Events

Wreaths aren't just for the winter holidays! Throughout the gardening season your garden can be preserved and displayed in the fall with everything you love the most from colorful blooms to graceful grasses. Join Garden & Arboretum Manager, Sayde Heckman, and Garden Assistant, Rhiannon Cruz, as they share the fun of building a wreath with […]

Mason Quiram, District Program Director for Oldham County Conservation District, will lead our discussion on the science of composting and how you can get started. He will also share details how Oldham County residents can take home a Geobin and get started with their composting right away. Attendees outside of Oldham County can still benefit […]

Join us for our signature fundraising event on Friday, September 20, 2024! Click here for full details.

Mary Wheatley, Jefferson County Master Gardener, leads this workshop on the importance of ecological gardening to support the native environment. She’ll discuss host plants, seed saving techniques, and the need to include some “messiness” in our gardens over winter to support birds and the eggs of good bugs that are surviving on our leaf litter. […]

Mark your calendar for our annual Fall Plant Sale! Thanks to our sponsor, LG&E and KU Foundation, we will be rolling out some of the best plants in the region for sale. Learn why autumn is a great time to make additions to your garden! Preview the plant list here! Fall Plant Sale is included […]

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith, author of “The Well Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature,” as she discusses her 2021 book on the power of gardening. The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the “real” life that lies outside. But when […]

Boo! ‘Tis the season for scary masks, but this workshop will leave you with a happy smile. Join Tonya Tate, creator of Nature’s Bath Soap, for a chance to use “pumpkin guts” to create a facial mask that will make your skin glow! Learn with Tonya about the incredible nutrients in pumpkins while making your […]

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. […]