Join us at Mary Todd Park for an memorable start to Tree Week 2024! Celebrate the seventh annual kick-off event with a variety of activities including a tree planting, food truck, fun for kids, live music and the opportunity to engage with many environmental organizations from across Lexington.

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.

Join your neighbors for a tree walk through the Gardenside neighborhood to kick off the Gardenside tree planting initiative, in partnership with Friends of Wolf Run and Lex Grow Trees, with funding provided by LFUCG.