Wildflower Hike hosted by the Cave Run Lake chapter of the Sheltowee Trace Association! Gust: David Taylor, Botanist with the USFS. To register email crlc@sheltoweetrace.org

The schedule is set and registration is now open for Wildflower Weekend 2024, April 12th-13th, at Natural Bridge State Resort Park. Join nature lovers, families, community scientists, amateur naturalists, and professional botanists from across Kentucky, as we explore the beauty and diversity of Kentucky’s natural history. This year we are celebrating 35 years of Wildflower Weekend!…

Who's ready for a spring getaway? Join us for an outdoors weekend adventure in Berea, Kentucky to celebrate sunshine and longer days with other super cool, outdoor-lovin' adults. The beauty of this weekend is that you can be as social as you feel like in the moment. There's plenty of space to walk, explore or…

Join Kentucky Heartwood staff and members for a guided exploration of Lilley Cornett Woods! Located in Letcher County in the southeastern corner of Kentucky, Lilley Cornett Woods (LCW) encompasses 554 acres of mixed mesophytic forest. A portion of the total acreage, 252 acres, is designated as “old-growth” forest; a forest which has not undergone any manmade changes…

Bluegrass Birding Festival is hosting a fun-filled day of birding. Central Kentucky has great opportunities for birding with over 350 documented species. Entrance to the festival will be FREE and open to the public. Our goals for this festival are to expose as many as possible to the hobby of bird watching and to educate…

The Mountain Mushroom Festival is a celebration of the Appalachian culture: the morel mushroom, Kentucky agate (state rock of Kentucky), arts and crafts, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky River, and mountains. The festival’s mission is to share the cultural heritage and traditions of our community and support area groups (mushroom hunters, agate hunters, local crafters,…

Kentucky's day of giving!

Join us for the Feral Folk Spring Market - Sunday, May 12th at West Sixth Brewery in Lexington Organized by Kentucky Heartwood and the Kentucky Herbalism Alliance, the vision for Feral Folk is to nourish land-based makers and the land itself. We've got an awesome lineup of vendors, mostly from Eastern Kentucky, and we are…

Since 2017, the Wild & Scenic Red Riverfest has celebrated our free-flowing Red River, one of our unique Kentucky treasures and KY's only nationally designated/protected Wild & Scenic river. The event is co-hosted by Friends of Red River and Kentucky Waterways Alliance, who work closely together to protect, restore, and celebrate the Red River through…

Since 1991, the annual Heartwood Forest Council has been a forum where activists gather to forge the future of the forest protection movement. Each year we meet over the Memorial Day Weekend in a different part of the Heartwood region, to bring regional focus on local issues. This year we are holding the 32nd annual…

The Outdoor Learning Symposium (OLS) is specially designed to meet the needs of administrators and teachers interested in exploring ways to engage students in environmental education experiences and cross-curricular outdoor learning.

Join us Saturday June 1, 2024 for an afternoon of community & nature! We have forest updates and organizational updates to share with you,  followed by a plant-ID and nature walk with botanist Julian Campbell. Natural Bridge State Park and Resort is also home to the Red River Gorge Farmers Market which is open to…