Events

Plein Air Painting & Drawing

Join fellow artists on a hike to a scenic spot within Floracliff to draw and paint over 4 hours.Join fellow artists on a hike to a scenic spot within Floracliff […]

The Natural Word: Nature Journaling at Floracliff

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we use our words to explore Floracliff in different seasons.Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we use our words to […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

Fall Long Hike

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Ponder the scenic forest views of mid-autumn as we explore trails throughout the Sanctuary.On this long hike, we'll trek along our upland trails and down ravines to visit Elk Lick […]

Intro to Winter Tree ID – Looking at all the clues

Join botanist Rob Paratley to learn how to identify trees without their leaves.Many people think that identifying trees after they've dropped their leaves is a difficult challenge. Most guides focus […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

The Natural Word: Valentine’s Nature Journaling at Floracliff

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we explore Floracliff and write a Valentine to Nature!Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we use our words to explore […]

The Natural Word: Valentine’s Nature Journaling at Floracliff

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we explore Floracliff and write a Valentine to Nature!Hone your observational skills through journal writing, as we use our words to explore […]

Birding for Beginners with Dan Patrick

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for a Birding for Beginners walk and sit. This program is for those ages 9 and up.If you’ve ever thought birdwatching would be fun or interesting but didn’t […]

Birding for Beginners with Dan Patrick

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for a Birding for Beginners walk and sit. This program is for those ages 9 and up.If you’ve ever thought birdwatching would be fun or interesting but didn’t […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

Signs of Spring Long Hike

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us to kick off our spring hike season with this long hike featuring Elk Lick Creek and Elk Lick Falls.Join us to kick off our spring hike season with […]

Signs of Spring Long Hike

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us to kick off our spring hike season with this long hike featuring Elk Lick Creek and Elk Lick Falls.Join us to kick off our spring hike season with […]

Golden Hour Hike to Elk Lick Falls

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden hour” hike at Floracliff while the early evening sunset shines through the trees.End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden […]

Golden Hour Hike to the Kentucky River

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden hour” hike at Floracliff while the early evening sunset shines through the trees.End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden […]

Wildflower Hike with Beverly James

Join us to see the first wildflowers of the season.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight identification, […]

Wildflower Hike with Josie Miller

Join us to see the first wildflowers of the season.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight identification, […]

Seminar: The Watershed Scale of Climate Change

Join us for a seminar at the Trail's End Lodge with Dr. Alice JonesPresenter: Dr. Alice Jones, Chair Emerita, EKU Department of Physics, Geosciences & AstronomyWendell Berry once said,"Our understandable […]

Wildflower Hike to Elk Lick Falls w/ Beverly James

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Experience early spring at Floracliff on this wildflower hike.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight identification, ecology, […]

Wildflower Hike w/ Josie Miller

Join Floracliff's Stewardship Director, Josie Miller, for a spring wildflower hike.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight […]

Wildflower Hike with Joyce Bender

Celebrate spring’s beauty and explore some of the connections between spring wildflowers, their habitats, and us.Celebrate spring’s beauty and explore some of the connections between spring wildflowers, their habitats, and […]

Canceled: FLOC: First Friday Birding

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for birding with the Floracliff Ornithology Community (FLOC)!Start your day with an easy-paced bird walk. Experienced birders will guide you on a 1-2 mile loop through grassland and […]

Canceled: Wildflower Hike with Devin Rodgers

Hike with a botanist at Floracliff during peak wildflower season.Join botanist Devin Rodgers for a spring wildflower hike to identify the charismatic native, early-flowering plants of the Kentucky River Palisades. […]

Wildflower Hike w/ Josie Miller

Join Floracliff's Stewardship Director, Josie Miller, for a spring wildflower hike.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight […]

Golden Hour Hike to the Kentucky River

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden hour” hike at Floracliff while the early evening sunset shines through the trees.End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden […]

Wildflower Hike with Beverly James

Join us to see Floracliff's spring wildflowers.Join us for a spring wildflower hike to see Floracliff's wildflowers at their peak. This hike will highlight identification, ecology, and pollinator relationships of […]

Birding for Beginners with Dan Patrick

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Join us for a Birding for Beginners walk and sit just as spring migration is underway. This program is for those ages 9 and up.If you’ve ever thought birdwatching would […]

Wildflower Hike with Dan Patrick

Join us to see Floracliff during peak wildflower season.Join us for an early spring wildflower hike to see the first blooms of the season. This hike will highlight identification, ecology, […]

Wildflower Hike with Tyson Gregory

Hike with a botanist at Floracliff during peak wildflower season.More details coming soon!Hike Leader: Tyson Gregory, Trees LexingtonHike distance and difficulty: 1.5 - 2 miles; rated moderate to difficult, due […]

Golden Hour Hike to Elk Lick Falls

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden hour” hike at Floracliff while the early evening sunset shines through the trees.End your day with a quiet and relaxing “golden […]

Wildflower Hike with Rob Paratley

Join botanist Rob Paratley for a wildflower hike at Floracliff.Join botanist Rob Paratley for a close look at Floracliff's spring wildflowers. He'll discuss some basics of flower shape and structure, […]

Wildflower Hike to Elk Lick Falls w/ Beverly James

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY 40515, Lexington, KY, US

Experience the spring beauty of Floracliff on this wildflower hike to Elk Lick FallsExperience the spring beauty of Floracliff on this wildflower hike to Elk Lick Falls. This hike will […]

Plein Air Painting & Drawing

Join fellow artists on a hike to visit Floracliff's old oak trees for a few hours of drawing and painting.Come together with fellow artists for a hike to spend a […]