We are kicking off a new series – Bad Sci-Fi Movies and Real Plant Science – with the 1960 classic film The Little Shop of Horrors. After watching this movie, learn from our Horticulture Team about plant intergeneric crosses and carnivorous plants, and how it relates to Audrey Jr.’s behavior. Bring your best "would plants …

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We look forward to welcoming you back to the gardens for Opening Day 2023. We’ll have our traditional plant sale with hellebores and other spring ephemerals starting at 10am until they are gone, then afternoon drop-in tours of our grounds and gardens with our Horticulture Team. Martha Lee’s Kitchen will reopen with a menu of …

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Rounding up the rest of the plants we will offer this spring the April Plant Release will have trees, shrubs, annuals and even more shade and sun perennials that weren't available in the March and February Plant Releases. Check back here closer to the release date to see the list of plants that will be …

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Get your gardening tools ready for spring planting! Executive Director, Paul Cappiello, and Heimerdinger Cutlery President, Carl Heimerdinger, will work their magic on spades, hoes, pruners, and other hand tools essential to a new gardening season. Bring a few of your ailing tools with you, and Paul and Carl will try to rescue as many …

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Get a behind-the-scenes look at our Big Bloom re-envisioned! Join Garden and Arboretum Manager Sayde Heckman on this three-part series to learn how the displays came together, her focus on variety and diversity in bulb selection, and what we've learned season after season. You’ll see daffodils, alliums, tulips, and hyacinths rolling out in waves throughout the spring season in an explosion …

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Join Emma Stidham, mom, wife, and horticulturist with more than 15 years of experience in vegetable gardening, public gardens, and retail sales, as we continue our Vegetable Garden Planning series. Each quarter focuses on timely topics to get your garden from start to finish; for Spring, Emma will highlight bed preparation, soil and fertilizer information, planting techniques, …

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Join us for this exciting new effort that will allow us all to explore the most local of food and the best chefs around, all in unique settings you’ll not find anywhere else. Spend the evening enjoying a progressive dinner hosted in three unique venues across Yew Dell’s award winning gardens and architecture. You’ll enjoy …

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Curious about the mushrooms growing on your land or in the woods? What exactly do they do? How do they relate to the plants around them? This is the hike for you! Our friends from the Bluegrass Mycological Society will lead a walk of our gardens and trails to identify what we have growing, while giving …

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Let your creativity bloom in this Spring Floral Watercolor Painting class with Hanna Barnhart, the artist behind Owen & Mae at Mellwood Art Center! In this class, you will learn the basics of using watercolor, plus Hanna’s techniques to create a unique floral painting to take home with you! Materials will be supplied by the instructor, and …

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It may be "The Run for the Roses," but there are multiple plants involved in the Kentucky Derby. In this relaxed workshop, Alissandra Ayala, a biology graduate student from University of Louisville, will fill us in about hay, pecans, mulberry leaves, and other plants (including roses), and how these botanical treasures contribute to the most exciting two minutes …

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Take a stroll through the re-envisioned Big Bloom! Garden and Arboretum Manager Sayde Heckman will lead the tour through daffodils, alliums, tulips, and hyacinths rolling out in waves over the spring season. Expect to be blown away by Sayde's latest floral experiment!

Thanks to LG&E and KU Foundation, our grand-daddy of all plant sales returns for Spring 2023! Enjoy these features: * Awesome collection of newly-available plants to get your spring garden growing * Martha Lee’s Kitchen will have a festive spring menu * Look for something new from the Garden Gift Shop * We’ll have Horticulture …

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