Posted July 20, 2011 by Kat Young, Former Interpretation Intern
“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.
Squash Blossoms in Sacred Earth Garden
This Week’s Feature: Squash (Cucurbita spp.)
Recipe: Fried Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Goat Cheese
Squash blossoms sprout from the squash plant that may be growing in your garden. Chances are, you have seen them and have maybe even tried a taste. I have never been very familiar with edible
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Posted July 18, 2011 by Doris Boardman, Web Technology Manager
Enjoy two concerts at Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street this week, and start next week by enjoying a concert at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. All of these concerts will provide a night to remember! The following pre-concert reviews are courtesy of Gardens’ member Rick Hum. 
India.Arie and Idan Raichel
Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 21 – York Street
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Chris Botti
Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m.
Friday, July 22 – York Street
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Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers and Béla Fleck & the Original Flecktones
Doors at 4 p.m., concert starts at 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 24 – Chatfield
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Posted July 15, 2011 by Angie Andrade Foster, Horticulturist
Your gardens are planted, the rain has your watering covered, but are the piles of plastic containers overflowing in your yard? You know that you want to recycle them, but how?
The Green Team of Denver Botanic Gardens will be sponsoring a drop off-site for your garden plastics on July 19 at the cutout along York Street from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m on our July 19th Free Day.
We will be accepting any container that annuals, perennials, trees or shrubs are grown in; empty 4- and 6-packs; empty hanging baskets; empty flats; and even plastic labels. Green Team volunteers will be on hand to help you sort and clean out your containers.
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Posted July 15, 2011 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience
Delphinium 'Blue Butterfly'
Blue—a much-sought-after color in the gardening world—is really not so hard to find. This week, we’ve got the Blues:
This vibrantly blue Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Blue Butterfly’ leaps out at you from the new beds along Shady Lane. You can’t get much bluer than this…
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Posted July 14, 2011 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Shakespeare’s plays are “evergreens” of the dramatic arts: they always have something to say to the current time. I was so pleased to learn that Pik*Nik Theater is going to put on a performance at the Gardens. Their performance of Much Ado About Nothing is set in the 1940s. It makes perfect sense to think about the prince and company returning from war. In Denver, it will be July 17, 6 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens.
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Posted July 13, 2011 by Kat Young, Former Interpretation Intern
Indigenous Film at the Gardens on July 19: There Once was an Island
Director Briar March, 2010, 59 min.
Gates Hall. Doors at 6:30 p.m., film starts at 7 p.m.
Free, Suggested Donation of $5 supports public programming at Denver Botanic Gardens and IIIRM. Buy Tickets.
Co-Sponsor: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Community Building Program
In support of our 2011 exhibition, Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples & the Art of Allan Houser, we are partnering with the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management (IIIRM) to present a year-long film series highlighting indigenous voices and issues from around the world.
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Posted July 11, 2011 by Doris Boardman, Web Technology Manager
We have TWO concerts here this week at York Street. Come to the Gardens, enjoy one of these concerts and delight in the unrivaled ambience of thousands of blooming plants. And, remember–you can bring a picnic and a bottle of wine or your favorite beverage to enjoy before or during the concert.
Natalie MacMaster and Great Big Sea
Thursday, July 14
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Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m.
Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Buckwheat Zydeco
Friday, July 15
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Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m.
These concerts will both be amazing! The following pre-concert reviews are courtesy of Gardens’ member Rick Hum.
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Posted July 11, 2011 by Featured Instructor
Flower essences are liquid energetic remedies similar to homeopathics. They have no contraindications and can be used with any other form of treatment . Interestingly, you cannot over-dose on flower essences. The dose is the same for a hummingbird or a 160 lb. adult – 4 drops. They are made with water and sunlight, imprinting the energetic “stamp” of the flower into water and they are preserved with brandy or vegetable glycerin.
Flower essences treat emotional or psychological issues such as separation anxiety, envy, procrastination, fear etc. Based on my years using flower
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