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For Hamilton County EMS, looking back and moving forward. How community gardens can help communities to grow. At this year’s Scopes Festival, “Destiny in Dayton” on stage. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For Hamilton County EMS, it’s a time of change and transition. Last month, the County opened a new administration and training center for EMS - on Volunteer Drive in Chattanooga. Since then, John Miller - the County’s EMS director - has announced his retirement.

Community gardens are shared spaces for people to grow plants - flowers, vegetables, you name it. These gardens are found in communities large and small, urban and rural - and they are as varied as the places where they grow, including here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

“Destiny in Dayton” is the play for this year’s Scopes Festival. On Friday and Saturday, the festival in Dayton will commemorate the 1925 trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher accused of violating a Tennessee law that barred the teaching of evolution in public schools.

In 1955, Emmett Till was kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi. His cousin Wheeler Parker, Jr. was in the house when he was taken. Now a reverend in his eighties, Parker is the next guest on “The A List with Alison Lebovitz,” this Thursday at 8:30 PM on our public media partner WTCI PBS.

A DIY startup behind the wheel: Ji Hoon Heo of TESBROS. Twenty-five years of impact at the Land Trust for Tennessee. Filmmaker Dagan Beckett on “Beautiful Faces” revisited. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Aired 7/09/24) TESBROS is a company here in Chattanooga that makes accessories that Tesla owners can customize for their vehicles - such as door labels; a kit that can change the color of door handles, trims and logos; seat covers; console wraps - and more.

(Aired 7/09/24) Twenty-five years ago, a new conservation nonprofit was created - to, quote, “protect the unique character of Tennessee’s natural and historic sites for future generations.” Today, the Land Trust for Tennessee protects 136,000 acres across 76 counties.

(Aired 7/09/24) A documentary on the extraordinary work of a surgeon here in Chattanooga, three of his patients and their families is now available worldwide. The surgeon in “Beautiful Faces” is Dr. Larry Sargent. The filmmaker is Dagan Beckett.

(Aired 7/11/24) It happened here in Chattanooga: July 16th, 2015. Five service members were killed in a terror attack by a gunman at the Armed Services Recruiting Center on Lee Highway - and the U.S. Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve on Amnicola Highway.