Yew Dell Gardens

I just found this article in my new Budget Travel Magazine- I had no clue this place existed. It looks quite wonderful- does anyone know anything about it? I think I will head out there next week.
http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/cont ... 01289.html

[Robin Garr]

I just found this article in my new Budget Travel Magazine- I had no clue this place existed. It looks quite wonderful- does anyone know anything about it? I think I will head out there next week.
http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/cont ... 01289.html

Gary, since the local reference is only one paragraph out of a much longer article, I think it would be okay to reproduce it here for everyone's information:

CRESTWOOD, KY.
Yew Dell Gardens
Imagine sprawling lawns dotted with evergreens surrounding a Cotswolds-style castle; a secret garden overflowing with 70 types of hellebores (Lenten roses) hides at the end of a holly-canopied allée. Then imagine that you're only 15 minutes from Louisville, Ky., usually thought of as a mecca for horse lovers, not horticulturists. "This is a must-see," says designer and author Wayne Winterrowd, who visited the gardens while working on nearby residential projects. Yew Dell was the vision of plant expert Theodore Klein, who started the now-public garden as a nursery and laboratory in 1941. Klein collected and tested more than 1,000 plants and developed more than 60 unique plant varieties, including a variegated redbud and several types of sugar maple. 502/241-4788, yewdellgardens.org, $7.

Yew Dell is a wonderful place that is full of history. There are lots of opportunities for everyone to get involved (or at least visit!) so please check it out.

I think Yew Dell is one of the most beautiful spots in the area that almost no one knows about. It is a wonderful place to have a wedding ,or event. For anyone needing a gardening fix, they are in need of volunteers.

Gary,

Yew Dell is wonderful and well worth the trip! You hear little about it as they only opened regular hours relatively recently (a couple of years ago)- before that they were only open sporadically.

If you love gardens, I also highly recommend a trip out to Bob Hill's place in Utica. It's a totally different concept- funky and eclectic, but equally wonderful. (It's also free!) We may be heading out there for a visit for Mother's Day.

http://www.HiddenHillNursery.com

Deb

Yew Dell Gardens has a couple of very interesting pieces of relatively recent architecture that I think is beautiful. One is a remodeled/revamped barn that is simply breathtaking. Check out the photos at the architects' web site.
http://www.deleon-primmer.com/FlashSite ... r%20Archit

The reception hall made to look like a Japanese lantern is pretty cool too.

If you're a member of Bernheim Forest, which I highly recommend, you'll receive reciprocal admission to Yew Dell Gardens.
Another wonderful place to visit is Cathedral Gardens up I-65 in Henryville, IN. The last time I was there I took almost 200 pix. I am including a few with this post.

http://cathedralgardens.com/intro.asp

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3 more pix from Cathedral Gardens.

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