Friends of Shelby Park

06/11/2026

This Sunday in Shelby Park!

06/03/2026

This Saturday!

05/15/2026

Come out for Shakespeare in Shelby Park this weekend!

04/22/2026

04/14/2026

Today, we launched. 🌿

The For Parks Education Fund is officially open — and Louisville showed up.

This morning at the Ohio River, community leaders, faith leaders, business owners, neighbors, and parks enthusiasts from the East End, the South End, and the West End stood together because they believe Louisville’s parks are worth showing up for.

We are an independent, nonpartisan civic initiative with one mission: make sure every Louisville resident has clear, accurate, nonpartisan information about a ballot access question that will soon be before Metro Council and what it could mean for the future of Louisville’s parks.

Louisville loves its parks. There were over 9 million visits to Louisville’s public parks last year. And our parks carry $177 million in deferred maintenance.

Every Louisville resident deserves to be part of this conversation.

We know there may be real questions about what’s being considered — how it would work, what it would cost, etc. Louisville deserves honest answers to all of them. That is what we are here to provide.

Get the facts at forparkseducationfund.org. Follow this page. Share it with someone who cares about Louisville’s parks.

This is just the beginning.

03/14/2026

The Tempest is coming to Shelby Park on May 17!

02/20/2026

The Book Works open house is TOMORROW!!!!

At the Shelby Park Community Center from 3 PM-6 PM, we will host an afternoon of tabling partners, refreshments, free books, entertainment, AND a community art project!

All are welcome to help us celebrate this new chapter of The Book Works

See you then!

02/07/2026

Want to learn all about park history, horticultural techniques, plant identification, and woodland management? Enroll in our Park Steward Training! Sessions begin in March.

Details: https://www.olmstedparks.org/park-steward-training-2026/

10/18/2025

What a way to close out our Olmsted Parks Beer Garden season! Make sure to mark your calendar for our Hayride in Cherokee Park on October 26… see you soon!