Posted April 15, 2011 by Jennifer Ramp Neale, Director of Research & Conservation
Last week we were honored to co-host the Center for Plant Conservation Annual Meeting along with the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP) in Fort Collins. Conservation professionals from more than 20 botanic gardens, federal agencies, and organizations across the country gathered in Colorado for a four-day conference to celebrate our efforts to conserve our nation’s rarest plants.
The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is a consortium of botanic gardens dedicated to protecting our nation’s vanishing flora. Denver Botanic Gardens was one of the founding partners of the CPC 27 years ago (1984). We have been actively involved in seed collection and other conservation efforts in collaboration with the CPC ever since.
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Posted March 3, 2011 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Gary Davis and hibiscus (he's the one below)
Gary Davis is well known to members and staff of Denver Botanic Gardens–he was employed here for over a quarter century, overseeing the greenhouse collections for much of that time. He is as close to “native” to the Gardens as anyone, and the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society is excited to have been the first to lure him back for a presentation on “Succulents in the City.” He has worked in the City Greenhouses and now with Denver Zoo, where he curates
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Posted February 6, 2011 by Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture
As this popular trip offered by Denver Botanic Gardens and Reefs to Rockies returns this year, I am pleased to lead this trip again. Joining me are seven enthusiastic patrons of the Gardens and nature lovers. What is a trip without any travel glitches? Icy conditions in Houston, cancelled flights, delayed and missed flights….these were some of the few glitches we experienced, but everyone got to Morelia on time and with good humor. And so our first scheduled day of the trip starts without a hitch!
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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 October 16, 2010 by Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture
This week Denver Botanic Gardens hosted around 110 botanic gardens professionals from around the country as well as from England and Canada. Hosting the American Public Gardens Association’s (APGA) Plant Collections Symposium, all the attendees took away best management practices in collections care and priorities, ex situ conservation and seed banking, plant labeling and databasing, and role of botanic gardens in climate change. The Gardens’ Horticulture and Research staff provided their expertise on these relevant topics through formal sessions and hands-on activities. Attendees included horticulturists, collections curators, plant recorders, research staff and directors. It was a great pleasure to host our colleagues from other institutions and to share ideas. Thanks APGA for selecting Denver Botanic Gardens as the venue for this amazing symposium!
Posted October 10, 2010 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Zauschneria arizonica
What an amazing autumn! We almost always have had a dusting of snow by now, or light frost. But this fiery summer blazes
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Posted September 20, 2010 by specialevents.intern
As the summer season comes to a close we watch our colorful garden slowly drip away to a dull green. Already thinking about our spring gardens, we miss our favorite tulip patch or remember witnessing our iris’s head hang, bringing feelings of nostalgia for spring. But with one goodbye comes another hello — time for fall bulb planting!
By planting bulbs in the cooler temperatures of the fall, flowers have time to fully develop before the ground thaws in the spring. Full progress causes a plants blooming period to extend, which allows us enjoy their beauty longer.
This Saturday, Sept. 25, Denver Botanic Gardens is holding the annual Plant and Bulb Sale in celebration of the new planting season. Bulbs include a wide selection of plants and flowers, anything from fiery Orange Emperors to elegant English Blue Bells. Please join us and add some unique spring-blooming loveliness to your garden.
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Posted September 10, 2010 by Lily Parra, Exhibitions, Art & Library Collections Admin Assistant
As Denver Botanic Gardens celebrates the re-opening of Marnie’s Pavilion, another meaningful addition has been installed in the grand staircase of the renovated orchid house. Artist Terry Maker’s Garden of Nineveh: Sweet now glows against the cool tones of freshly painted white walls. The work was originally created for installation at MCA Denver in 2008 and represents only half of the two-part mixed media work. Relying on found objects as source material, Maker has a “desire to challenge herself and the viewer to investigate her complex surfaces and meanings.”
Courtesy of the artist and Robischon Gallery.
Pictured Above: Terry Maker participating in the installation and a glimpse of the end result.
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