TREE WEEK 2018

TREE WEEK IS A WEEK OF EVENTS FOCUSED ON THE CELEBRATION OF TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY. TREE WEEK IS SPONSORED BY THE URBAN FOREST INITIATIVE (UFI) WORKING GROUP WHICH IS A CONGLOMERATE OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN TREE RESEARCH, CARE, ADVOCACY, AND MANAGEMENT FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. OUR TREE WEEK COLLABORATORS INCLUDE: THE UFI CORE GROUP, LFUCG, THE KENTUCKY DIVISION OF FORESTRY, FLORACLIFF NATURE PRESERVE, SEEDLEAF, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE FOREST HEALTH CENTER, WILD ONES, UK COLLEGE OF DESIGN, TREESLEXINGTON!, LEXINGTON TREE BOARD, COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UK ARBORETUM, KENTUCKY ARBORIST ASSOCIATION, KENTUCKY WRITERS AND ARTISTS FOR REFORESTATION, AS WELL AS MANY TREE CARE PROFESSIONALS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS.
TREE WEEK ITSELF WAS BORN OUT OF THE HOPE TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY CONNECT WITH TREES AND THINK ABOUT HOW TREES IMPACT THEIR DAILY LIVES. THE WEEK CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 40+ EVENTS THAT ARE PLANNED ALL OVER TOWN AND COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES. THERE WILL BE A KICK-OFF EVENT FOR INFORMATION AT BLUE STALLION BREWING (FAMILY FRIENDLY) ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH FROM 4-7 P.M. AND A WRAP UP EVENT/PARTY AT WEST SIXTH BREWERY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH FROM 6-9 P.M. (ALSO FAMILY FRIENDLY). IN BETWEEN THE WEEK WILL FEATURE TREE PLANTINGS, GUIDED HIKES IN THE ARBORETUM, FLORACLIFF NATURE PRESERVE, AND THE LEXINGTON CEMETERY, YOGA IN THE PARK, AN ART SHOW AND READINGS BY THE KENTUCKY WRITERS & ARTISTS FOR REFORESTATION, MUSIC, A TREE MULCHING EVENT IN DUNCAN PARK, A SOCIAL BIKE RIDE SPONSORED BY BROOMWAGON, TREE THEMED ACTIVITIES AT EACH OF THE LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS ALL WEEK LONG, A PUBLIC SEMINAR WITH GUEST SPEAKER RUPERT BENTLEY WALLS, A NATIVE PLANT SYMPOSIUM, THE KENTUCKY ARBORIST TREE CLIMBING COMPETITION (WITH A CHILDREN’S CLIMB, AS WELL) AND NUMEROUS OTHERS.