Home Demonstration Garden The Home Demonstraon Garden exhibits a diverse collecon of plants, including cul‐ Sculptures: Fountain sculptures can be found vars derived from nave plants, and non‐ invasive exoc plants, worldwide in origin, in The Sarah Gail Travis Memorial Garden, a with horcultural significance. The pur‐ quiet sing area bounded by hemlocks and Locaon and History. The Home Demon‐ pose of the Home Demonstraon Garden is river birch, and the Pao Garden, a more straon 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 equee: Please respect the Contact Us 1990s from a conceponal design by Envi‐ planngs in the Home Demonstraon Gar‐ ronmental Planning and Design, Pisburgh, den, and throughout The Arboretum, by The Arboretum and a subsequent Master Plan developed 500 Alumni Drive not collecng 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‐ hp://www2.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/ on of the Home Demonstraon Garden, including the pond area. H A. Gazebo Garden H. Fruit & Nut Planngs I Many fruits can be grown in a small yard with B. Pao Garden lile 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 pao with diverse planngs. It was K designed to smulate creavity 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 variees. C. Ground Covers K. All‐America Selecons and Trial Gardens Along the le side of the path is a collecon of F This garden is one of more than 50 locaons groundcovers, including a great collecon of in the All‐America Selecons 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 addion, 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 horcultural qualies. 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 aract all of nature’s pol‐ Maintained by Master Gardeners, the garden linators, i.e. moths, buerflies, 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 aquac and wetland plants. Animals including demonstrate adapve 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 .