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An Evening with Robin Greenfield Foraging 100% of My Food for a Year!

Mar 25, 2026, 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Action/Engagement, Community

For one year, Robin Greenfield is foraging every bite of his food and medicine. A year without grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies or even a garden. “Nature” is his garden! Is it possible to eat in harmony with Earth and live in reciprocity? Robin wholeheartedly believes so and is putting this love and devotion for Earth into bold action as he harvests the food and medicine that is growing freely and abundantly all around us.

Celebrating our trees: University of Kentucky awarded Tree Campus Higher Education honor for 15th consecutive year

Katelin Ralenkotter
 Mar 17, 2026
Celebration, Community

Since the University of Kentucky was founded in 1865, our campus landscape has been an important part of who we are and how our community engages with the campus. This year, UK received its 15th consecutive Tree Campus Higher Education recognition in honor of high levels of attention in the care of our campus canopy. 

Pollinator garden is restored on south campus

Gray Seibert
 Dec 5, 2025
Community

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2025) —The University of Kentucky’s Natural Resources and Environmental Science Club (NRES) and Horticulture Club removed invasive plants from a pollinator garden to provide a vital habitat for pollinators. The workday included removing Johnson grass, Goldenrod and Chinese elm, then cutting back native plants next to the Barnhart Building on Friday, Nov. 14.

Signage study at UK’s Arboretum explores new ways to foster environmental literacy

Bailey Little
 Jul 23, 2025
Community, Research

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23, 2025) — Walk through any arboretum, and you will find signs that guide your experience, naming plants, offering insights into the ecosystem’s role, or even helping you find your way around. However, many signs fall short of connecting with visitors or sparking a deeper understanding.

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