Ginkgo Galore Programs
GINKGO GALORE™ is more than a one-day event. It is the beginning of a growing set of programs rooted in the ginkgo tree's enduring spirit of resilience, community, and renewal.
Trees for Wilmore
Wilmore became The Ginkgo Capital of America one tree at a time — beginning with a single transplant in 1952. The Trees for Wilmore program continues that legacy. Through tree raffles, community planting events, and civic partnerships, we are expanding the ginkgo canopy that defines this community's identity.
At the festival, attendees can enter to win a ginkgo tree and learn how to plant it. Every tree planted is a living piece of the festival's story.
Save the Grand Ginkgo
Some of Wilmore's most beloved ginkgo trees have stood for generations. The Save the Grand Ginkgo initiative works to identify, document, and protect the community's most significant trees — ensuring they continue to frame autumns in this town for generations to come.
More details on this program coming soon.
Community & Education
The ginkgo tree is a teacher. Resilient, ancient, enduring — it has outlasted mass extinctions and catastrophic events. It grows four ways. It has lived for over a thousand years. There is much it can show us.
Through partnerships with educational institutions, local schools, and the UK Agriculture Department, GINKGO GALORE™ supports ginkgo-inspired learning programming for students of all ages — from Leaf Lab Learnings homeschool days to the Ginkgo Galore Film Festival, which puts regional high school creativity on screen.
What's Coming
The Ginkgo Foundation's vision for GINKGO GALORE™ is cumulative. Year one plants the seed. Year two begins to grow it — with a festival podcast, a community newsletter, and an expanding network of dovetail event partners. The goal is a multi-day event that fills Wilmore and draws visitors from across the country.
The ginkgo doesn't rush. Neither do we. But we are growing.