Botanica - Louisville's Waterfront Botanical Gardens

Lincoln Park Conservatory – A Photo Tour

Dominic — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:08:38 +0000

One of the things we love about our members is their willingness to
let us join in on their travels – especially when those travels
include visits to botanical gardens and other plant-lover’s paradises. One of our members recently made a trip up to Chicago and while there
visited the [...]

Summer Garden Tour and Bus Trip

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:11:57 +0000

An exciting horticultural double-header awaits Louisville-area gardeners on Saturday, June 16, as Botanica leads a bus tour to the Boone County Arboretum in Northern Kentucky and the flower-filled Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The tour will include discussions of the various plants we see along the way and will be led by the officials and [...]

Botanica Spring Gardening Event – featuring Jeneen Wiche

Dominic — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:55:06 +0000

WHERE: Bunton’s Seed

WHEN: Saturday, March 24th 10am – Noon 939 E. Jefferson St. Louisville, KY 40206

ADMISSION: FREE – but reservations are required. RSVP by calling 502-276-5404. Be sure to leave a message with your name, contact info, and the number [...]

A Garden of Our Own: Creating a Botanical Garden in Louisville

Dominic — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:09:15 +0000

Here are some photos from the event we hosted back in October titled “A Garden of Our Own: Creating a Botanical Garden in Louisville.” The event featured Mike Kimmel, Cindi Sullivan and Bob Hill and was held at the Louisville Water Tower.

Botanica Hosts Community Breakfast – “An Urban Garden: Growing Louisville Green”

Dominic — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:24:38 +0000

On Wednesday, November 2nd, Botanica was pleased to host a community breakfast at the Louisville Water Tower on River Road. The event was titled “An Urban Garden: Growing Louisville Green” and featured Daniel Stark, former Director of the American Public Garden Association. Mr. Stark spoke about the many benefits an urban botanical garden provides to [...]

Botanica to Participate in the Festival of Faiths

Dominic — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:39:04 +0000

Botanica is excited to announce that it is participating in this year’s Festival of Faiths – which takes place November 3rd – 7th at the Henry Clay in Louisville. The Festival of Faiths is celebrating its 16th year!

Botanica would also like to express their sincere thanks to

Ohio – a Hot Spot for Botanical Tourism

Dominic — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:00:04 +0000

In the next couple of days, the latest Botanica newsletter should start arriving in mailboxes! Among the interesting articles you’ll find inside the newsletter is one highlighting some of the botanical tourism destinations in the great state of Ohio. While we’re eagerly awaiting the building of the Waterfront Botanical Gardens, there is plenty [...]

Botanica to Host Cindi Sullivan, Bob Hill and David Karem at Speaker Event, October 6th

Dominic — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:48:22 +0000

Botanica is excited to host a Louisville Luminaries Panel Discussion titled: “A Garden of Our Own: Creating a Botanical Garden in Louisville” at the Louisville Water Tower on Thursday, October 6, 2011. This event will feature a speaker panel with well-known Louisvillians: Cindi Sullivan, Bob Hill and David Karem. (Learn more about our speakers below).

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Photo Tour of Frankfort Avenue and the Heigold House Facade

Dominic — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:28:03 +0000

The Waterfront Botanical Gardens will be built at the very end of Frankfort Avenue where it intersects with River Road. Here’s a photo tour of the Frankfort Avenue corridor (which starts at Shelbyville & Lexington and extends westward all the way to the Ohio River) from Camille McManus.

At the end [...]

Garden Cincinnati – Gardening Anywhere and Everywhere

Dominic — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:02:46 +0000

At Botanica, we’re always delighted to find excellent gardening blogs – especially when they’re close to home! That’s why we were excited to discover Garden Cincinnati – a blog whose byline is: “Gardening Anywhere and Everywhere.” Be sure to check out this great blog! It truly is a treasure trove of information for all [...]