Events

Opening Day 2022 has the special distinction of kicking off our 20th Anniversary! Reserve your advance, timed tickets so that you don’t miss out. In addition to the traditional plant sale with hellebores and other spring ephemerals, we’ll have a family activity as well as drop-in garden tours throughout the day with our Horticulture Team. […]

Opening Day 2022 has the special distinction of kicking off our 20th Anniversary! Reserve your advance, timed tickets so that you don’t miss out. In addition to the traditional plant sale with hellebores and other spring ephemerals, we’ll have a family activity as well as drop-in garden tours throughout the day with our Horticulture Team. […]

Sayde Heckman, Garden and Arboretum Manager, shares details about how 20,000 bulbs became this year’s Big Bloom. From planning the color schemes, ordering bulbs, scheduling Staff and Volunteers to get the bulbs in the ground, mulching, and watering, it is more than six months of calculations to get these beauties to blossom. Sayde will lead a […]

Sayde Heckman, Garden and Arboretum Manager, shares details about how 20,000 bulbs became this year’s Big Bloom. From planning the color schemes, ordering bulbs, scheduling Staff and Volunteers to get the bulbs in the ground, mulching, and watering, it is more than six months of calculations to get these beauties to blossom. Sayde will lead a […]

Horticulture Apprentice Silas Zoeller leads his last Plant Walk tour before taking his next professional step. For his last hurrah, Silas will showcase the gorgeous Spring Blooms emerging throughout the gardens. This Plant Walk is included with Admission; no advance ticketing is required. The RSVP is to get an estimated attendee count.

For our 20th Anniversary, we are excited to resume the Spring Plant Sale – Member Preview tradition! Current Members will have exclusive access to the Plant Sale bounty starting at 5p. There will be a cash bar, light hors d’oeuvres, and a lively plant discussion in the Gheens Barn at 7p. We’ll be happy to […]

Thanks to our sponsor LG&E & KU Foundation, the big kahuna of in-person plant sales is back! We’ll again schedule advance, timed tickets in an attempt to control the plant purchasing madness. We’ll have Horticulture Staff and knowledgeable Volunteers on hand to answer your questions and make recommendations, as well as plenty of carts to […]

Thanks to our sponsor LG&E & KU Foundation, the big kahuna of in-person plant sales is back! We’ll again schedule advance, timed tickets in an attempt to control the plant purchasing madness. We’ll have Horticulture Staff and knowledgeable Volunteers on hand to answer your questions and make recommendations, as well as plenty of carts to […]

Thanks to our sponsor LG&E & KU Foundation, the big kahuna of in-person plant sales is back! We’ll again schedule advance, timed tickets in an attempt to control the plant purchasing madness. We’ll have Horticulture Staff and knowledgeable Volunteers on hand to answer your questions and make recommendations, as well as plenty of carts to […]

Join us in an evening of celebration! We'll be looking back on Volunteer and Yew Dell highlights from 2021, spotlighting some outstanding Volunteers of the Year, and sharing more about what is to come in 2022. Plan on light hors devours, walking the grounds, and celebrating with the Yew Dell community. Current and future volunteers […]

In appreciation of #nationaltrailsday, Brad Kessans, Yew Dell’s own Facilities and Trail Guru, will lead an easy hike on our one-mile Woodland Trails loop. Along the way, Brad will share historical anecdotes and point out the trees and wildlife that call this section of our gardens home. This Hike is included with Admission; no advance […]