Zinnia 'Profusion'
I’ve always been a gardener who has looked down my nose a bit at annuals—those flowers that need replanting every single year. Aren’t they a bit pedestrian, invented for those folks who don’t have the good sense to buy a perennial and watch it come back year after year?
Except that they are gorgeous.
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Here I am with a friend at the Children's Garden. Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin.
Last Monday, after several years of planning, the Mordecai Children’s Garden had its grand opening. Over the past week, the new Children’s Garden has been filled with the joyful sounds of imagination and discovery as children and grownups alike are reconnecting with nature. I am one happy marmot, enjoying the company of my many new friends. Melissa Gula, our Children’s Garden Program Coordinator, convinced me that I need to blog to let you know about all of the fun things that are going on at this new Children’s Garden. Come and join me on a journey through this amazing new garden.
The Children’s Garden provides a place for our youngest visitors to put their curiosity to work as they observe plant patterns, pick up and take a close look at pinecones and seed pods, and weave natural materials to create a nest for a bald eagle. A favorite among visitors has been
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Did you love your grandma while you were growing up? Of course you did! She was wise and loving and wanted nothing more for you than for you to be happy, healthy and to grow up to be a good person.
In her quest to help you attain these qualities, she undoubtedly soothed your brow when you were sick and perhaps offered a cup of hot tea that was sweetly flavored with lemon and honey when you had a sore throat. A subtly spiced chicken soup was probably on her menu when you had a cold. She might have taught you how to hand sew a dainty sachet that you could fill with lavender to put on your pillow at night (and, guys, don’t snicker; you know you would have eaten this activity up, as well).
Grandma absolutely had a method to her sweet madness. All of these tasty foods and fun craft activities were offered to help you attain that healthiness that she always wanted for you – honey to soothe your throat, hot tea and soup to help you sweat out your cold, spices to speed up your recovery time, and lavender to help you sleep. It’s hardly news anymore that nature offers us a plethora of ways to heal our bodies and soothe our soul.
The Gardens offers you a way to become your own Grandma (or Grandpa) by learning some of
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Phlox paniculata
Evenings are a wonderful time to be here in the Gardens: cool, relaxing, and low key. You have about six more weeks in which to pack up your picnic and head on over, so don’t miss out. You know that, come winter, you’ll be longing for those endless warm evenings…
Buttonbush
Here are a few plants you might be curious about this week:
Denver Botanic Gardens is thinking of you…thinking of your budget…thinking of what’s on your plate (literally)…thinking of what you might like to have on your plate (this time, both literally and figuratively)…and thinking that we might just have a nice way to enhance all of these things for you.
Starting next Tuesday night (Aug. 17), the Gardens will be hosting the 2010 Sustainable Food Film Series which will feature four critically acclaimed films that all deal with the significance of food’s role in the health of communities.
Because we recognize the importance of this subject for our own community, the Gardens is offering the films at no cost to you. But wait, it gets better and even cheaper than “free”…
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In Collaboration with Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities the Gardens’ Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program is offering this fall:
Botanical Illustration in Pencil
Mon., October 18 – November 22 (no class on 11/8), 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
For more information and to register, please click here.
(Illustration by Marjorie Leggitt)
Peony Pod
A number of interesting plants caught my eye this week:
• Honey to the Bees: A pair of enormously fragrant plants are at their peak this week.
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