Spring is officially here, and with it, the year’s prime planting season.
The city’s Division of Environmental Service will be hosting several tree-planting events in late March and throughout April, including the 20th anniversary Reforest the Bluegrass event.
The public is invited to take part in these events:
Saturday, March 23
Branching Out 5K Run & planting event
Hisle Park (3601 Briar Hill Rd.)
8 – 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 30
Branching Out at UK
William T. Young Library (401 Hilltop Ave.)
9 a.m. – noon
Saturday, April 13
Reforest the Bluegrass
Masterson Station Park (3051 Leestown Rd.)
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
Cane Run Greenway Planting Day
1416 Bryan Ave.
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
Preston’s Cave Springs Planting Day
Preston’s Cave Springs (1939 Dunkirk Dr.)
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 20
Preston’s Cave Springs Planting Day
Preston’s Cave Springs (1939 Dunkirk Dr.)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 28
Cane Run Greenway Planting Day and Cookout
1416 Bryan Ave.
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tree plantings have already happened at:
- Clays Mill Elementary School
- Crawford Middle School
- Frederick Douglass High School
- Tates Creek Elementary School
- Yates Elementary School
- William Wells Brown Elementary School
Learn more about Reforest the Bluegrass at LexingtonKY.gov/reforest. The Preston’s Cave and Cane Run events are Citizens’ Environmental Academy projects.