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6220 Old LaGrange Road
Crestwood, KY 40014

502-241-4788

[email protected]

Hours March 27 – December 11th 2021

Tuesday-Saturday
10am-4pm

Sunday
12pm – 4 p.m.

Monday – Closed

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Nothing like perfect weather in a garden. 🌤

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus (𝘖𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢)

#DidYewKnow we have a native cactus in Kentucky? Like most cacti, this species has large, showy flowers. Each flower is open only a single day. However, in a large colony the individual flowering period may last up to a month. You can find this plant blooming in the Sunken Rock Garden. #whatsinbloom

First photo taken by visitor, Alanna Wethington.

The summer annual display around the castle is commanding the spotlight! #WhatsInBloom

Photos taken by volunteer photographer, @naomi_penner

The final days of Fairy Days are this weekend 🌿

Come out to Yew Dell to explore 5 fairy houses hidden in the gardens and 10 fairy doors hidden in the Arboretum. Each house and door has a story of the garden or tree where it resides.

Fairy Days end Sunday, June 20. For more info, follow the link in our bio. 🌿

Photos taken by volunteer photographer @naomi_penner

Children in the Dell starts TOMORROW!

Children in the Dell, our summer drop-in activity series geared for families to enjoy together, starts on Saturday, June 19, and continue each Saturday through August 7. Stop by the Log Cabin from 10:30am to Noon each week for different activities focused in and around Yew Dell’s Family Garden.

#childreninthedell

Thanks to @alexxannedurham and @wlky for covering our Fairy Days this morning!
News reporter, Alex Durham, interviewed local artist, Ellen Sears, about the 10 fairy doors she created for the trees in our Arboretum. We also had two girl scouts from Troop 531 who helped built the fairy mailbox, read letters that were written by visitors.

Fairy Days are now until June 20th! Self-guided activities are included with regular admission. Follow the link in our bio for more info 🌿

Join us in welcoming our new Volunteer and Website Coordinator, Amanda Barnett! #NewtoYew

Amanda graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from West Texas A&M University. She enjoyed a decade-long career in Science Centers where she cultivated a passion for inspiring lifelong learning. She is excited to apply her passion to increase community involvement, volunteerism in the gardens, and to empower home gardeners. She has been hard at work on her own patio garden and is excited to hone her green thumb at Yew Dell. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, playing Dungeons and Dragons, collecting hobbies, and playing with her cats.

It’s a fairy good day to visit Yew Dell Botanical Gardens. 🌿

Here’s why:

-Cultural Pass (Wednesdays and Sundays until August 8): Cultural Pass is a program that offers families in Greater Louisville with children ages 0-21 access to participate in arts and cultural activities provided by 51 venues, free of charge, from June 1 through August 8, 2021. To get a Cultural Pass, go to your local library’s website and follow their link to sign up for the 2021 Cultural Pass and the Summer Reading Program. Families can pick up their paper Cultural Pass at their local library.

-Fairy Days (now until June 20): Come spend a magical day with fairies! Hidden throughout our gardens, you’ll find five additional Fairy Houses. And in our Arboretum, ten Fairy Doors have been placed around special trees. We provide stories and explanations of why the Fairies chose these locations. Pick up a map in the Visitor Center for assistance.

Yew Dell’s Sunday hours are 12-4 pm.

See yew soon! 🌳🌿

Yew Dell is famous for its castle, but did you know it's also home to a dragon? That's right, the Dragon Arum (𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) is currently blooming in the walled garden! #WhatsinBloom #YEWSMELL

This bizarre looking plant is named for the resemblance of its long black inflorescence, the spadix, to a small black dragon. The plant employs a number of strategies to attract its pollinator of choice, flies, emitting a noxious odor similar to rotting meat. The inflorescence then warms itself to 18°C creating a cozy environment for the flies that it later showers in pollen.

Photos and caption by Horticulture Apprentice, Silas Zoeller.

#DidYewKnow we have the best volunteers?

Larry Nix, along with his wife Ruth and their friend Andrea Eisenbrei, adopted the Walled Garden back in 2017. In addition to weeding, mulching, and planting in the garden beds, Larry has made a special effort to keep our pond in good condition. Today, he relocated the resident frogs to a safe new home while he drained and cleaned the pond.

Last photo: another great volunteer, Bruce Murray, who never misses an opportunity to document the excitement at Yew Dell. #weloveourvolunteers

Want to learn more about our Garden Adoption Program? Follow the Volunteer link in our bio! 🌿

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