Strawberry harvest from Eckert’s Versaille Orchard. | Photo by @eckertfarms
It’s the season of picking — berry picking, that is. With an abundance of Kentucky farms nearby, Louisville has great access to fresh produce.
We’ve got five local farms near the 502 where you can pick fresh strawberries to whip up a frothy strawberry milkshake or craft the perfect strawberry shortcake.
Tickets for entry are $3 Monday-Friday and $4 Saturday-Sunday
Call ahead for availability, 812-923-9463 ext. 2.
Berry Best Farm, 26011 Highway 62, Nabb, IN (~33 miles from LOU)
Season begins: Sunday, May 18
Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. + Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
$4/pound
Bring your own containers + cash or check are the preferred payment methods.
Bonus: On Saturday, May 24 the Star Valley Strawberry Festival returns to Borden, IN (about a 30-minute drive from downtown). This springtime festival has been a tradition for over 40 years.
Gwinnett Stripers at Louisville Bats | Friday, May 23, Sunday, May 25 | Louisville Slugger Field | $12+ | Root, root, root for the home team at this family-friendly event with fun activities for the kids while you watch some of the best baseball players in the minor leagues.
Saturday, May 24
Sweet Tea & BBQ Fest | 8 a.m.-1 p.m. | East End Farmer’s Market | Price of purchase | Chow on BBQ while shopping local vendors and listening to live music.
Afrolachia | 8 p.m. | Kentucky Center for the Arts | $30 | Hear music + storytelling by entertainers of color from around the Appalachian region.
Sunday, May 25
“Princess Tam Tam” | 1 p.m. | Speed Art Museum | Free | A “Pygmalion"-like comedy where Josephine Baker stars as a mischievous shepherd girl who pretends to be a princess in Paris.
Jeffersontown’s Memorial Day | 6-8 p.m. | Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park | Free | Commemorate those we’ve lost on Memorial Day with speakers and patriotic salutes from ranking military.
Monday, May 26
Mayor’s Hike, Bike and Paddle | 10 a.m. | Louisville Waterfront Park | Free | Get to the waterfront early to snag a free T-shirt before hiking, biking, or paddling along designate routes around the city.
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Drink
Only in the bluegrass state
These bourbons can only be found in Kentucky. | Brent Schanding/LOUtoday
Fun fact: Kentucky distills nearly 100 labels of bourbon these days, but a few are produced in such limited batches they can only be found locally.
Here are some bourbons you’ll find almost exclusively in the Bluegrass State:
Brother’s Wright Distilling Co.Reserve Coal Mine Aged
This Appalachian entry to the bourbon market produces just 7,500 barrels each year on a farm overlooking the Tug Fork River in Pike County. Compare that to the 500,000 barrels produced yearly at Jim Beam, and you’ll understand why this small-batch bourbon is difficult to get your hands on.
Coal Picker Distillery Single Barrel
Pot distilled, aged in a private rick house + bottled by a team in the former Muhlenberg County coal camp John Prime famously sang about, there were fewer than 300 bottles of this bourbon available in 2023 — and they all sold out fast.
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Yesterday, I attended a panel discussion at Cathedral of the Assumption with members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and members of the Louisville development + preservation community.
Here’s what the National Trust’s President and CEO Carol Quillen said she sees in Louisville: “A real interest in preserving the particularity of the built environment.” She said Louisvillians are not just interested in preserving history, but in keeping alive for future generations the physical landmarks of our communities.
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