Some 7,000 trees were planted during last Saturday’s Reforest the Bluegrass event. More than 550 volunteers planted seedlings and young trees at Hisle Farm Park in northern Fayette County.
“Each and every one of the trees is being planted with love,” said Kirstin Miraski, a participant.
Saturday was the first large-scale planting in four years. More than 207,000 trees have now been planted during Reforest the Bluegrass events over the past 24 years by more than by 18,000 volunteers.
Seedlings not planted during Saturday’s event will be given away to neighborhood groups, local schools for part of their Earth Week celebration, and planted in the Urban Forestry program’s tree nursery.
You can still participate in this year’s Reforest program by participating in the city’s Reforest at Home program from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, April 22. Fayette County residents can pick up free trees at one of three pick-up locations:
- Castlewood Park, 209 Castlewood Drive;
- Jacobson Park, 4001 Athens Boonesboro Road; and
- Waverly Park, 4244 Southmoor Park.
Large shade tree seedlings and small flowering tree seedlings will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Households are limited to five trees consisting of no more than two small flowering trees.
For more information about Reforest at Home, visit lexingtonky.gov/Reforest.
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