The centerpiece of our Wildflower Week activities will be our week long BotanyBlitz. From Saturday, April 10, through Saturday, April 17, we are encouraging everyone to visit parks and natural areas throughout the Commonwealth, find and photograph native plants (with a focus on those in bloom), and upload them to our BotanyBlitz project.
With the pandemic still disrupting in-person activities, KNPS will host 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 […]
Wildflower Week 2021 is going to kick off with an Opening Session on Saturday, April 10. The session will be virtual, and presented on Zoom. Opening Session Agenda KNPS Membership Meeting Kentucky Botanists Big Year 2020 Results & Award Wildflower Week 2021 Events BotanyBlitz 2021
As part of KNPS’s Wildflower Week 2021 activities we are incredibly excited to be able to offer this botanical drawing class. Plants offer an unending supply of interesting shapes, textures, and details for artists to discover and translate to the page. Botanists and artists alike must develop skills of seeing plants deeply. Amy Tipton will […]
Wildflower Week 2021 is going to end with a Closing Session on Saturday, April 17. The session will be virtual, and presented on Zoom. Winners of BotanyBlitz 2021 Highlights of finds KNPS activities for the remainder of 2021
Join nature lovers, families, community scientists, amateur naturalists, and professional botanists from across the Commonwealth, as we explore the beauty and diversity of Kentucky’s natural history at Natural Bridge SRP and the Red River Gorge. Wildflower Weekend is open to the public and family-friendly.
