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Plant Nurseries & Garden Centers in Cookeville, TN

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Where to buy plants in Cookeville, TN: big-box vs. independent

Cookeville, TN has 23 independent nurseries and 10 big-box garden centers in this directory's own classification. Independent, big-box, and grower are separate business-structure categories on file for each listing, not a ranking of one over another.

Licence record on file with this directory: 19 of 23 independent nurseries, 4 of 10 big-box locations. TN is one of the 11 states this directory holds a nursery-dealer licence registry for; a listing with no badge may still be licensed elsewhere, this directory simply has no matching registry record for it as of that registry's own sync date.

Independent, named

Plus 20 more in the listings below.

Big-box, named

Plus 7 more in the listings below.

Growing conditions

USDA hardiness zone
7a
Avg. minimum winter temp
0°F
Median frost dates
First ~Oct 25 · Last ~Apr 14

Frost dates: NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, nearest station (COOKEVILLE, TN US, 8.6 km away) .

What's plantable right now

Nothing in our crop table has an open planting window for this ZIP right now, check back soon.

Planting windows and crop timing here are computed from USDA/NOAA climate data and the university extension sources cited below, not a site visit or soil test. Treat this as a starting point: local conditions vary, and a local nursery or extension office can advise on your exact site. See our full Disclaimer.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. 20 listings in Cookeville have no mapped coordinates yet.

Independent

Abel Gardens

4.5 ★ (100 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

560 S Jefferson Ave #4, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence: checked, not matched in TN's registry

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Independent

Art's Home And Garden

4.8 ★ (99 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

2219 W Broad St, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence: checked, not matched in TN's registry

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Independent Dealer

Exotic Tropicals

45 North Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence record unconfirmed as of 2026-08-04

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Independent Dealer

Finding Treasures

5365 Bullet Hole Road, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence record unconfirmed as of 2026-08-04

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Independent

Gentle Company

2528 Windle Community Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Licence record unconfirmed as of 2026-08-04

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Independent Dealer

Glass Tangerine

4.9 ★ (54 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

44 W Broad Street, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence record unconfirmed as of 2026-08-04

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Independent Dealer

Hometown Iga #42

1010 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence record unconfirmed as of 2026-08-04

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Big Box Big Box

Kroger Floral

4.4 ★ (8 Google reviews) as of 2026-08-06

445 S Jefferson Ave, Cookeville, TN 38501

Licence: checked, not matched in TN's registry

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Planting calendar

The full year, at a glance

Number of crops in our table with an open planting window each month, computed from this ZIP's median frost dates.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Start indoors 1 2 1 – – – – – – – – –
Direct-sow – – 8 12 2 2 1 1 – – – –
Transplant – – 5 15 – – – – – – – –
Fall planting – – – – – – – – 11 – – –

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Nurseries near Cookeville

Cookeville, TN has a population of 36,088, a median household income of $51,375, and a 41.1% owner-occupied housing rate. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (2020-2024).

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