Learn about Kentucky’s fleeting beauties – ephemeral wildflowers, with Nikki Nivison, Conservation Educator with the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources at the Salato Wildlife Center in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist Tony Romano for a tour of spring flowers and flora in a rare glade and barrens habitat complex. We’ll explore plants adapted to thin soils, fires, and grassland openings.
Katrina Kelly, Owner of EARTHeim Landscape Design, gives us a tour of some of the native spring ephemerals blooming in her garden in Lexington.
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist and Lichenologist Kendall McDonald as she explores what spring ephemerals are blooming at Cove Springs Park in Frankfort, KY.
Join Betty Hall in a tour of her native garden.
Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist Rachel Cook on a virtual hike through John B. Stephenson Memorial Forest State Nature Preserve. While this Preserve is known for its beauty, Anglin Falls, it also has a great diversity of ferns with 32 species!
For over 30 years the Kentucky Native Plant Society, in partnership with Natural Bridge State Resort Park, has held a Wildflower Weekend at the park, offering wildflower hikes, exploring the region’s rich natural history and resources in the state park and the Red River Gorge, as well as evening presentations. Last year, due to COVID-19, we were forced to cancel Wildflower Weekend for the first time ever.
This year, with the pandemic still disrupting in-person activities, KNPS is hosting a virtual Wildflower Week! This will include virtual events from April 10th through April 17th, including a week-long, statewide BotanyBlitz on iNaturalist. This is an opportunity to broaden our spring wildflower scope to the entire state of Kentucky and allow us to highlight natural areas across the state! In addition to the BotanyBlitz we will have virtual field trips, led by naturalists from around the state, online workshops, a wildflower trivia contest, and more.
With so many activities, be sure to check out the Wildflower Week 2021 homepage for details and summaries of our events. In particular, refer to the WW Schedule at the bottom of the page.
