Thanks to our Sponsor Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Bourbon & Botanicals is back for another season of local and regional musical talents in the Gardens. Tonight's show features the Good River String Band, comprised of instructors from the Louisville Folk School, performing their folk music traditions. Bring your chairs to enjoy music under the covered Pavilion; […]

Our film series – Bad Sci-Fi Movies and Real Plant Science – continues with the forgotten gem, Konga (1961). After watching this film, learn from our real botanists/Horticulture Team about how insectivorous and carnivorous plants really behave, and the link between plant and animal life. Bring your best “would plants really do that?” questions for […]

Do you wonder how magic happens in our Nursery? Step behind the Hoop House Covers with our Horticulture Team to see for yourself! We’ll start with an overview lecture, then tour our production spaces and finish with a rare chance for attendees to shop the Nursery with Jacob, Paul, and Jeff. Tour is included with […]

In an expansion on our February workshop The Amazing World of Plant Self Defense, Noelle Visser, University of Louisville Biology PhD student, will focus on how plants defend themselves against herbivores (including people!) and pathogens with a full tool belt of chemical properties. Learn what chemicals are at play, where they are strategically located in the plant, and how […]

Thanks to our Sponsor Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Bourbon & Botanicals is back for another season of local and regional musical talents in the Gardens. Tonight's show features The Derby City Dandies, and their Vintage Swing Jazz. Bring your chairs to enjoy music under the covered Pavilion; food and drink will be for sale. Feel free […]

Join our Horticulture Team to learn about dividing your perennials. We’ll discuss perennial plant structures, what’s happening underground, and how to divide the roots for more plants in your chosen location. Perennials are truly the gift that keeps on giving! Participants will each receive five clumps of different perennials that they will divide and take […]

As the summer growing season comes to an end, join Mary Wheatley, Jefferson County Master Gardener, for a how-to lecture on saving seeds. Participants will learn why we should save seeds, how to identify the best seeds for saving, and the proper harvesting and storage of seeds. Mary will have a variety of seeds and pods for viewing. Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final […]

Bring your boxes and wagons and load up on fantastic fall plants! Thanks to Sponsor LG&E and KU Foundation, we are again rolling out some of the best plants in the region for this sale. We’ll feature plants that are not yet available through the Online Plant Market, or Onsite Plant Market. Once these beauties […]

Join us for a hike along our Woodland Trails to learn some basic tree identification skills. Guests will take an easy hike while our top-notch team explains details about leaves, twigs, bark, and other features useful to identifying trees. This walk is included with admission; no advance registration is needed.

In participation with #LouisvilleTreeWeek, join Julia Kachanova, University of Louisville PhD Biology student, for an engaging lecture on cultivating urban orchards and food-producing plants in urban settings. Discover practical strategies for establishing and nurturing these green spaces, even with limited resources. Learn about plant selection and other gardening techniques to ensure bountiful yields in your […]

Join Emma Stidham, mom, wife, and horticulturist with more than 15 years of experience in vegetable gardening, public gardens, and retail sales, as we complete our Vegetable Garden Planning series. Each quarter focused on timely topics to get your garden from start to finish; for Fall, we’ll wrap-up with garden clean-up and preparation for next season, cover/winter […]

Hanna Barnhart, the artist behind Owen & Mae at Mellwood Art Center and presenter of our Spring Floral Watercolor Painting workshop, returns for #LouisvilleTreeWeek with a session focused on painting trees. Participants will learn the basics of watercolor painting and how to apply it to create a beautiful tree painting that you can be proud […]