Woodland Park

This is one of the downtown vicinity Lexington parks. Although I was born and raised in Lexington, there are a few places that my parents avoided taking me as a child and this was one of them. Why? I’m not quite sure. But I sort of adapted that same mentality with my daughter. So I’ve not really utilized the many amenities that this park has to offer… the pool, tennis court, or skateboard park, none of those I’ve stepped foot around.
What I have experienced at Woodland are the festivals. The Ballet Under The Stars is a two day event. You bring a blanket or a chair and boom, you’re in the Woodland in crowd. The Woodland Art Fair is another annual event that I’ve attended. I like the event itself, but fighting the crowd and tackling the scarce parking, isn’t really my thing.
In my opinion, the best things about this park are the festivals hosted here and the mature trees. The worst is the parking.

I have walked and driven past this park a few times but have not really experienced it.
It is a great place to bring your family. To be honest, I was a bit leary coming here because of the homeless inhabitants. I did see a few, however, they were minding their own business. Other families didn’t seem to be bothered either.
There are some play areas that are currently under repair but they fenced off. Hopefully they will be repaired soon.
Looking forward to coming back soon.

39^th Annual AFB Woodland Art Fair
I went today and it seem like I walked forever. There was so much to see, so many vendors & Artist, food stands, West Sixth, Kettle Corn, Thai food, Greek Food, God Fathers Pizza, German food, chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick, and much more. The event was just not in the park there were tents on the street sides and individual yard sales and business around the park where having sales. I bought 2 bags of homemade pork skins. The pool was open and lots of things for the kids to do and even the 4 legged family members could rome. The park had lots of shady spot and tables to sit, there was music playing also. There was also shuttles going every 20 mins for those who parked downtown. There was something for everyone. I was amazed. I enjoyed my 3hrs that I spent out there today. I would go back even if there was not an event going on. Most diffenetly would go again next year.

This is always been on Kami and I short list for Parks. Not that its the nicest or anything but enjoy a park in the middle of a city or town, park with history. Reminds me of parks I went to growing up. Unlike the other parks in town the parents go too show off.

This park seems like it has to much to offer. I recently attended the annual art festival held there. There appeared to be great swimming facilities, a skate park with all types of ramps, a nice play ground area, as well as plenty of actual park with large trees and green spaces. A lovely community resource.