Recently we had the opportunity to take a day trip to Berheim Forest in Bardstown, KY. It took about an hour to get there but it was definitely worth the little drive. We love getting outdoors and we were pleasantly surprised by how nice this place was! I had only heard of it in the last couple of months and I don’t know how I had never heard of it before! It really is beautiful!
Berheim Arboretum and Research Forest was started in 1929 by I.W. Berheim and it covers a whopping 14,000 acres! (Very impressive to my husband who is a wilderness fanatic)They offer various programs and events, fishing, picnicking, hiking, biking and refreshments. There’s a really impressive visitors center that we all enjoyed. They have areas for kids to play and explore hands on. We had a delicious (and huge!) piece of pie from the little café out on the patio.
One of the things that I thought was cute and whimsical were the faerie houses. They are little structures that have been created out of things lying around in nature. They’ve been placed along a concrete path and we all enjoyed looking at those and imagining little fairies living there.
There are numerous little ponds and the arboretum area is very beautiful. Everything was so lush and green in the forest and I would imagine that if you were there at the right time you could view plenty of wildlife. It would also be a gorgeous backdrop for family pictures…which is another thing that we need to do asap!
One of the most important aspects of education, in my opinion, is getting hands on experience. If you’re having fun, your mind is open to learning about what you see! Although I am not homeschooling my daughter this year, I still realize that I am the most influential person in her life right now and her learning experiences begin with me and her daddy. So, we take every opportunity to take her to exciting places and activities and teach along the way. We teach her about plants, animals, weather, history or just anything we come across. Of course, we do it on a child’s level and we don’t push her. We just have fun and the info will sink in!
Getting outdoors and exploring is one of our favorite activities to do as a family and Berheim Forest was an awesome place to do that!
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