Sensory Garden
Like the bees that are everywhere, I am buzzing from flower to flower this week. So much to see, to smell, to enjoy!
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Hello, friends!
Summer is such an exciting time in the Children’s Garden! The summer series of the Gardens’ toddler and preschool classes start next week. Some of the summer class activities include exploring the plants that make a pizza, mixing up a batch of fresh squeezed lemonade, and following the life cycle of a monarch butterfly.
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“Plant to Plate: Native Plant Foods from the Americas” is a series that introduces you to different plants from the Americas through a brief history, tips for cooking, eating and growing, along with a recipe.
This week’s feature: the Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Recipe: Chocolate Sunflower Cake
Sunflower seeds have a light, nutty flavor that is complimented perfectly by chocolate, making this chocolate sunflower cake such a delicious treat.
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Our next Summer Concert Series concert at York Street is
Chris Isaak on Friday, July 8
Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m. This concert is sold out.
Get ready for the Chris Isaak concert! This pre-concert review is courtesy of Gardens’ member Rick Hum.
Chris Isaak was born on June 26, 1956 in Stockton, CA, the last of three sons of Dorothy Vignolo Isaak, a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak, a forklift driver. He was the valedictorian of his class (1974) at Stagg High School in Stockton. He graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1980.
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One of the most exciting “blowbys” of Denver Botanic Gardens great success
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August 18-21, 2011
Re-discover Santa Fe through the art of acclaimed late sculptor Allan Houser. Follow my lead as we tour the Allan Houser Museum, archives, foundry and gallery. Enjoy a personalized guided tour as we visit Taos Pueblo; and relax in soothing, deluxe accommodations while absorbing the culture of Santa Fe, NM. We will be there in time for Indian Market.
Allan Houser Sculpture Garden at the studio compound; Photo courtesy http://www.allanhouser.com/compound.php
Sulphur flower (Eriogonum umbellatum v. umbellatum) with Boulder in background
Now is the time!
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Each year that passes Denver Botanic Gardens seems to boast more and more Eremurus. Visitors are riveted with the display. It feels as though there are foxtail lilies everywhere, around every corner. I can recall when I obtained E. himalaicus in the 1980s…it was the first foxtail lily we planted and its progeny still thrive throughout the Rock Alpine Garden and beyond.
Eremurus himalaicus in the O'Fallon Perennial Walk
Above you can see the Himalayan foxtail lily has prospered on the east end of the O’Fallon Perennial Walk. The picture was taken just a week or so ago. This week decorative, bubble-like seedheads are forming–very intriguing in their own right.
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