‘Together We Grow’: University of Kentucky celebrates agriculture with video tribute, week of campus activities

By Jennifer Elwell
Published on Mar. 18, 2025

National Agriculture Day, March 18, allows UK to honor its heritage, accomplishments and dedicated community working to improve agriculture.

‘Beauty can persevere’: UKREC at Princeton shares daylilies for preservation

By Bailey Vandiver
Published on Jan. 23, 2025

After surviving the 2021 tornado, daylilies at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center needed to be relocated for renovations and were donated to other UK properties.

Scott Smith tapped to lead The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky

By Christopher Carney
Published on Aug. 2, 2024

Former Dean of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Scott Smith is the new acting director of The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, a 100-acre public garden on the University of Kentucky campus.

UK alum, No-Till agriculture pioneer recognized for decades of extension work

By Christopher Carney
Published on Jan. 18, 2024

Serving the University of Kentucky for over 30 years as an extension agent, Rankin Powell received the Shirley Phillips No-Till Award from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

University of Kentucky celebrates green legacy with The Arboretum’s 32nd Arbor Day event

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Sep. 25, 2023

National Arbor Day is traditionally in April, but Kentucky celebrates in the fall.

Tree Week brings people and nature together

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Sep. 18, 2023

The sixth-annual Tree Week celebrates greenspaces that surround us.

The Arboretum celebrates Arbor Day Oct. 22

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Oct. 5, 2022

The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, a partnership between the University of Kentucky and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, honors and celebrates the Earth's health with its Arbor Day celebration Oct. 22.

UK to help state's landowners replace unwanted Bradford pears

By Jordan Strickler
Published on Oct. 4, 2022

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and their partners are working to help remedy the problem of invasive pears for landowners through an upcoming tree replacement program.

The Arboretum to celebrate Arbor Day April 27

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 10, 2019

The Arboretum in Lexington honors and celebrates trees during the 28th observance of Arbor Day at The Arboretum.

The Arboretum to celebrate Arbor Day April 28

By Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 18, 2018

In a state where native woodlands are valued for recreation and income, and in a city known for its tree-lined streets, it seems especially appropriate for The Arboretum in Lexington to celebrate and honor trees on Arbor Day.