Its mission of he Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, is to showcase Kentucky landscapes and serve as a resource center for environmental and horticultural education, research and conservation. It is a 100-acre public garden located on the campus of the University of Kentucky in the heart of Lexington, Kentucky. It receives over 200,000 visitors annually who can enjoy and learn about our the main features, the Walk Across Kentucky, the Horticultural Gardens, and the Kentucky Children's Garden.

For official Visitor information and ground rules, and special events, please go to https://arboretum.ca.uky.edu/

Below: Lee Duquette in the archway.

Below: Time for Lee and Karen Duquette to focus on the beautiful flowers in the Walk Across Kentucky section. It is a paved loop through of native plants from the seven psychographics regions of Kentucky. A few of them had labels near them.

Below: The Kentucky Children's Garden had a charge to enter, not just for the children, but also for any adults with the children. it wa as big learning, playful area for the children, so of course, Lee and Karen did not pay to enter this area since they did not have any children with them.

Below: The Flight 5191 Memorial. Please read the sign shown below about the sculpture of 49-birds taking flight.

Forty-nine of the 50 people on board were killed (all 47 passengers and two of the three crew members). Most of the victims died instantly from the initial crash impact. Comair released the passenger manifest on August 29, 2006. Most of the passengers were American citizens from the Lexington area, ranging in age from 16 to 72. They included a young couple who had been married the previous day and were traveling to California on their honeymoon.

The sole survivor: James Polehinke, the first officer, suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones, a collapsed lung and severe bleeding. Lexington-Fayette and airport police officers extracted him from the wreckage. He underwent surgery for his injuries, including an amputation of his left leg. Doctors later determined that Polehinke had suffered brain damage and had no memory of the crash or of the events preceding. For more information on this flight, click here. (that is where this information typed here came from, which is a small part of the whole story)

Below: University of Kentucky water tower

Below: The backside of the same water tower shown above.

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