In Bloom: Spring 2021
In this issue: Introducing Shiro Nakane Updated Master Plan Japanese Garden Concept Anticipating Living Landscapes of the Japanese Garden Bonsai at the Gardens A Cultural Experience for Our Youth View Newsletter
Author: Allison Whitehouse
WBG’s New Japanese Garden – Courier Journal
“Louisville is about to get a bit more zen when a former garbage dump is transformed into a peaceful and picturesque authentic Japanese garden. The Waterfront Botanical Gardens, 1435 Frankfort Ave., which sits …
WDRB Earth Day at WBG
Celebrate Earth Day 2021 at WBG! “Plants create the palette on which our life unfolds,” said Jamie Burghardt with the gardens. “We play on a lawn, play on an athletic field, …
NEW! WBG Master Plan updated
The original Master Plan, released in November 2014, identified the future location and layout of the 23-acre Waterfront Botanical Gardens. The 3-phase master plan was designed by Perkins+Will of Chicago/Atlanta. The final …
Take a Virtual Tour of the Ellen T. Leslie Botanical Classrooms
Video: Thank you to the Foundations who supported WBG in 2020!
2020 was a wild year! Thank you to all the foundations out there who supported the WBG project in the midst of these unprecedented times. We can’t do all we do without …
Second Annual Gardens Aglimmer
Join us outside among the lights this holiday season… MORE INFO AND REGISTER HERE
One Year of WBG!
On October 4, 2019, WBG opened its doors to the public for the first time ever. Take a stroll down memory lane with this video of what the past year has had …
What a garbage dump and 1963 Volkswagen have to do with the Waterfront Botanical Gardens
Courier-Journal article by Bob Hill from Sep. 28 “The new Beargrass Creek Pathway and rock-lined waterfalls flowing beneath it at the Waterfront Botanical Gardens will connect a woodland glen, Louisville history, a curling brick …
WBG Celebrates One Year!
From the Courier-Journal on Sep. 28 “The Louisville Waterfront Botanical Gardens is celebrating its one-year anniversary on Oct. 4 with a private virtual concert featuring a Nashville superstar, celebrity chefs and more…” Full Story Here