Denver has just had a foot of snow, but the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory is glowing with humidity and learning opportunities. If you’re dying to get out of the house, Denver Botanic Gardens has just the solution for you. Often times during winter when we drive by or think of the Gardens, one word comes to mind: cold. However, inside the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, the temperature is a balmy 70 degrees or higher.
Every Saturday and Sunday, free hour-long drop-in tours are offered. If you would like a tour at another time or for a larger group, call ahead (720-865-3539) to schedule your tour.
When I visited, a lovely docent named Nevin led us through the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory. I wouldn’t have imagined that over 350 species grow within the poured cement walls. But in the short 60 minutes we spent with Nevin, I learned that plants have lobster claws, some wood is so dense that it sinks in water, and poison dart frog babies (not truly poisonous) have been released into the observatory
Read more »
We are all aware that using your GPS while driving can assist you in finding the destination you are searching for. Are you also aware that you can use your GPS to assist you in the world of plants? If you are a lover of plants, the “In the field: Introduction to GPS Mapping” class (Thursday, Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m.) could open a whole new world for you.
Denver Botanic Gardens’ Research and Conservation department will be leading this useful and interesting class. Their department uses GPS extensively in their work with plants in the wild (especially when locating rare and threatened species) – both in locating the plants and in documenting where they found the plants so that they can easily be found again.
Now you may be asking yourself, “What does this have to do with me – a home gardener…a novice plant lover?”
Using your GPS, you can map and document the location
Read more »
Join the Gardens this Thursday (April 14) at 7 p.m. for a very special evening with acclaimed garden designer and author Lauren Springer Ogden as we celebrate the publication of an all-new edition of her best-selling book, The Undaunted Garden. In this original lecture, Lauren will talk about the various planting styles she has experimented with in her three Colorado gardens; highlight some of the plant stars; and weave a discussion of sustainability in gardening throughout.
The program will include time for discussion as well as a book sale and signing. Don’t miss this unique event and your chance to get a signed copy of one of the best garden books of the century! Register online or call 720-865-3580.
$20 member, $25 non-member
Want to be known as the “thoughtful and clever gift-giver” this holiday season? Like the idea of giving your loved one a gift that curls their toes and makes them appreciate you just a smidgen more? Let the Gardens help facilitate the crowning of this new holiday title for you.
Here’s the answer…
Read more »
Most of us are able to take full advantage of all our senses within nature – to enjoy the sight of colorful foliage and flora, to smell the scent of a delicate bloom, or to touch the velvety cloth of a lamb’s wool leaf.
These experiences can move and transcend.
Read more »
As summer ends and fall arrives, the gardener’s focus changes from growing all those nutritious veggies to “What is that spider?! And how do I keep it out of my home?!” Most spiders live one to two years and many of them overwinter as eggs. They later develop into adult spiders and are usually full grown by summertime. With the cooler weather, adult spiders (especially males) search for shelter in the fall and sometimes migrate into your home.
Read more »
You moved here for the amazing scenery and pure fresh air and you couldn’t wait to start gardening. The plants don’t last even one season, the grass lacks the lush green of your former lawn and all the garden strategies that used to make your landscape the envy of the neighborhood are failing you. You’re not completely new to gardening – or – maybe you are. What do you do?
Read more »
Every winter, the cloud forests in the mountains of central Mexico play host to millions and millions of over-wintering monarch butterflies. The annual migration of these monarchs from the Great Lakes region is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. The Gardens is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to get to experience this migration yourself. Join Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture
Read more »
Denver has just had a foot of snow, but the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory is glowing with humidity and learning opportunities. If you’re dying to get out of the house, Denver Botanic Gardens has just the solution for you. Often times during winter when we drive by or think of the Gardens, one word comes to mind: cold. However, inside the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, the temperature is a balmy 70 degrees or higher.
Posted in: At the Gardens, Education, What's Blooming - Comments(0)