You can join in the fun at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Mercer County this Saturday, June 2. It’s a great way to spend active time with the family by joining groups for free walks, talks, fishing, rides, and games. Events scheduled throughout the day include chances to explore a creek to find rarely… [Read more…]
May 12, 2012
Beyond what most folks call contemporary residential architecture, those stylishly angular subdivision homes of the late 1900s, there is a movement toward a different aesthetic: 21st Century Modern. Elemental, and using the Earth as collaborator, these home designs take into consideration the angle of the sun, the lay of the land, and the enjoyment and… [Read more…]
May 2, 2012
Peonies: intoxicatingly perfumed poufs of soft petals, and perfect in pink, white and purple. We’re knee deep in peony season here in the Bluegrass, and what better place to witness the burst of hundreds, maybe thousands of blooms than at the gardens on the grounds at Ashland, the now historic home Henry Clay. The peony… [Read more…]
April 21, 2012
A special installation is in the works at Bernheim Arboretum, just south of Louisville. Using supple willow branches, artist Patrick Dougherty has been weaving together a large sculpture, which has evolved over the last couple weeks into spiraling walls, intertwining to form the shapes of two coiled snakes. When finished, visitors will be able to… [Read more…]
November 11, 2011
Madeline Enoch-Epley’s collection of colorful portraits is constantly growing. You can catch a glimpse of her progress at the opening of 500 faces 500 paintings 500 hours on 11.11.11 from 5-6:30 p.m. at U.K.’s Kentucky Neuroscience Institute’s clinic gallery, 740 South Limestone (across from Starbucks.) Want to be a part of it? This project could… [Read more…]
November 5, 2011
Ward Hall is simply a magnificent historic architectural treasure. This Greek Revival villa, commissioned by Junious Ward in abut 1857, is now being renovated by the Ward Hall Preservation Foundation, and maintained by volunteers. It’s located on the outskirts of Georgetown in Scott county, Kentucky. Ward Hall is open for guided tours one weekend each… [Read more…]
October 23, 2011
The Gardener’s Lecture Series, sponsored by the Fayette County Master Gardeners and the Friends of The Arboretum, has been attracting some great garden experts to town. This week Planthropology author Ken Druse will be in town, sharing some thoughts about horticultural wonders in his lecture Secrets of the Garden Revealed: The Myths, Mysteries and Miracles… [Read more…]
September 21, 2011
There is a lot going on at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill this weekend, September 23-25. You can run in a 5-mile race, milk a cow, enter a dessert-making contest, join a family bike ride, and have a special dinner; there are too many activities to list here, but you can find them all by… [Read more…]
September 17, 2011
What’s there, at the corner of Man-o’-War and Nicholasville roads? No, I’m not talking about WalMart, but the fields just across the road to the south. Since I’ve joined a community supported agriculture program, or CSA, through the University of Kentucky’s South Farm, that plot of land is where my great organic vegetables are grown. … [Read more…]
September 16, 2011
Betty Hall raises butterflies in her suburban Lexington home, and keeps a garden filled with an assortment of plants that caterpillars of all sorts need to survive. One of those plantings is milkweed to attract monarchs. The amazing photographs she captures are beautiful reflections of her success. Betty wrote recently that while she was cutting… [Read more…]
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