NOW OPEN! Beargrass Creek Pathway
On Wednesday, Sep. 2, our long-awaited Beargrass Creek Pathway finally opened to the public. Area news crews were present for the unveiling and ribbon cutting. Check out the stories below: Wave …
Botanica News
WBG on the Radio! Allison and Wanda talk education, programs, and more…
Check out the Forward Radio 106.5FM and live-stream at forwardradio.org on Monday, 8/31 at at 6pm, midnight, and 10am Tuesday, 9/1 for Allison and Wanda’s interview with Justin Mog of UofL Sustainability. To listen …
WBG Returns to Regularly Scheduled Visiting Hours During the Week
WBG has returned to the full schedule of public visiting hours during the week. W, F, Sat: 10am-4pm Th: 10am-7pm Sun: 12-4pm All COVID-19 requirements such as face coverings and maintaining social …
WBG Reopens to the Public on Weekends
WLKY reports on the Gardens’ COVID-19 adjusted public hours and additional guidelines for visiting the gardens: wearing masks/appropriate face covering 6 ft social distancing 20 cars at a time As well as …
Virtual Music in the Gardens Concert, 5/14
We are excited to kick-off our Music in the Gardens monthly series with the Derby City Dandies! This is the first of six concerts this summer, and while we’re sorry you can’t …
Arch Daily – Waterfront Botanical Gardens and Perkins+Will
The Waterfront Botanical Gardens and Graeser Family Education Center sit on a former landfill site, which had been unusable and closed off to the public for decades. Today it has been redesigned …
Japanese Garden Plans Unveiled
Waterfront Botanical Gardens shows off plans for major project Waterfront Botanical Gardens unveiled plans Tuesday, 3/10 for for a Japanese Garden. The project should break ground later this year. Full …
City holds first public workshop for input on study into Butchertown, NuLu and Phoenix Hill
Residents of Butchertown, Phoenix Hill and NuLu had the opportunity Wednesday night to weigh in on what they want the future of the up-and-coming community to look like. The city hosted its first public …
$5 million gift made to WBG
Check out Bob Hill’s story in the Courier journal on a recent (unexpected!) $5 million gift made to WBG by Ellen Leslie. We didn’t know her, but we cannot thank her enough …
Check out all of our Opening Week Press!
With the grand opening here, we’ve been all over the news the past couple of weeks Check out various interviews and stories on us in the local outlets and learn about our …