Posted April 4, 2011 by makonesk
Green events are popping up everywhere and not just in gardens. Meeting and event planners are digging deeper to have sustainable events. Here are a few tips to make your event greener:
- Choose edible centerpieces.
- Serve local foods.
- Text invitations to guests.
- Reuse name badges.
- Coordinate with food banks to donate left-overs.
- Have your event during the day – use natural lighting.
- Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin
Stay green for the summer! Any other ideas to add?
Posted March 9, 2011 by Andrea Thurber, Volunteer Coordinator
Is donning a shamrock on St. Patrick’s Day just not making you feel GREEN enough? Becoming a volunteer with Denver Botanic Garden’s Green Team will do the trick!
Green Team Volunteers at a Summer Concert
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Posted July 31, 2010 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
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This time of year there is no end of vibrant, glorious color at Denver Botanic Gardens. May I remind you that green
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Posted August 24, 2009 by Bonnie Weimer, Visitor Services Assistant
Thanks to the green team volunteers for helping us compost this weekend at summer concerts!
Between the Pretenders show at Chatfield and Los Lobos last night at York Street, we collected 8 bags. I wonder how many we will collect tonight at Poncho Sanchez?
Posted June 9, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
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.
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Posted May 5, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
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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Posted April 13, 2008 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
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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