Founded in 1858, Cave Hill Cemetery has many events and activities occurring on a regular basis. Visitors to this site are encouraged to check back periodically to learn more about current news and events. Below you will find publications that will tell you more about all that is happening at Cave Hill Cemetery.
News
November 2025
August 2023
June 2023
- Wilson W. Wyatt, Kentucky's "Number-One Citizen"
- Two Kinds of Gardening at Cave Hill Cemetery
- To Prune or Not to Prune? A Common-Sense Approach to Summer Pruning
- The Lasting Impact of Andrew Cowan
- The Geology of Cave Hill Cemetery: What Lies Beneath
- Reading for Tough Times
- Creator of Louisville Landmarks: Sculptor Enid Yandell
April 2023
- Stories in Stone: William Shakespeare Hays, Riverman and Songwriter
- Saving Bees and Removing Trees: A Win-Win Story
- Getting Ready for Spring the Right Way
- Finding Hope in Nature
- Butter Buns and Benedictines: Jennie Benedict, a Louisville Restaurateur Remembered
- A Legacy at Cave Hill Cemetery: The Farnsley Family
- 175th Anniversary Feature: Cave Hill Cemetery- A Rural, Garden-style Cemetery
2022
2021
- Stories in Stone- Louisville's Retail History: A Look Back on Bacons
- Connecting Cemeteries through Monument Art
- Cave Hill Cemetery Recognized as American Cemetery Magazine's Cemetery of the Year 2021
- Stories in Stone- In Perpetual Mourning, Fannie Eastin
- Plant Profile: Hardy Orange Tree
- Meditation on Grief
- Plant Profile: Katsura
- Remembering Revolutionary War Soldiers at Cave Hill Cemetery
- Stories in Stone: Edmund Francis Lee
- Stories in Stone: Benjamin Grove
- The Case for Music in Times of Loss
- Cave Hill Arboretum Accreditation Project Donor Update April 2021
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Annual Report- 2020
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Mission and Vision Overview
- History of the Rostrum at Cave Hill National Cemetery
- Meet Petunia Swan at Cave Hill Cemetery
- Plant Profile: Devil's Walking Stick
- Stories in Stone: Major Julian Warren Calloway, USAF
- Stories in Stone: Sarah Shallenberger Brown
- A Reflection on the Life of Woodford Roy Porter, Sr.
- Cave Hill Cemetery Snow Photographs
- Plant Profile: Seven-Son Flower
- Stories in Stone: Major Ariss Throckmorton
- Stories in Stone: Samuel Owens English, Jr. Kentucky's "Mr. Tennis"
- Waking the Sleeping Giant: My Forty-One Years at Cave Hill Cemetery
2020
- Plant Profile: Sourwood Tree
- Stories in Stone: Theodore de Booy
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens reGeneration Fair Photos
- A Poetic Remembrance of Cave Hill Cemetery
- Arboretum Accreditation Update November 2020
- Community Tree Give-A-Way with TreesLouisville
- Thank A Suffragist Day Event Photographs
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Annual Fund
- Cave Hill Arboretum Accreditation Donor Report 2020.9.8
- A Brief History of the Celtic Cross
- Plant Profile: Purple Beech Tree
- Stories in Stone: Lewis Rogers Atwood and The Atwood Circle
- Cave Hill Cemetery Plants of Distinction Map
- Louisville Women and the Suffrage Movement: 100 Years of the 19th Amendment
- Letter to the Community from President & CEO, Gwen Mooney - August 2020
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Mission Overview
- Plant Profile: Butterbur
- Stories in Stone: Muhammad Ali
- Cave Hill Cemetery Symbolism Booklet
- The Long Road to Suffrage: Emma J. Woerner
- Mother's Day at Cave Hill Cemetery 2020
- Stories in Stone: Jennie Benedict
- Cave Hill Cemetery Offers Virtual Remembrance Option
- Support the Cave Hill Heritage Foundation through Kroger Community Rewards
- Family Genealogy Activity: What is Your Family Narrative?
- Plant Profile: Red Horse-chestnut Tree
- Stories in Stone: Patty Blackburn Semple
- Cave Hill Arboretum Accreditation Project
- 2019 Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Annual Report
2018
2014
- PRESS RELEASE: ArbNet Accreditation
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Newsletter - October 2014
- Press Release- Cave Hill Cemetery Announces Winners of 2014 Photography Contest
- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Newsletter- March 2014
- Press Release- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation Receives Grant from LG&E to Plant 140 Trees
- PRESS RELEASE- Cave Hill Heritage Foundation to Offer First Interactive Bourbon Distillers Tour in the History of Cave Hill Cemetery