Posted August 30, 2011 by Featured Instructor
Julie Ardery & Babylon Floral, Inc.
Lecture & Floral Fashion Show
Thursday, September 15, 2011
7 – 8:30 p.m.
The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation is committed to funding projects that “advance artistic excellence” and that feature some of the country’s most famous speakers within the horticulture, art, and design disciplines. In line with this commitment, Denver Botanic Gardens will be hosting the White Roses for the Bride, Red Begonias for the Dictator event as part of the 2011 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Series. The event will include a lecture from sociologist and author Julie Ardery, illustrating how flowers transmit meaning and identity across the world. There will also be a floral fashion show from one of Colorado’s premier florists, Arthur Williams.
Ardery states that there is a divine connection between the human spirit, flowers, and plants; they inspire, comfort, and provide the soul with strength. As a result of her desire to illuminate this profound connection between humans and flowers, Julie Ardery started The Human Flower Project in 2004 (an international newsgroup, photo album, and discussion forum all encompassing this connection).
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Posted August 27, 2011 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience
White tropical waterlily
This week, I got up close and personal with our waterlilies and lotus. Short of donning your own set of hip waders, allow these photos to give you a closer look at the gems in our water gardens.
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Posted August 26, 2011 by Jennifer Ramp Neale, Director of Research & Conservation
Botanists conducting annual monitoring of the Parachute penstemon
Effective today, three rare Colorado plants have been added to the list of species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Both DeBeque Phacelia (Phacelia submutica), and Parachute Penstemon (Penstemon debilis) are listed as threatened while the Pagosa skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha) is listed as endangered. DeBeque phacelia and Parachute penstemon are restricted to shale slopes on South Shale Ridge and the Roan Plateau in Western Colorado. Energy development and exploration is the biggest threat to these species.
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Posted August 22, 2011 by Kat Young, Former Interpretation Intern
Jalapeño Chile Peppers
“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: Chile (Capsicum anuum)
Recipe: Enchiladas with Colorado Chile Sauce
I grew up in Texas eating tex-mex style food. Now, having been in Colorado for three years, I’m fortunate to experience the wonder of Colorado-style cooking and Southwest cuisine using delicious chile peppers from the area. The recipe below features a tex-mex style enchilada dish with a homemade chile sauce using Colorado chiles.
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Posted August 22, 2011 by Featured Instructor
Now is the time to harvest cold crops for fall. Many pet friendly crops, such as peas, broccoli, beets, spinach and carrots can actually be used in recipes for your pooch! And an added benefit to fall planting is that peas actually “fix” nitrogen into the soil for next spring planting. Keep in mind, when sowing seeds in the fall, plant them almost twice as deep as spring- planted crops. This keeps them cool and also
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Posted August 21, 2011 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
- Closeup of flowers of Manroot (or Bigroot Morning Glory)
Chagrin is not the noblest emotion. Half way between humiliation and fury, it combines some of the worst qualities of both emotions. Some may have neighbors whose geese lay golden eggs,
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Posted August 19, 2011 by Ellen Hertzman, Manager of Volunteer Experience
Mojave Sage
Purple is an easy color to love in the garden. From palest to deepest, you’ll find a shade for every mood this week.
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Posted August 17, 2011 by Doris Boardman, Web Technology Manager
Wonder why B.B. King’s guitar is named Lucille? Wondering how many Grammys he has received? And did you know he did an album with U2? Read this pre-concert review from Rick Hum, one of our Gardens members, and find out the answers to these questions and much more.
The B.B. King concert is the last concert of this concert season. Rick, a special thank you from all of our concert-goers for researching and writing all of these great pre-concert blog posts this year. It has been a fantastic summer for music at the Gardens, and it was a special treat to be able to read these reviews and know about the background of the artists before each show.
B.B. King
Sunday, Aug. 21 – York Street
Doors at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7 p.m.
Sold out!
B.B. King: Born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925 on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi. His father abandoned the family when he was 4 years old. His mother Nora Ella was too poor to raise her son, so his maternal grandmother, Elnora Farr raised King. He grew up singing in the gospel choir at Elkhorn Baptist Church in Kilmichael. At age 12 he purchased his first guitar for $15. In his youth he played on street corners for dimes and sometimes would play in as many as four towns in a night.
In 1947, he hitchhiked to Memphis, TN, to pursue his music career. Memphis supported a large musical community where every style of African American music could be found.
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