A Carpet of Violets
Spring is the season to make a point of visiting our Waring House Garden, a little-known but publicly accessible gem. The Waring House, on the corner of 9th and York, houses our administrative offices, and was donated to the Gardens in 1959.
The garden here is entered by wrought iron gates
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Erica
Tower Fountains
Think back…way, way back to when the sun shone, the weather was balmy, and flowers were in bloom. That’s right, I’m talking about last weekend.
Primula
When I was a kid, one of my all-time favorite books—no surprise!—was The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I loved the idea of the hidden garden waking up in the spring, even though it had been abandoned for many years. Mary’s sense of discovery and delight as she learns to see the green shoots poking out of the ground is probably familiar to all of us gardeners.
Here at Denver Botanic Gardens, we have our own Secret Garden, of sorts.
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Christmas rose (Helleborus niger)
Despite the balmy 54 degrees Fahrenheit it is as I write this, today is the official start of winter. The winter solstice not only marks the official start of winter but ironically the return to longer and eventually warmer days. Winter has already made several visits to Denver long before the winter solstice this year. 
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