the 1950s the Forestry Department at the University of Kentucky put up a fence to exclude cattle and also be able to track undisturbed growth. The fence was a woven wire and 1.5 m high, there have been no deer in the Arboretum for almost a century. In the 1990s nonnative shrubs were eliminated, Lonicera maackii and Euonymus alatus. Gallery See also List of botanical gardens in the United States References External links Arboreta in Kentucky Botanical gardens in Kentucky Arboretum at University of Kentucky 1991 establishments in Kentucky Parks in Lexington, Kentucky