Parks & Recreation
Welcome to Lexington Parks & Recreation! We oversee over 100 parks in the city, six community centers, five golf courses, six pools, three arts venues, and numerous programs and events. Use this page as your gateway to Parks & Recreation, and find out more about what facilities, programs, and events are available to everyone in Lexington!
News
Using disturbance: let's build a prairie!
Last week on The Bluegrass in Your Backyard, we talked about succession and how it can help us naturalize parks (If you need a little refresher on disturbance, succession, and other important terms,
Ready, set, sign up for the Bluegrass 10,000
This year offering a slimmed down in-person event, plus a virtual option.
Aging gracefully: the importance of succession in naturalizing a park
In this installment of The Bluegrass in Your Backyard, it’s all about succession (and no, not who’s in line for the throne). In the natural world, succession is simply the way the landscape changes over time.