Events

Philip Tamplin, from the Kentucky Bluebird Society, leads participants through the steps of building a bluebird box while sharing the importance of supporting and protecting bluebirds. You’ll learn about their nesting seasons, and how our actions help their survival. Afterwards, plan to take a walk around Yew Dell to help Philip “clean out” the bird […]

Thanks to sponsors LG&E and KU Foundation, and Liberty Federal Credit Union, we look forward to seeing you for Boo Dell 2024 for another year of family-focused fun! Our famous Trail of Treats will once again delight guests, plus we have activities with our Horticulture Team, live music, and other surprises for the whole family […]

Once the spooky holiday is over, bring your pumpkin to Yew Dell for composting! We’re partnering with our friends at Oldham County Conservation District to keep pumpkins out of landfills. We’ll add your pumpkin to our nurtured compost pile, where they’ll eventually decompose and provide enrichment to our plants.  As a thank you, each dropped-off […]

Join Jacob Stidham and Storm Fraley from our horticulture team on this walk around the grounds as they point out unique evergreens used for wreath making plus other flowers, fruit, stems, and leaves you can use to add that extra zip to your winter wreath. Participants will receive a wreath frame to take home so […]

Philip Tamplin, from the Kentucky Bluebird Society, expands on his Bluebird Box Building workshop with this fun and lively presentation on bluebird behavior and the importance of the upcoming nesting season for these often-threatened birds. Afterwards, take a walk around Yew Dell to help Philip prep Yew Dell’s bird boxes for the spring nesting season. […]

Learn from Yew Dell’s Yuletide design experts on how to make your own Dried Flower Ornament! Sayde Heckman, our Garden and Arboretum Manager, and Jill Tinius, our cut flower guru, will lead participants through the steps of making their own unique glass ornament to take home. This dynamic duo was responsible for the botanical ornaments […]

Why not start a new tradition with this festive twist on an already favorite holiday workshop. Like all our wreath workshops, we’ll provide the greens, the frame, and all the decor and instruction you need to make your own holiday wreath. But this session will add festive holiday refreshments to enjoy during the class and […]