In June of 2022, a KNPS member posted this image on the KNPS Facebook group page of a t-shirt she had found in a thrift store. Asking among several longtime members, it turns out that in the 1990s, and into the early 2000’s, KNPS produced t-shirts for each Wildflower Weekend. Planning has already begun for Wildflower Weekend 2023 (April 14th-16th, at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park) and we have decided to bring back this great tradition.
This is where you, KNPS members and friends, come in! We want the design to be similar to the 1991 shirt, with one (or more?) native plant species as the central element. We want to use species that would likely be flowering (or showing attractive foliage) in mid-April, in the area around Cumberland Falls. The plant that we choose should be showy and lend itself to attractive graphical representation on a t-shirt. The planning committee has come up with a list of thirteen species that meet these criteria. We now need you to pick the species that will be on the t-shirt for Wildflower Weekend 2023. Go through the slideshow of the species below and then submit your top three choices using the form at the bottom of the screen.
Sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) 
Bird’s foot violet (Viola pedata) 
Great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) 
Showy orchis (Galearis spectablis) 
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) 
Dwarf rattlesnake plantain (Goodyear repens) 
Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) 
Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans) © ksfhigdon 
Twin leaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) 
Dutchmen’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) © rachelder12 
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) © Dale Bonk 
Yellow Ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) © jordanmbyrnes 
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
