Tree Week Lexington returns for a seventh year, October 11-20. Tree Week Lexington has over 70 events, most of them completely free, and offer a chance for folks of all ages and abilities to go out and enjoy our city's green spaces.

Thanks to generous funding from Lex Grow Trees, we’ll be planting 45 trees to help increase the area’s tree canopy, enhance biodiversity, and establish African Cemetery No. 2 as an accredited Level 1 Arboretum. Located in an area with one of the lowest percentage of tree canopy cover in Lexington, the 1st District, African Cemetery No. 2 holds a wealth of African American history, much of it connected to the beginnings of the horse racing industry.

Friends of the Parks in Fayette County in association with Trees Lexington was awarded a Lex Grow Trees Grant to plant 50 small 3-gallon trees at Clays Mill Elementary School. This initiative is part of an Eagle Scout Project with the Boy Scouts of America.