Western Kentucky Botanical Garden
2499 Clermont Road, Clermont, KY 40110 (502) 955-8512
14000 acres
First opened in 1950. Layout plans by Olmsted firm
ginkgo trees. beech. nut trees. Sun and Shade Trail. Nature Museum. Arboretum Center. Lake Nevin. lilacs. Virginia pines.
Picnic area. Quiet Garden. Legend Trail. dwarf conifer beds. Holly collection, the largest collection of American hollies
in North America. limestone sculpture. American chestnut. visitors center Platinum LEED Green Building Certification.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available. Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Snacks. Plant Nursery. Picnic areas. Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails; 35 miles, plus 3.2 miles
of bike trails. Maps available
9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union, KY 41091 (859) 384-4999
121 acres
9 years in development. 1100 trees, 1700 shrubs, 3 acre Kentucky grassland. Plantings include ornamental grasses,
hollies, dogwoods, conifers, crabapples, cherries, rhododendron's, azaleas, birches, maples, ash, viburnums, weigelias.
butterfly bushes, spireas, lilacs, beech boxwood, willows, children's garden, hickory trail.
Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available.
Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs.
Picnic areas. Outdoor. Year-round visits. 2.2 miles of Trails. Maps available of park, excellent plantings location maps.
701 Baxter AVenue, Louisville, KY 40204 (502) 451-5630
300 acres
Garden Cemetery established in 1848, similar in style with Mt Auburn, Swann Point and Greenwood Cemetary as garden cemeteries.
Extensive tree and shrub collections labeled: plantings include state and national champion trees
Japanese Pagoda Tree. Willow Oak. Sweet Bay Magnolia. Southern Magnolia. Pignut Hickory. Weeping Beech. FernLeaf Beech.
American Yellow-wood. Carolina Silverbell. Pyramidal Japanese Yew. Red Horse Chestnut. Katsura Tree. Cucumber Magnolia.
Pond Cypress. Turkish Filbert. Amur Cork Tree. Weeping Norway Spruce. Nordman Fir. Weeping Balsam Fir. Golden Larch.
Caucasian Wingnut.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Handicapped accessibility.
Outdoor. Year-round visits.
2307 State Route 142, Philpot, KY 42366 (270) 729-4101
9.5 acres
15 year old garden that includes allee, children's garden, daylily, ericaceous, fruit and berry garden, grasses,
herb,iris, Japanese garden, rose garden.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Tram Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Memberships available. Handicapped accessibility. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Library. Plant nursery. Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available
6220 Old LaGrange Road Crestwood, KY 40014 (502) 241-4788
33 acres
Developed as a botanical garden in 2005, originally an exclusive nursery for 50 years. Unusual specimens onsite.
The collection of European Beech cultivars was described by famed plantsman J.C. Raulston, as one of the very best in
North America. Other plantings in the arboretum include Magnolia, Viburnum, Abies, Cornus, Cercis, Hydrangea and Ilex.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available. Memberships available. Adult Education programs. Children’s programs
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Outdoor. Year-round visits.
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