Go See Trees 2024 highlights a new installation from Lexington's Tree Board; The Downtown Tree Tour! Take a tour throughout downtown Lexington and discover the Lexington Tree Board's favorite trees.
Join us at BCTC Newtown Campus for an exhibition of creative work inspired by the theme of trees.
Pemberton's will offer free tree seedlings (Oaks and Hickorys) in 1 gallon pots, as long as they last or through October 19, whichever comes first. No purchase necessary.
Come out to Springhouse Gardens for our self-guided 'Great Tree Scavenger Hunt' any day during Tree Week while we're open! Coupon worth 30% off containerized tree when hunt is complete!
Celebrating Community with Tree Week Art Print Images.
Learn more about the trees on Newtown Campus from Biology Professor, Dr. Norm Strobel. Meet under the SEC Walkway to begin.
Learn about the ForestryWorks program as well as a variety of careers in the forest industry.
Let’s gather in the BCTC Library (Classroom Building) to share stories and poems from our different global cultures. We will have readings from the Tree-ative Exhibition entries.
Campus and community members will gather at the Arboretum Visitor Center at 5:00pm.
UK Students, remember that you can earn 10$ through the UK Invests Program with this event
End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden hour” hike at Floracliff while the early evening sunset shines through the trees.
This Program includes a mindfulness walk during the full moon focused on the health of being outdoors. After this we will cook marshmallows over a fire and drink warm drinks
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves biologists Jason Nally and Ted Brancheau on Friday Oct. 18th from 9:30am-12:00pm for a Tree ID Walk at Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve.
Take a walk and learn about the folklore, edible and medicinal, and other ethnobotanical history of Kentucky's trees.
Learn more about some common tree diseases and resources for you if you have trees in trouble.
Meet some of Kentucky's oldest trees on this hike at Floracliff.
Join the UK Mycology Club and Dr. Lou Hirsch from Plant Pathology as we walk around campus exploring the various fungi that are active this time of year.
Can trees be a witness? Visit 8 trees in African Cemetery No. 2 and learn the stories they could tell about themselves and the cemetery in its 154-year history.
Join us for our Monarch Waystation exhibit opening reception. Enjoy refreshments, craft activities and award announcements.
Visit with exhibitors from UK and the community, make crafts, and help us plant a tree to celebrate Arbor Day! Free admission to the Kentucky Children's Garden from 10:30AM-5:00PM.
Visit Bluegrass Greensource at KET's Super Saturday for some "tree-mendous" fun! Make a tree leaf-rubbing booklet, decorate a tree "cookie" necklace, investigate tree seeds, and explore more tree-related activities.
Join us as we battle erosion, clear invasive species and protect one of Central Kentucky's most popular outdoor spaces.
Join us for the Plant Exchange! October 19 starting at 9:00 am. Afterwards, join us for our Arbor Day Celebrations in the Kentucky Children's Garden.
Would you like to assist with the management of invasive plants within the Reforest the Bluegrass Sites? Please attend this orientation/workday to become an one of our designated site stewards.
The cemetery at Halloween for Tree Week makes for great birding. Join CKAS to see what migrants we can find. All skill levels welcome; loaner binoculars available.
