Due to COVID-19, we are currently closed to the public and have decided to cancel this event. Check out our social media channels for online gardening content and check back for rescheduled events and ticket sales. You can still support the gardens by making a donation or renewing your membership today. We appreciate you. Stay well! $35/$45 Members/Non-Members. Our first Secret Garden Party was so popular; we’ve brought it back for a special Derby Edition. Join Yew Dell staff at…

Due to COVID-19, we are currently closed to the public and have decided to cancel this event. Check out our social media channels for online gardening content and check back for rescheduled events and ticket sales. You can still support the gardens by making a donation or renewing your membership today. We appreciate you. Stay well! $20/$30 Members/Non-members. Enjoy a chance to learn from our resident bulb guru and garden manager, Sayde Heckman, who is responsible for the massive Big…

Due to COVID-19, we are currently closed to the public. Check out our social media channels for online gardening content and check back for rescheduled events and ticket sales. You can still support the gardens by making a donation or renewing your membership today. We appreciate you. Stay well! $35/$45 Members/Non-members. Create the perfect horticultural masterpiece for your garden or patio. Yew Dell’s former director of marketing turned volunteer Jackie Gulbe will guide you through the process of creating your…

Due to COVID-19, we are going to postpone ticket sales on classes and events. Check out our social media channels for online gardening content and check back for rescheduled events and ticket sales. You can still support the gardens by making a donation or renewing your membership today. We appreciate you. Stay well! $20/$30 Members/Non-members. Join Yew Dell’s Garden and Arboretum Manager, Sayde Heckman, in a hands-on gardening project in our very own Family Garden. You will learn how to…

Due to COVID-19, we are going to postpone ticket sales on classes and events. Check out our social media channels for online gardening content and check back for rescheduled events and ticket sales. You can still support the gardens by making a donation or renewing your membership today. We appreciate you. Stay well! $55/$65 Members/Non-members.  Join Nursery Manager Jacob Stidham for a class on starting perennials from cuttings. You’ll get to select plants from the beautiful display gardens at Yew…

Due to popular demand, we’ve added a second Big Bloom Walk! Price: $10/$20 – Yew Dell Members/Non-Members Join our Garden and Arboretum Manager, Sayde Heckman, on a behind the scenes tour and discussion on the Big Bloom, our annual bulb display. Sayde works to create a new and exciting display each year. You’ll learn what goes into creating the annual Big Bloom and gain inspiration on how you can do create a bulb display in your own garden. With more…

Walk through the trees Yew Dell founder, Theodore Klein, planted! Before Yew Dell was a botanical garden, it was the working nursery and garden of avid tree collector and nurseryman, Theodore Klein. On this special Plant Walk with our Apprentices, meet the trees in our Arboretum developed and nurtured by Theodore and his family. This is a great way to learn more about the rich history of our arboretum. This program supports Yew Dell’s Apprentice Professional Development, and we thank…

Daniel Lally and Amy Conner, our presenters for the seasonal Garden Tai Chi series, lead participants through the gentle movements designed for each of the 12 astrological signs, and explain the yin-yang balance of pairing movements with the opposite astrological sign. Astrolo-Chi® is a unique blend of tai chi and astrology created by Louisvillians Daniel Lally and Jeff Baugher that is simple, fun, and easy to learn! We’ll be outside in the gardens as we head toward Summer Solstice. Expect…

Join Jacob Stidham, our Greenhouse and Nursery Manager, as he teaches about this unusual type of container gardening. Learn that there are some perennials that will do much better in a container than they will in the ground in our region! There will be ample examples to look at that have been in containers outside since last year or longer. Types of soilless media, containers, and types of plants will be discussed. You will leave with a new way to…

Learn how to identify a variety of insects and explore what each contributes to your garden. Join our Garden and Arboretum Manager, Sayde Heckman, in exploring the insects present in our Kentucky gardens. In this workshop you will learn how to identify a variety of insects and explore what each contributes to your garden. Following the lecture portion, attendees will explore the gardens at Yew Dell in a guided insect identification tour. Attendees will receive two insect identification field guides…