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2021 Botany Blitz

...cellphone and download the iNaturalist app in advance.  Do bring a friend or family member. Do walk very gently to protect fragile plant communities and ecosystems. Don’t harvest or harm...

2021 December Membership Drive

...enjoy special member benefits AND be automatically entered to win the PEDEGO Electric Bicycle – a $1895 value! Join or renew as a sustaining member today! Every dollar helps make...

Walking Tour: Olmsted Park History and Design

...Hill. Duration: 90 minutes Price: Free for Olmsted Parks Conservancy Members; $15.00 Non-members; call 502-456-8125 for group rates and availability Tour Notes: Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring a water bottle,...

Walking Tour: Olmsted Park History and Design

...Hill. Duration: 90 minutes Price: Free for Olmsted Parks Conservancy Members; $15.00 Non-members; call 502-456-8125 for group rates and availability Tour Notes: Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring a water bottle,...

Walking Tour: Olmsted Park History and Design

...design philosophy and practice. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring a water bottle, meet 15 minutes prior to tour start. Feel free to bring a walking stick. Area Featured: Baringer Hill...

Willow Park

Walking Tour: Olmsted Park History and Design

...design philosophy and practice. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring a water bottle, meet 15 minutes prior to tour start. Feel free to bring a walking stick. Area Featured: Baringer Hill...

Willow Park

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Tree Saplings Triple in Park Woodlands

GREAT NEWS! The number of tree saplings growing in Cherokee and Seneca Parks has tripled in areas cleared of invasive bush honeysuckle as compared to areas not cleared. Over the...

Cherokee Park Meadow Restoration

...nurseries such as Frank Otte Nursery and Garden Center, Dropseed Nursery, and Wallitsch Garden Center. Where can I see a Meadow in action? To catch a glimpse of the rabbits,...

Olmsted in the News

...http://www.whas11.com/news/local/local/42-years-later-tornado-impact-lingers/117860303 Iroquois North Overlook progress story: http://m.wlky.com/news/Iroquois-Park-overlook-construction-nears-completion/38860508 The Burn at Iroquois Park: http://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2016/03/30/gallery–prescribed-burn-at-summit-field-at-iroquois-park/82436346/ http://www.wlky.com/news/controlled-burn-underway-at-iroquois-park/38764586 Then WHAS Great Day Live featured a story about renewal and our Olmsted Parks: http://www.whas11.com/mb/life/family/sandwich-generation/help-keep-louisvilles-parks-in-great-condition-by-volunteering/110202273 Kirby...

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Types of Tennis Courts in the Olmsted Parks

...shots, which helps preserve energy instead of coming to complete stop while hitting returns. Why should I play on clay courts? Clay tennis courts are one of the most forgiving...

Spring Wildflower Guide

...hanging from a clothes line. The Iroquois Indians made a compound infusion from the leaves that were rubbed on the limbs of runners to strengthen their bodies. But don’t try...

National Pollinator Week

...why we’re celebrating National Pollinator Week!⁣ Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa Genus) Our Team for Healthy Parks crew member, Lauren, snapped this Carpenter Bee resting on Bottlebrush Buckeye. Bees in the Xylocopa...

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...

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...

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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