Posted May 27, 2011 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Scott Dressel-Martin is the Gardens’ official photographer. He has his own business, which keeps him hopping from shoot to shoot and client to client, generating wonderful photographs of many subjects. You’ve seen his work all over www.botanicgardens.org, and on this blog, and in the Gardens’ newsletter and multiple books. If I could hang only photographic art on my walls, I’d still be out of space after Scott’s portfolio.
However Scott is also an instructor at Denver Botanic Gardens, and very popular one: not just for his botanical photography, but because he has invested himself in the Gardens, its staff and its members. He radiates back the same enthusiasm that people feel for the plants, and art and community, and he teaches you how to see it photographically.
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Posted December 4, 2010 by Sarah Spearman, Education Sales Coordinator
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…
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Posted October 19, 2010 by Sarah Spearman, Education Sales Coordinator
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.
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Posted April 20, 2010 by Michelle DePrenger-Levin, Research Associate
What are you doing this weekend? If you’re like us (Research and Conservation at the Gardens), you’re getting ready to head out and find some rare and beautiful plants to study this summer. A good way to prepare for that might be our Introduction to GPS mapping class this Saturday from 1-4 p.m. In this class you will learn how we use GPS to locate rare plants in remote and sometimes not-so-remote areas. The lecture portion will teach you about GPS mapping and the “in the field” portion will take you out into the gardens to practice with your unit or give you a chance to practice with ours. Register now and be ready for your next excursion into the Colorado wilderness!
Sclerocactus glaucus
Posted October 2, 2009 by Gardens Ambassador Volunteer, Visitor Services
Ambassador Jan here! What do you think of when you think of the things that make up Denver Botanic Gardens? I think of the many wonderful Gardens – each with its own personality and its own way of inspiring us. I also think of the plant accessions themselves, the water features, the herbarium records, the library (my dream collection
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