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Gardens & Nature Preserves
Salato Wildlife Education Center – Frankfort – fw.ky.gov/navigation.aspx?cid=130 | 502.564.7863
Information, interactive and interpretive exhibits featuring native plants and animals.
Governor’s Mansion – Frankfort – governorsmansion.ky.gov | 502.564.8004
Dazzling flowers and ornamentals decorate grounds of the mansion and Capitol year ‘round.
Wallis Home & Arboretum – Paris
State headquarters of the Garden Club of Kentucky. Four-acres, includes arboretum, daylilies and rose garden.
Yuko-En on the Elkhorn – Georgetown – kentuckytourism.com | 502.316.4554
Kentucky’s official Japanese friendship garden, the largest garden of its kind east of St. Louis.
Cove Spring Park – Frankfort – frankfortparksandrec.com | 502.352.1333
100 acres of wetlands, streams, springs, waterfalls, forested ravines, and other natural and historic features.
Liberty Hall Historic Site – Frankfort – libertyhall.org | 502.227.2560 888.516.5101
The grounds contain a formal boxwood garden with perennial and annual borders.
The Arboretum – Lexington – ca.uky.edu/arboretum/index.php | 859.257.6955
Expansive arboretum features a variety of trees, garden and walking/jogging tracks.
Raven Run – Lexington – lexingtonky.gov | 859.272.6105
A great place to view Kentucky wildflowers spring through fall.
McConnell Springs – Lexington – mcconnellsprings.org | 859.225.4073.
26-acre park offers trails and a visitor’s center.
Sally Brown, Crutcher & Tom Dorman State Nature Preserves – Lancaster – americanbyways.com | 859.229.8579
Hundreds of forest acres, miles of walking trails and views of the Kentucky River Palisades.
Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary & Audubon Center – Versailles – audubon.org | 212.979.3000
374 acres of self-guided trails to experience a wide variety of habitat and birds.
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill – Harrodsburg – shakervillageky.org | 800.734.5611
The Nature Preserve at Shaker Village manages, protects and shares 3000 acres of original Shaker countryside. Explore restored prairies, woodlands, field and canebreaks by traversing more than 40 miles of multi-use trails.
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