In 2006, I wrote a piece for our members newsletter about how to make environmentally-friendly food choices.  It was the most popular piece I have written to date, even though it was published in a winter issue and readers complained that the recommendation to “eat locally” was easier to do in the summer.  Thus, I’m [...]

After much anticipation, the community garden plots were laid out this week. The creation of this garden has taken well over a year. Back and forth negotiations with Denver Water to acquire their property at Congress Park, community meetings, planning and implementation, all these have been truly a joint effort by many people.

In case you haven’t heard, the Obamas have decided to reinstate the victory garden on the White House lawn! This has not been done since Eleanor Roosevelt’s garden that was planted during WWII. Click here If you would like to read more about this exciting event.
Also, there is a movement to join the Obamas in [...]

When I wrote that I was unsure how to live within a Western landscape in drought, it it immediately seemed that Nature took offence and sent snow and precipitation directly at us.  We’re still in a drought, but the winter storm that forced us to reschedule Susan Tweit and Jim Steinberg certainly illustrated another way [...]

I’ve been watching the quiet declaration of drought conditions with an eye more curious than fearful.  The US drought monitor classifies the current conditions as moderate drought, or D1, which is pretty low on the scale. The gardeners around me, however, range from “not on my weather radar” indifference to head-shaking, ground-staring, “I knew this [...]

I guess I have always heard, and mostly disregarded, that having a few houseplants in your home helps clean the air. The idea of billions of plants and entire ecosystems cleaning the air for the planet makes sense but applying it to less than ten plants seemed a little far fetched. I never really checked [...]

Thursday, Oct. 9 from 7-10 p.m.
Featuring art and music by:
David Fodel. Normal Ones. Natascha Seideneck & Rebecca Dolan. Cacheflowe. Corey Scott & Dafe Hughes. h.dot and little dove. Ten and Tracer.

Video created for Addictive TV Mixmasters Series, 2003
Music by David Fodel
This year’s Urban Nature theme has been rich fodder for discussion of the interaction of [...]

Last Sunday, August 10th, Gardens visitors and I enjoyed a special treat - an amphitheater performance by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance ensemble. Made possible by a grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts, Cleo Parker Robinson’s welcoming spirit and dancers shared a positive message of unity for for everyone in the audience. [...]

The Gardens’ summer exhibit, “Urban Nature,” not only brings in references to the City through street murals and horticultural practices, it also challenges us to notice the little things around us. Humans, nature, and urban living collide regularly - it’s up to us to take notice.
Early this spring I was mesmerized by plants breaking through [...]

The Gardens continually blends art and science in order to engage audiences. Yesterday the Gardens opened Synthesis, a retrospective of paintings by Denver artist, Robin Schaefer, to a rousing crowd. Among the powerful works hanging in Gates Garden Court is Poise, seen at top, above. The precarious juxtaposition of sensously painted fruit and an industrial object creates tension [...]