Yew Dell Botanical Gardens

Level up your gardening skill or just enjoy a guided plant walk with our awesome staff – every Saturday! Themes vary with the seasons, and each one will be slightly different. All will offer plenty of opportunity for questions on just about any garden topic. May – Nursery time! See how it’s all grown and […]

Kick off Fairy Month with our Fairy Day Celebration! Help us welcome the Fairies - and all the wee folk! - back to the Fairy Forest with a Fairy Parade at 12:30 PM. Experience the magic of the 2025 Fairy Forest, Tree Spirit Woodland Trail scavenger hunts, Fairy Doors at new Arboretum locations, family craft […]

Secret Garden Party timeslots are 4p-7p and 6p-9p. If you’ve been to one, you know. If you haven’t, well, you don’t. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the coolest garden party series in the region. We’re not telling you much – that’s the secret part. But you’ll be whisked by coach to a […]

This long-running, family favorite returns for the summer! Each Saturday in June and July, we offer drop-in nature and garden themed crafts and activities for families to create together. We’ll rotate projects each week, so come back often! The June theme is Fairies for Fairy Month, and July’s theme is Pollinators. Children in the Dell […]

Level up your gardening skill or just enjoy a guided plant walk with our awesome staff – every Saturday! Themes vary with the seasons, and each one will be slightly different. All will offer plenty of opportunity for questions on just about any garden topic. June – Seed collecting tips for Spring bloomers Saturday Plant […]

This long-running, family favorite returns for the summer! Each Saturday in June and July, we offer drop-in nature and garden themed crafts and activities for families to create together. We’ll rotate projects each week, so come back often! The June theme is Fairies for Fairy Month, and July’s theme is Pollinators. Children in the Dell […]

Level up your gardening skill or just enjoy a guided plant walk with our awesome staff – every Saturday! Themes vary with the seasons, and each one will be slightly different. All will offer plenty of opportunity for questions on just about any garden topic. June – Seed collecting tips for Spring bloomers Saturday Plant […]

Don’t forget about the Dads! For Father’s Day come out for burger and beer specials for purchase at Martha Lee’s Kitchen from Noon - 3pm, plus enjoy bird watching and hiking on the trails.

Join Invasive Plant Coordinator with the Kentucky Division of Forestry, Adam Taylor, for a presentation to learn to identify invasive plants, what makes them undesirable, and how populations are being addressed across our region and the state. Following lunch and the lecture, we’ll take a walk on the Woodland Trail to discuss our control efforts […]

This long-running, family favorite returns for the summer! Each Saturday in June and July, we offer drop-in nature and garden themed crafts and activities for families to create together. We’ll rotate projects each week, so come back often! The June theme is Fairies for Fairy Month, and July’s theme is Pollinators. Children in the Dell […]

Level up your gardening skill or just enjoy a guided plant walk with our awesome staff – every Saturday! Themes vary with the seasons, and each one will be slightly different. All will offer plenty of opportunity for questions on just about any garden topic. June – Seed collecting tips for Spring bloomers Saturday Plant […]

Come see our new Castle Gardens! Join us for a wonderful day at Yew Dell celebrating our renewed gardens surrounding the iconic Castle. We invite the Community to come out for our Ribbon Cutting with a day of family fun. Free admission. Due to expected crowds, this will be a Blackout date for Hounds on […]