Trees Lexington

05/26/2026

Along the fence line at God’s Pantry Food Bank, 15 water loving trees were planted in several inches of standing water on Saturday morning. Sycamore, baldcypress, river birch, and overcup oaks are settling in and will help mitigate the standing water as they grow and provide numerous benefits to this industrial area.

Thanks to our great volunteers, we were able to quickly get the trees in the ground as the threat of rain increased. While we did get soaked while loading up the trailer, we’re grateful it held off until the very end - and that our trees planted in standing water were officially watered in at planting. Thank you to everyone who came out to make a difference for Lexington’s tree canopy!



Supported by Lex Grow Trees with funding from LFUCG.

05/20/2026

Tonight at our office grounds we continue our Tree Steward Education series with Benefits of Trees for Mental Health. This is an outdoor event unless inclement weather forces us indoors. Please wear weather appropriate clothing and wear shoes suitable for light walking.

3564 Clays Mill Road, Lexington, KY 40503
6 pm - 7 pm

Join us at Seven Acres just outside our office door for a program focused on how trees impact our mental health, led byTivoli Hendricks, LPCC.

Tivoli Hendricks is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in the state of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from George Fox University (Portland, OR). Tivoli approaches therapy with a trauma-informed lens and incorporates IFS, mindfulness, and principles of existential therapy into her sessions. She believes total health involves addressing the physical, mental, and social needs of a person. Tivoli works with people struggling with various mental health issues and an assortment of life difficulties.

05/19/2026

Like planting trees? Help us wrap up our spring planting season over the next 9 days! Get all the information and register on our website:
www.treeslexington.org/events

Friday, May 22nd
Davis Park
22 trees
2 pm - 4 pm

Saturday, May 23rd
God’s Pantry Food Bank
15 trees
10 am - 12 pm

Monday, May 25th
Garden Springs Park
11 trees + Tree Diaper installation
11 am - 1 pm

Wednesday, May 27th
Mary Todd Elementary
11 trees + Tree Diaper installation
3:30 pm - 5 pm

Thursday, May 28th
Glendover Elementary
29 trees with BYSC and FCCD
3:30 - 6:30 pm

05/14/2026

We want to thank our KY Gives donors for helping us raise more than $1,000 in the last 24 hours! Your support makes a huge difference in our growth, not through the donations alone but in the heart and care behind every dollar given.

Perhaps you support Trees Lexington because you want cleaner air or more shade during summer heat. Maybe it’s because you want to provide habitat for birds and other wildlife. It might be that gorgeous catalpa in bloom or majestic oak down the street that has you wanting to help us get more trees planted across Lexington. There’s also the community you’ve found at our events, along with the fulfilling work of planting and caring for trees. Whatever it is that inspired you to give, we hope you realize the role you play in making Trees Lexington special and successful - THANK YOU!

We hope to see you at our upcoming events - Benefits of Trees for Mental Health, Tree Planting at God’s Pantry Food Bank, and Beneficial Insects and Host Trees. Find them all on our website: www.TreesLexington.org/events

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05/12/2026

Be a part of something joyful and give to Trees Lexington for KY Gives Day 2026! Help us plant joy, grow community, and inspire the next generation of community leaders and carers. Any donation made today has the potential to DOUBLE or win a prize for HUNDREDS of dollars! Link in comments!

⏰ 100% matches on donations up to $100 at 5 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. Donate within the first 5 minutes of the hour for the best chance at getting the match!

🎫 $200 hourly Golden Ticket prizes to donations drawn at random from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., and again from 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. Any donation during these times could win the $200 prize!

📣 $500 Power Hour prizes from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., and again from 11 p.m. - 12 a.m. to organizations with the most unique donors. Ask your group chats to pitch in $10 during the same hour!

"He who plants a tree, plants a joy."
- Lucy Larcom

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05/12/2026

It's KY Gives Day and any gift at any time today has the chance to be doubled or win an additional prize donation! Supporting Trees Lexington means a direct investment into the health and happiness of our community. Love trees? Help us plant trees and more love across Lexington! Link to give in comments!

05/08/2026

Want a quick way to support Trees Lexington? Vote for us! We’re on the Best of Lexington ballot for Nonprofits. Go to ‘Services’ then ‘Non-profit’ to find us. Thank you for all of the ways you support our mission!
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Vote once per day from April 20 through May 8.

05/08/2026

Working together is key to growing Lexington’s tree canopy, and this past Sunday was a great example of that. A couple of months ago we were contacted by a recent graduate of Lexington’s Community Environmental Academy. This achievement earned him a $1,500 grant for a project in Lexington, and he hoped to collaborate on a tree planting in his neighborhood, Meadows/Loudon, aptly called Meadows Tree Project. With his connections and outreach efforts, and because of certain qualifiers of the project, we were able to utilize trees from a current grant that needed a home, and made a plan for nearly 70 trees to be planted.

Almost 20 volunteers gathered at a location with a spigot, mulch pile, tools, and trees. From there they worked in groups to tackle planting trees on various streets in the neighborhood - and most of them as street trees! This round of planting will end up installing close to 55 3-gallon trees, with 40 of those being planted on Sunday.

Thank you to the great volunteers who spent their Sunday afternoon planting trees and connecting, to our friend Aaron Lee for his hard work in setting a solid framework for the Meadows Tree Project and reaching out to us, and to the residents of Meadows/Loudon Neighborhood who welcomed the trees and volunteers. We can’t wait to watch these trees grow and thrive, and canopy return to this neighborhood!

04/30/2026

We’re planting nearly 70 trees at homes in the Meadows Neighborhood this Sunday, May 3rd, 2 pm - 5 pm! Register on our website and join us for a beautiful and joyful afternoon!

www.treeslexington.org/events