Category: EARTHeim News
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EARTHeim News: Visiting the Wallis House
Last week I was a guest at the Wallis House, which is the home of The Garden Club of Kentucky. I got to speak with a lovely group of ladies on how to attract birds to your landscape. Hopefully I inspired them to plant some new plants in their gardens that the birds will appreciate.…
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EARTHeim on Lexington Community Radio
Live Green Lexington has as weekly radio show on the Lexington Community Radio 93.9FM at Mondays 11am. The show is about different environmental issues and events occurring in Lexington. Past episodes can be listened to on SoundCloud. Listen to two episodes with EARTHeim. Ep. 19.3 Green Check EARTHeim speaks about its experience becoming Silver certified…
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EARTHeim News: 2019 Accomplishments
2019 was a busy year for EARTHeim! Here are some things EARTHeim was a part of this past year. OLLI ‘Gardening for the Living Landscape’ Since 2015, I’ve taught a 6 week gardening course for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute which is a senior’s community education program through the University of Kentucky. I plan to…
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EARTHeim News: Creating the ‘Tree Care Video Guide’ for Lexington with the Citizen’s Environmental Academy
This past May, I was a part of the Lexington’s 2019 Citizen’s Environmental Academy. The 2019 was the second class to graduate from this program that is offered by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Division of Environmental Services. The program is a year long venture. The first half of the program involves meeting once…
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EARTHeim News: Lexington’s GreenCheck Business Program Awards 2019
In September, GreenCheck Lexington accepted 9 new members into its certification program. This Lexington based program provides resources to local businesses and organizations in order to become more sustainable. To become certified, businesses follow a scorecard where points can be earned for completing certain tasks. The main categories of these tasks are based on sustainability…
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Lexington Environmental Awards
This year 2019, was the 49th annual Lexington Environmental Awards ceremony. The event awarded 14 environmentally focused people and their projects which have been completed in the city of Lexington in recent years. Each year the LFUCG Environmental Commission takes nominations for these awards. Year 2020 will be the 50th event! If you are aware…
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EARTHeim News: ‘Plant By Numbers’ Project for Lexington and ‘Paint By Nature’ Art Exhibit
This summer LFUCG released the ‘Plant By Numbers’ program for citizens who want beautiful, pollinator friendly garden along a stream bank. There are 12 gardens to choose from and are divided by sunlight requirements, garden dimensions, and color palettes. They all feature native plants which are better suited for the environment, stabilize banks with their…