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NEW IN 2008 - Trail of Lights

Hey, we won’t let a little thing like construction of a new parking structure and Bonfils-Stanton Visitor Center get in the way of providing Denver with the best holiday light display in the country. We just moved the event to Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield for the 2008 holiday season.
With the Colorado foothills as a [...]

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Holiday Sale This Weekend

Start the holiday shopping season this weekend at the Denver Botanic Gardens Annual Holiday Sale. This holiday event offers a wide variety of products including painting, photography, pottery, candles, gourmet food, and other special handcrafted gifts from around the world. Denver Botanic Gardens’ Guild will be offering their popular assortment of vinegars, dried flowers and [...]

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2008 Pumpkin Fest

Last weekend Denver Botanic Gardens hosted the annual Pumpkin Festival. Sure, it was 45 degrees, misting and pretty muddy, but that only added to the autumnal charm of the event. I know, I know….pretty “optimistic” view but a quick look at some of the pictures and you can see that many of the over 16,000 [...]

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Award-Winning Work at the Gardens

On Thursday night, September 18th, Denver Botanic Gardens was presented with two top-category awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for the development and design of Denver Botanic Gardens’ 2007 Annual Report and the “Inside the Gardens” bi-monthly newsletter. Lyn Berry-Helmlinger, the Gardens’ Communications Editor, is responsible for writing, editing and coordinating both [...]

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Fall Plant and Bulb Sale This Saturday!

Visit the Gardens this Saturday for an incredible a variety of over 10,000 bulbs, unique garden-grown plants and a hand-picked selection of trees and shrubs. Hang out with Denver Botanic Gardens’ horticulture staff and ask questions. You will learn valuable plant information that will send you home feeling like a master gardener!
Kiowa Valley Organics will [...]

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Most Visited in the Country

Really…..our maze this year at Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield is one of the most visited mazes in the entire country. We are really proud of that and each year we try and out-do ourselves by creating a more challenging maze than the year before. The 2008 maze has been open for two weekends now [...]

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Volunteers and Rock Stars!

James Hunter, a brilliant guitarist with an outstanding album called “The Hard Way”, was the opening act for Chris Isaak last week here at the Gardens. After his set, James came out into the Gardens to be part of the audience and just generally check things out. He stopped by to talk to our [...]

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