Home Demonstration Garden
The Home Demonstra on Garden exhibits a diverse collec on of plants, including cul‐ Sculptures: Fountain sculptures can be found vars derived from na ve plants, and non‐ invasive exo c plants, worldwide in origin, in The Sarah Gail Travis Memorial Garden, a with hor cultural significance. The pur‐ quiet si ng area bounded by hemlocks and Loca on and History. The Home Demon‐ pose of the Home Demonstra on Garden is river birch, and the Pa o Garden, a more stra on Garden occupies four acres bound‐ to highlight and demonstrate appropriate open, somewhat urban experience. A dry ed by a fence at the center of The Arbore‐ plants in varied garden areas, or landscape stone fence is also present on the perimeter tum. Along with the Walk Across Kentucky rooms, for use in home landscapes in Ken‐ between the formal garden and the pond. path, it was among the first features of The tucky. Arboretum to be developed in the early Visitor e que e: Please respect the Contact Us 1990s from a concep onal design by Envi‐ plan ngs in the Home Demonstra on Gar‐ ronmental Planning and Design, Pi sburgh, den, and throughout The Arboretum, by The Arboretum and a subsequent Master Plan developed 500 Alumni Drive not collec ng plants, leaves or flowers, and around that me. not removing or moving plant labels. Also, Lexington, KY 40503 Phone: 859‐257‐6955 please note that dogs, even when on a leash, are never allowed in the fenced por‐ h p://www2.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/ on of the Home Demonstra on Garden, including the pond area. H A. Gazebo Garden H. Fruit & Nut Plan ngs I Many fruits can be grown in a small yard with B. Pa o Garden li le care. Many of them are displayed here. This garden is centered around a wonderful fountain by Michael Maxson. Surrounding the J I. Compost fountain is a pa o with diverse plan ngs. It was K designed to s mulate crea vity for homeown‐ J. Vegetable Garden ers who love plants but don’t have a lot of G Maintained by Master Gardeners, this show‐ room. cases new as well as some old varie es.
C. Ground Covers K. All‐America Selec ons and Trial Gardens Along the le side of the path is a collec on of F This garden is one of more than 50 loca ons groundcovers, including a great collec on of in the All‐America Selec ons network of trial sedums. L gardens across North America. The Arbore‐ tum serves as a trial ground for flowers and D. Sarah Gail Travis Memorial Garden E cool‐season bedding plants. We also have a Built to honor a past president of the Lexington nice display of past AAS winners. In addi on, Council Federated Garden Club, the garden is we trial vegetables, annuals and shrubs to designed to be a calm respite, and is planted determine their hor cultural quali es. with greens, whites and an occasional blue. The fountain was created by Michael Maxson. D
M B C E. Pollinator Garden L. Herb Garden Filled with plants that a ract all of nature’s pol‐ Maintained by Master Gardeners, the garden linators, i.e. moths, bu erflies, beetles, hum‐ is formal by design, with the center forming a mingbirds and many others. N knot garden. Around the perimeter it is divid‐ ed into four categories ‐ culinary, medicinal, F. Pergola A dye, and scent herbs.
G. Accessible Garden M. Koi Pond This garden area contains raised beds, container This area highlights several examples of gardens, and trellised fruits. It was created to aqua c and wetland plants. Animals including demonstrate adap ve gardening techniques for fish (and occasionally a turtle or frog) are pre‐ people with limited mobility. Many of these sent as well. techniques also demonstrate methods for gar‐ dening in a small space. N. Formal Garden