Posted December 30, 2009 by Kim Manajek, Manager of Exhibitions and Art Collections
Most often, we at Denver Botanic Gardens focus on plants, but there is something else spectacular here. Since the dedication of the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory in 1966, we have also been known for our architecture. Recent additions to the DBG campus by Tryba Architects have gracefully considered the mid-century buildings of Hornbein & White. Learn more through The Gardens’ Landmarks in Context, a small interpretive exhibit in the El Pomar Room that surveys the architects and landscape architects that have contributed to the Gardens. It will be on view until early February. Don’t miss the cell phone tour that illuminates architectural details.
Join us on January 7, at 6:30 in Gates Hall to hear award-winning architect David Tryba discuss the historical context of his creative decisions. On a journey with the architect, explore the opportunities and challenges of designing under the shadow of one of Denver’s most famous buildings.
Posted December 23, 2009 by Mike Kintgen, Senior Horticulturist
Christmas rose, or Helleborus niger, was hidden at the bottom of my last blog and didn’t get just attention. Christmas rose is often cited as the actual “rose” that inspired the German Christmas carol ‘Es ist ein Ros entsprungen’ or translated into the English Christmas song ’ Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming.’
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Posted December 22, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Thylacospermum caespitosum on Tien Shan
Has Jingle bells jangled one too many times? Have you tripped over Santa’s little elf? Perhaps this would be a good time to waft yourself to the high Tien Shan mountains, above Almaty in Kazakhstan!
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Posted December 21, 2009 by Mike Kintgen, Senior Horticulturist
Despite the balmy 54 degrees Fahrenheit it is as I write this, today is the official start of winter. The winter solstice not only marks the official start of winter but ironically the return to longer and eventually warmer days. Winter has already made several visits to Denver long before the winter solstice this year. 
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Posted December 21, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Rocky Mountain mountain ash (Sorbus scopulina)
Okay, the berries aren’t bright red, but they are certainly festive and are worthy to deck my halls! I am always mystified
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Posted December 18, 2009 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Visitor Experience
A festive holiday spirit abounds in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory—that is, green and red are everywhere! Take a look at these Christmas-colored gifts:
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Posted December 16, 2009 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
The idea of living in a tropical or subtropical region is appealing enough when the thermometer plunges and you have a hard time starting the car…but when would you ever have time to sort through your pictures, file away those stacks of papers or savor the summer just passed? This is when I finally upload my digital images on to
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Posted December 12, 2009 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Visitor Experience
Why is it that all week I’ve been having visions of palm trees on a tropical island, swaying in a warm breeze? Could it have anything to do with the single-digit temperatures we’ve had lately? We have the next best thing to our own island paradise in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory—open for thawing out from 9:00-5:00, seven days a week!
Palm trees are everywhere inside our tropical bubble.
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