The formal garden at the Lexington Cemetery was inspired by the famed Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1995, more than 1,000 trees and shrubs gathered from Kentucky's five geophysical regions were planted. The arboretum also includes herb, rose, water and butterfly gardens, and an All-American Trials vegetable garden. Inc. The arboretum is open daily, dawn to dusk. It is located on Alumni Drive between Nicholasville and Tates Creek roads.
Admission is free.
In the shade of Lexington skyscrapers is nestled a 1790s historic property now home to the Flag Fork Herb Farm. After ten years in the wholesale herb business, Mike and Carrie Creech decided to market their line of Kentucky Gourmet Foods, along with the herbs to make them, from their own brick cottage in the Bluegrass. Their quaint shop is brimming with perennial and old-fashioned flowers, dried arrangements, garden accessories, and aromatherapy products. The Garden Cafe, featuring lunchtime homemade meals, overlooks the bird and butterfly display garden. Reservations are recommended for lunch at the Cafe.