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February 2022

Feb
3

Michaela Roger: How Gardeners Can Help the Bats of Kentucky

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Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church, 2025 Bellefonte Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map

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Michaela Rogers, Environmental Scientist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, presents an overview of Kentucky bat species and their varying life habits. Attendees to this presentation will learn about the places bats inhabit in the state, and how threatened and endangered bat species are monitored by biologists. This presentation will identify the needs of bats that gardeners can address and provide ideas for creating bat habitat in your own backyard.

March 2022

Mar
3

Gwynn Henderson: Kentucky's Indigenous Farmers 

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church, 2025 Bellefonte Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map

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Native peoples living in Kentucky turned to a farming way of life around A.D. 1000. Their ancestors had domesticated several native Kentucky plants long before then, and the farmers emerging 1000 years ago drew on their plant food growing techniques. Gwynn Henderson is an archaeologist and education director with WKU’s Kentucky Archaeological Survey. She will discuss this long tradition of Native farming, drawing on archaeological research conducted in Kentucky.

April 2022

Apr
7

Dan Patrick: Insect Orders

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Thursday, April 7th, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church, 2025 Bellefonte Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map

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Insects are crucial to the plant world, which is the world in which we live. Every insect feeds on plants or is the predator of an insect that feeds on plants. It is the largest animal group in the world, but probably the one about which we know the least. Dan Patrick, a retired biology teacher, provides this introduction to the different kinds of insects we may encounter in our ramblings through nature.

Apr
9

Garden Visit. Hosts: Eve Podet and Mike Finucane

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Saturday, April 9th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Lots of Physical Activity

Garden visit

Apr
16

Wildflower Hike at Lower Howard's Creek Nature Preserve

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Saturday, April 16th, 2022
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Lower Howard’s Creek Nature Preserve

Public Welcome Free Event Nature Walk/Hike Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

We will walk along one of the most beautiful creeks in the Bluegrass and admire the spectacular rock faces that form its banks.

Apr
23

Garden Visit. Host: Beate Popkin

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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Lots of Physical Activity

Garden tour

May 2022

May
1

The City Nature Challenge

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Sunday, May 1st, 2022
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The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, Alumni Dr, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity Drinking Fountains

A wild nature discovery walk to participate in the City Nature Challenge.

May
5

Plant Exchange

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Thursday, May 5th, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church, 2025 Bellefonte Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map

Public Welcome Seed/Plant Swap Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains

Participants can bring their surplus plants in pots or, if dug up on or near the day of the exchange, wrapped in moist newspaper and plastic. All participants get to choose multiple plants to take home.

May
28

Garden Visit. Host: Jannine Baker

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Saturday, May 28th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Garden visit

June 2022

Jun
1

Beth Kelly: Essentrics for Gardeners and Picnic

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Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
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Hill’n Dale Park, Lexington, KY Map

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Beth Kelly is a wellness coach and will guide interested participants in learning strengthening exercises and stretches helpful for gardeners. 

Jun
11

Leader: Ann Whitney Garner, farm and nursery owner.

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Saturday, June 11th, 2022
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Fields-to-Forest Nursery, 3374 Briar Hill Rd, Lexington, KY, 40516 Map

Public Welcome Free Event Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Excursion to Fields-to-Forest Nursery and a recently reforested rural property in Fayette County.

Jun
18

Garden Visit. Hosts: Vicki and Jeff Holmberg

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Saturday, June 18th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Lots of Physical Activity

Garden tour

July 2022

Jul
7

Shannon Trimboli: Attracting Fireflies to Your Property

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Thursday, July 7th, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church

Public Welcome Paid Event Chapter Meeting Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains

Many different species of fireflies live in Kentucky. This talk will discuss some of these and explain how to distinguish between them.  It will also explain their lifecycle and make suggestions on how to manage a garden that attracts them and encourages them to make their home in it.

Jul
16

Garden Visit. Host: Susan Abbott

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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Garden tour

August 2022

Aug
4

Ellen Crocker: Understanding and Suppressing Invasive Plants

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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
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Wellington Park, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

his workshop will focus on some of the lesser known invasives and those that have recently become a threat.

Aug
6

Garden Visit. Host: Katrina Kelly

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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Garden Tour

September 2022

Sep
1

Linda Porter: Thinking about the Winter Garden

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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church

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Few things are more certain in our gardens than the seasons and the changes they bring.  As Autumn wanes and Winter beckons, many gardeners take advantage of the last warm days to cut back “dead” and dying foliage; and to do what they can to make their garden more aesthetically pleasing.  But is your garden really dead in the Winter? What life lurks there waiting until Spring?   Can that life be left undisturbed while appearances are considered?  The answer to these question can guide you toward a more life-sustaining approach to the winter garden.

Sep
10

Garden Visit. Hosts: Jack Taylor & Paul Brown

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Saturday, September 10th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Garden tour

October 2022

Oct
11

Tree Week: Small Trees for Urban Spaces

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Tree Week Lexington event

Oct
13

Tree Week: Small Trees for Urban Spaces

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Thursday, October 13th, 2022
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Private home, Lexington, KY Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home Garden Tour Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity

Part of Tree Week Lexington

November 2022

Nov
3

Bringing Back the Bluegrass

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Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
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St. Michael’s Church, 2025 Bellefonte Dr, Lexington, KY, 40503 Map

Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains

Officials from the LFUCG Department of Parks and Recreation will present their program to take sections of Lexington parks out of mowing and to renaturalize them.