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2021 Botany Blitz

...In to your account. Click “More” (three dots) Click “Projects” Search “KNPS Wildflower Week 2021 BotanyBlitz” Join the KNPS group Where should I look for plants? Any natural areas within...

Ballet Bound 2024 Series with Louisville Ballet

This summer, in partnership with Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Louisville Ballet will host seven outdoor audition workshops to identify approximately 20 dancers for the 2024-25 Ballet Bound Community Class. Auditions are...

Algonquin Park

Olmsted Park Steward 2018 Spring Training Series

...10 9:00am-12:00pm Olmsted Overview Volunteer Management Community Engagement Saturday, March 17 9:00am-12:00pm Plant Identification Techniques Integrated Pest Management Horticultural Techniques Saturday, March 24 9:00am-12:00pm ***Meeting Location In Park- not at...

Park Steward Training

...Techniques and Open Spaces Management Learn about best practices in tree planting, structural pruning, mulching, staking, and irrigation. Also maintaining and managing park assets in smaller parks. Tuesday, April 8...

Cherokee Park

Olmsted Parks Natural Trail Study Open House

...you may have, and what you’d ultimately like to see in a trail system. And we listened. Combining your vital input with the research from the landscape architects and trail...

Olmsted Parks Natural Trail Study Open House

...you may have, and what you’d ultimately like to see in a trail system. And we listened. Combining your vital input with the research from the landscape architects and trail...

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Tree Saplings Triple in Park Woodlands

...These trees will provide many benefits to our community for generations to come. Dr. Carreiro’s findings support the long-term value of invasive plant management in Olmsted Parks through the Olmsted...

What’s Happening in Cherokee Park?

...species being treated are wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), and English ivy (Hedera helix). These species grow aggressively and spread on the forest floor, out-competing native herbaceous plants....

2021 Botany Blitz

April 10 – 17, 2021 What is a Botany Blitz? A Botany Blitz is a plant-focused community celebration of biodiversity. Sometimes these events are called BioBlitzes and may also focus...

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Types of Tennis Courts in the Olmsted Parks

...tournament is the Grand Slam French Open in France. While most of the free public courts available in our Olmsted Parks are hard courts – Chickasaw Park, located in Louisville’s...

Tree Scavenger Hunt

...chipmunks, and bobwhite in rural and suburban areas. Its name refers to the sap that comes from cuts in the bark. Hardened clumps of this gum are chewed by some...

Spring Wildflower Guide

What’s blooming: a guide to Spring Wildflowers in the Olmsted Parks Spring ephemerals are native wildflowers that grow on the forest floor, completing their yearly life cycle in about two...

Forest Food Scavenger Hunt

...example of this would be a mouse. Second level consumers feed on first level consumers; an example of this would be a rattlesnake that eats the mouse. Third level consumers...

Porcelain-Berry

...axils by mid-summer. The 2-4 seeded fruits start out pale lilac, turn green and finally mature to bright blue, resembling miniature bird’s eggs. Porcelainberry invades open and wooded habitats, spreading...

Bush Honeysuckle

...The leaves are compound, oppositely arranged and entire, with a dark green topside and a pale-green, fuzzy underside. The plants’ stems and branches are usually hollow, unlike its native lookalikes....

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