Yew Dell Botanical Gardens

SOLD OUT: Selecting Plants for the Home Landscape (In-Person Workshop)
2022-02-26 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Yew Dell Gardens, 6220 Old La Grange Road, Crestwood, KY, 40014, United States
Session two of three of our Designing Your Home Landscape Series, designed to help you get a handle on your home landscape. Whether you’re a new homeowner or your existing home landscape needs a refresh, this is the series for you. With these workshops in your hip pocket, you’ll be ready to tackle your project this spring. Take one workshop or all three, depending on your interests. Those who complete all three sessions (February 19, February 26, and March 5) will go home with a free plant from our nursery to help get you started on your own garden!
Our other sessions are:
February 19 – Creating A Landscape Plan – In-Person Workshop
March 5 – From Plan to Planted – In-Person Workshop
In our second session, Yew Dell nursery and greenhouse manager, Jacob Stidham, will walk you through the process of going from paper plan to purchased plants. Using examples from Yew Dell and his own home garden, Jacob will provide tips and tricks for taking the mystery out of the process of selecting the best plants for your new landscape.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.

SOLD OUT! Creating A Landscape Plan (In-Person Workshop)
2022-02-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, 6220 Old La Grange Road, Crestwood, KY, 40014, United States
Session one of three of our Designing Your Home Landscape Series, designed to help you get a handle on your home landscape. Whether you’re a new homeowner or your existing home landscape needs a refresh, this is the series for you. With these workshops in your hip pocket, you’ll be ready to tackle your project this spring. Take one workshop or all three, depending on your interests. Those who complete all three sessions (February 19, February 26, and March 5) will go home with a free plant from our nursery to help get you started on your own garden!
Our other sessions are:
February 26 – Selecting Plants for the Home Landscape – In-Person Workshop
March 5 – From Plan to Planted – In-Person Workshop
In our first session, Yew Dell executive director, Dr. Paul Cappiello will lead you through this overview of the process and dispel some common myths. From site inventory to program development and mapping out the process, we’ll cover it all in an easy and straightforward presentation. Whether you have a new home and a blank slate or an existing yard that needs some attention, this course will get you going in the right direction. No experience needed.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.

Hands-on Grafting (In-Person)
2022-02-12 13:00 - 15:30 | Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, 6220 Old La Grange Road, Crestwood, KY, 40014, United States
Part art, part science, grafting is one of the more mysterious plant production techniques. But it’s only mysterious because so few people have the experience and know how to teach others. Well, this is your chance. Chris and Michael Summers will talk about the process, the plants and the tools of grafting. Then they’ll guide you through an afternoon of hands-on grafting for some very cool and unusual evergreens. And once you’ve done the grafting, you’ll take a few of your newly grafted evergreens home to grow in your own garden.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.

Plant Walk Series: The Other Evergreens (Virtual Workshop)
2022-02-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Workshop
Join our horticulture apprentices Allison Morgan and Silas Zoeller on a virtual tour through the gardens as they highlight the overlooked and underrated members of the evergreen community. Enjoy our impressive hellebore and epimedium collections as well as the wild gingers, laurels, and spurges that keep Yew Dell green all year long. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the true stars of the winter garden.
We will send the Zoom link a few days before the workshop.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.

Composting for Healthier Soil (In-Person Workshop)
2022-02-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, 6220 Old La Grange Road, Crestwood, KY, 40014, United States
Are the weeds, food scraps, or paper products from your home thrown away as garbage? Join Allison Morgan, horticulture apprentice, for a dive into all things compost-related, and learn how to turn waste into the soil nutrients your plants are craving.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.

February Plant Release - Plant Market
2022-02-02 | Yew Dell Online Plant Market
It is unbelievable that we are getting ready to start our third season of selling plants online! Like last year, we will be incorporating online plant market releases to compliment our in person plant sale events at Yew Dell. The online release of our annual Hellebore collection and other shade perennials will happen at 9am on Wednesday, February 2nd.
Plants purchased throughout February and March will be available for pick up at the end of March.
We will publish a list of the plants for each online release a week before.

Click here to see the list of plants that will be available.
Visit our Online Plant Market to shop!

Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’
Woodland Phlox | When we were first introduced to ‘Blue Moon’ by our friends at North Creek Nurseries, it quickly became a favorite at Yew Dell. Vigorous growing woodland creeper, it produces fine textured spring foliage and clouds of beautiful blue early spring blooms. Excellent selection for the lightly shaded garden. During the fall the foliage develops a beautiful, rich burgundy color. (Pictured above.)

The Evolution of Plants (Virtual Workshop)
2022-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Workshop
Please note that this workshop is now Virtual!
Ever wondered what makes a fern a fern, why some trees make cones, and others flowers? Is that algae on my stairs really a plant?! Join horticulture apprentice, Silas Zoeller, as he charts a course through the evolutionary history of plants from algae to lily, making stops in time to discuss various stages of plant development through the lens of living plants that you can find or add to your own gardens today.
We will send the Zoom link a few days before the workshop.
Please keep in mind that all ticket purchases are final sale. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. All programs and events are rain or shine.
For our in-person programs and events, entry is limited to one person (whether adult or child) per ticket. Please purchase enough tickets for your guest count; extra guests without tickets will not be allowed entry. For our virtual workshops, a ticket purchase allows for one login; multiple people may watch the one login together.
