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This Week at the Gardens: May 13th

The rain this week was quite a gift to gardens and gardeners—the first significant rainfall since last June! Now that the sun is back, come see what the May showers brought!


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Alpine and xeric plant sale this Saturday at the Gardens!

Dwarf columbine in pots for sale (Aquilegia flabellata 'Nana')

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this Saturday, April 23
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Do you smell what I smell?

This past couple of weeks while wandering the Gardens and around Denver it seems that there is another fantastic scent greeting my nose around every corner. The cool spring seems to have slowed down the early blooming shrubs and now we have a profusion of flowers that are lasting longer than usual with the cooler temperatures that keep hitting every week (usually with a few snow flakes) helping to keep the flowers lingering.

At the Gardens, lilacs are just starting to bloom, with their sweet scent wafting throughout the Lilac Garden. And while we’re in the Lilac Garden, you cannot forget to kneel down and
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