Events

In observance of #NationalPlantAFlowerDay, Terri Harrison, owner of Petal Power in Crestwood, shares her experiences in opening her cut flowers business. She’ll provide details on what NOT to do when planning your cut flower garden, share the lessons learned in her first year of operations, and guide you in planning a successful cut flower garden […]

Join us for this celebration of Yew Dell’s 20-year anniversary with an expert-led evening all about architecture. Yew Dell’s primary architecture partners for the last 20 years, Ross Primmer and Roberto de Leon of de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, will present a lecture and walk covering Theodore Klein’s whimsical castle, Cotswold’s styled home and […]

Join us for this virtual 2022 Kickoff as we gear up for a busy 20th Anniversary season. Our Volunteers contributed more than 6,000 hours in 2021, and we are so grateful for each of you! We have updates to share as we prepare for our 2022 season, and we look forward to getting everyone informed […]

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. […]

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 […]