come shop our complete collection of plants that offer the fall colors you love.

2019 - 2025
WINNER

THE BEST OF
WILLIAMSON COUNTY

WELCOME TO
RIVERBEND NURSERIES

for learning and gardening help,
newest plants, giveaways, sales,
and adorable photos
of our sweet resident cat, Willow

Learn gardening tips and
find out our latest sales.

2008 Lewisburg Pike
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 468-2008