Posted December 1, 2011 by David Rubin, Brand Manager
With the opening of Blossoms of Light this week (Dec. 2-Jan. 1), we’re anticipating a bright and festive holiday season at the Shop at the Gardens. In addition to our eye-catching seasonal merchandise and displays, we’re proud to support the Gardens’ core values of transformation, relevance, diversity and sustainability with a year-round cache of distinctive items that all make wonderful gifts!
Through Dec. 1, shop from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For your convenience, beginning on Dec. 2 we’ll also be open from 5:30-9:30 p.m. during Blossoms of Light. When you visit, be sure to ask about our sustainable products—some of our most unique items include:
Exquisite colors and shapes highlight our recycled glass collection from Spain.
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Posted November 22, 2011 by David Rubin, Brand Manager
We’ve always been known as a premier destination for unique, exquisite merchandise, but our new holiday items add a wonderful, whimsical showcase of gift ideas for the season. The Shop at the Gardens is dedicated to products that represent the Gardens’ core values of sustainability, transformation, diversity and relevance.
Stop in during your daytime visit to the Gardens, or while you’re here for our spectacular, nightly Blossoms of Light display from Dec. 2-Jan. 1. Our regular hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily, and during Blossoms of Light we’ll be open nightly from 5:30-9:30 p.m.
SHOP THE GARDENS ON NOV. 26 AND HELP SUPPORT THE 2nd ANNUAL “SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY!”
Some of our favorite gift ideas include:
These ornaments were made locally from leaves grown at Denver Botanic Gardens…the perfect Denver-centric gift.
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Posted September 17, 2011 by David Rubin, Brand Manager
For decades the United States has operated through large industries that provide our nation with almost everything in our lives. Some of the most prominent industries are the grocers that operate supermarkets across the country, which are full of enough food for everyone, in every neighborhood. While we are very fortunate to have access to such high volumes and varieties of food, the convenience of such a massive industry does not exist without consequences.
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Posted March 22, 2011 by David Rubin, Brand Manager
Denver Botanic Gardens is officially participating in Earth Hour 2011! Why are we participating?
OmniGlobe at Denver Botanic Gardens
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Posted November 18, 2010 by Featured Instructor
I’m a spoiled kept woman on top of a mountain. Ever since my husband, Cord, and I built our first sustainable greenhouse out of 90% reclaimed materials on the very peak of our mountain, I have reigned as queen. Thirteen years later it is still rocking out food 365 days a year. We turned materials headed for the landfill
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Posted October 28, 2010 by David Rubin, Brand Manager
Henry David Thoreau. John Muir. Teddy Roosevelt. Judy Sellers, Denver Botanic Gardens board member. What do these four people have in common?
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Posted October 14, 2010 by Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator & Director of Outreach
Blazing stars: in bloom and in seed
Years ago, Dan Johnson (Assistant Director of Horticulture, and designer extraordinaire) pointed out to me that there was one plant of our native prairie blazing star that always bloomed a month or more after the others.
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Posted August 27, 2009 by Anna Sher, Adjunct Research & Conservation Researcher
The mushroom discovered that may be a new species
Gary A. Monroe @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database
Denver Botanic Gardens staff were among the thirty-six scientists who donated their time in the first Soapstone Prairie Natural Area Bioblitz, surveying all species in a 24-hour period. Ten scientist teams inventoried insects, mammals, fungi, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and of course plants.
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