# City of Lexington launches month-long Earth Day celebration  
**Published:** 2026-04-13T20:56:08.000Z  
**Source:** [LFUCG General News](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington-0)  
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — [The City of Lexington is launching a series of environmental events and programs throughout April](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington) to promote sustainability and encourage residents to engage with local natural spaces.

[Earth Day may fall on April 22, but Lexington will celebrate the planet all month long](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington), with [Parks & Recreation and the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works partnering on events and programs that encourage environmental stewardship](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington).

The month kicks off with a creative initiative on Record Store Day this Saturday, April 12. [Parks and Recreation will release a flexidisc featuring natural sounds from Hisle Farm Park, along with sounds of activities available at the park such as archery, horseback riding and walking your dog](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington). [The free golden-yellow recordings will be available while supplies last at CD Central and other local record stores](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington).

The city's largest Earth Day event, [Reforest the Bluegrass, returns April 18-19 at Jacobson Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-18/reforest-bluegrass) [The community tree planting festival has brought residents together for 27 years, planting over 215,000 tree seedlings near streams and water bodies to improve riparian buffers and water quality](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-18/reforest-bluegrass).

On Earth Day itself, April 22, residents can volunteer at [McConnell Springs Park from 10 to 11 a.m. to help improve habitat](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2025-04-22/earth-day-volunteer-hour), participate in a wildflower walk at [Raven Run Nature Sanctuary from 1 to 3 p.m.](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington), or join tie-dye activities at the [Dunbar Community Center from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington)

[Reforest at Home on April 25 will distribute free tree saplings to homeowners at three locations: Coolavin Park, Jacobson Park and Shillito Park](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-25/reforest-home). [Because 69% of Fayette County land is privately owned, the city is working to involve homeowners in expanding the tree canopy](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-25/reforest-home).

Additional Earth Week activities include [a Bingo Blitz on April 23 at Kenwick Community Center and craft activities at the William Wells Brown Community Center](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington). [For more information, residents can follow @LexKyParks and @LiveGreenLex on Facebook and Instagram, or contact Parks and Recreation at 859-288-2934](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington).

## Sources

- [LFUCG General News](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington-0)
- [City of Lexington news release on Earth Day celebrations](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/celebrate-earth-day-city-lexington)
- [Reforest the Bluegrass 2026 event details](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-18/reforest-bluegrass)
- [Reforest at Home 2026 tree seedling giveaway](https://www.lexingtonky.gov/calendar/2026-04-25/reforest-home)

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