Join Dan and Judy Dourson’s grandchildren for a virtual wildflower walk in the Red River Basin. You will see many of the common wildflowers seen in early spring in the bottom lands, as well as flowers found on the ridge tops with some surprise organisms!
Cedar, ash, oaks, and honeysuckle aren’t the only things inhabiting the dry, rocky, steep habitats above the Kentucky River. Join Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves botanist Devin Rodgers for a tour of some of the neat flora adapted to these sunny, erodible, rugged, beautiful places.
See what’s blooming at Natural Bridge State Resort Park along the Original Trail with park naturalist Sammy Evans.
Join KNP Botanist Devin Rogers on his big finds surveying Jeffrey’s Cliffs at a KHLCF site in Shawnee Hills region in Kentucky.
Join Eric Comley in the woods, and learn all about the elusive Sweet Pinesap (Monotropsis odorata), a rare plant in the commonwealth of Kentucky. Many spring wildflowers can be quickly spotted by their bright, colorful, and conspicuous floral displays, but you may find it’s easier to detect this small and discreetly camouflaged species with your nose!
Join Heidi Braunreiter and Vanessa Voelker with Kentucky Nature Preserves to learn about what’s blooming at this Heritage Land Conservation Site in Estill County. Vanessa will cover an in depth look at the violets and Heidi will take you on a guided hike along the trail.
Join horticulturist Jesse Dahl from The Arboretum and State Botanical Garden of Kentucky in Lexington on a tour of their native flowers in bloom.
