Creating a Greenspace for People and Wildlife [Community Educational Event]

This educational program invites neighbors to explore how our local greenway can serve both people and wildlife—not as competing interests, but as complementary goals.
Together, we’ll look at the different types of spaces that can coexist within a greenway corridor, including:
🍃Social and gathering areas where neighbors can pause, meet, walk, or enjoy time outdoors together
🍃Everyday-use spaces that support walking, play, dog use, and informal recreation
🍃Naturalized habitats that protect streams, improve water quality, and support native plants and wildlife
Participants will learn how design choices—like where paths are placed, where vegetation is restored, and where open areas are maintained—help balance community access with long term conservation goals.
Examples from our own greenway planning illustrate how elements such as layered riparian buffers, meadows and open spaces, native tree and shrub plantings, and wildlife habitat features can be intentionally integrated without excluding people from the landscape.
https://bobolink-greenspace.com/
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Big Elm Tributary – Bob O Link Greenspace, Lexington KY
(enter from Bob O Link Dr at Jacana)