Events Archive: 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Upcoming Events
May 2025
Native Plant Event!
Public Welcome Free Event Seed/Plant Share Wheelchair Accessible Free Public Parking
Join Wild Ones Lexington to celebrate and support native plant gardening. Enjoy an evening of learning more about native plants, meeting plant enthusiasts, and exchanging gardening tips.
Bring your extra native perennials, shrubs, trees and grasses and replace them with new natives in our plant exchange.Plants (natives only) should be potted and labeled.No native plants to donate? Bring drinks or snack food.A drawing for door prizes will also take place.
June 2025
Magnolia Tree Seeds Bungee Jump?
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Yes, they do! Discover how by joining nature photographer Janet James as she shares colorful images and describes how she learned to really “see” the engineering, architecture, and designs of native tree features. She has photographed all aspects of the 120 Kentucky species. Find out also how to participate in a citizen science, national tree observation project.
The Weird and the Rare at the Arboretum
The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky (Meet in the parking lot near the kiosk) , 500 Alumni Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map
Public Welcome Free Event Nature Walk/Hike Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Janet will lead a follow-up tree walk that focuses on a variety of Kentucky native tree and shrub species not commonly seen in our state’s natural areas or have intriguing botanical features. We will walk on paved or mulched paths and grassy areas.
September 2025
September Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!
October 2025
October Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!
November 2025
November Wild Ones National Webinar
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!