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[Each week I will check in with a staff member to find out what they have been up to, what they recommend seeing, and what advice they have for gardeners. Horticulturist Alan Schroder is profiled this week.]
With a degree from CSU in Landscape Horticulture and Nursery Management, Alan Schroder came to the Gardens about three years ago
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Most often, we at Denver Botanic Gardens focus on plants, but there is something else spectacular here. Since the dedication of the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory in 1966, we have also been known for our architecture. Recent additions to the DBG campus by Tryba Architects have gracefully considered the mid-century buildings of Hornbein & White. Learn more through The Gardens’ Landmarks in Context, a small interpretive exhibit in the El Pomar Room that surveys the architects and landscape architects that have contributed to the Gardens. It will be on view until early February. Don’t miss the cell phone tour that illuminates architectural details.
Join us on January 7, at 6:30 in Gates Hall to hear award-winning architect David Tryba discuss the historical context of his creative decisions. On a journey with the architect, explore the opportunities and challenges of designing under the shadow of one of Denver’s most famous buildings.
Why is it that all week I’ve been having visions of palm trees on a tropical island, swaying in a warm breeze? Could it have anything to do with the single-digit temperatures we’ve had lately? We have the next best thing to our own island paradise in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory—open for thawing out from 9:00-5:00, seven days a week!
Palm trees are everywhere inside our tropical bubble.
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A Final Celebration of 50 Years at the York Street Site
Sharon Feder, Denver Botanic Gardens North, 24" x 36", oil on panel
Opening this Saturday, November 21 in Gates Garden Court Gallery is an art exhibition featuring the work of nine Colorado artists celebrating Denver Botanic Gardens’ unique architectural features. Working in a variety of media, artists in the group show include: Jamie Bolane (Boulder), Eric Dallimore (Denver), Sharon Feder (Denver), Amy Giertz (Lakewood), Dan Hartline (Erie), John Lencicki (Denver), Christopher Phelps (Centennial), Cheryl Price (Conifer), and Katharine Smith-Warren (Denver).
Be sure to visit the El Pomar Room to experience an exhibition component that explores the important design contributions of Victor Hornbein and Edward White, Garrett Eckbo, Koichi Kawana, Saco DeBoer and new structures by Tryba Architects.
A cell phone audio tour highlighting architectural details both inside and outside is available.
Did the jade vine’s blooms reach June? Maybe… But I didn’t see it. The end of May appears to have brought the the end of the blooming run. Still, that’s almost twice the time I first expected.
Just an update: I thought it was finishing (first photo above), this green-blossomed liana of a legume shows that it has the long haul in mind. I’ve discovered that there are several more inflorescences on the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) and that you might
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The jade vine is in full bloom! There are two long, hanging columns of flowers right now, with a few more to go. Green flowers have the reputation of being subtle, but this is really wild! I was up on the mezzanine, and a cluster of garden visitors was exclaiming over it. We agreed that describing them as “green just doesn’t really cover it.”
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If you are looking for something amazing to do at the Gardens right now, visit our Cloud Forest Tree exhibit, at the west end of the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory. The Cloud Forest Tree and the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory always have something blooming, so even when it is cold and snowy in Denver, you can escape to the tropics at Denver Botanic Gardens.
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