events & exhibits

Our events calendar is jam-packed with special exhibits and some of the most hotly anticipated happenings of the year. Click the links below to find more information on each event or exhibit. These events are managed by the Denver Botanic Gardens' staff.

Our calendar has many more events, classes, lectures, Free Days and Plant Society shows listed. Please check it out if you don't see the information you are looking for listed below.  

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• Art Exhibits: The Gardens provides an elegant venue for fine art enthusiasts, inside and out.
• Jurassic Gardens Exhibit: Explore plant and animal relationships of prehistoric proportions at Denver Botanic Gardens' new exhibit!
• Local Foods Festival: Learn about area farmer's markets and CSAs at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. Get organic gardening tips. Activities for kids and cooking demonstrations.
  Spring Plant Sale: Kick off the spring season with more than 85,000 plants for sale.
• Mother's Day at Denver Botanic Gardens: Spoil mom with a picnic and live entertainment.
• Celebrating Wildflowers: Learn more about our free wildflower hikes this May.
• Summer Concert Series: Our sold-out music series in the amphitheater is among the most popular music events in Colorado. Enjoy crystal clear music from some of the world's most sought after artists in the company of thousands of blooming plants.
• Garden Grapes and Hops: Join us for a festive evening. Enjoy food, entertainment, a flowerpot auction, and cheers.
• Down To Earth: Spend the day connecting with nature and all the resources you need to live a more natural lifestyle.
• Under the August Moon: Attend this summer event at Chatfield. Music, laughter, food, storytelling and more.
• Fête des Fleurs: An elegant, black tie dinner-dance and auction for members.
• Technology Day: Find out how the Gardens is embracing technology.
• Corn Maze: Get lost in our gigantic 8.5-acre Corn Maze at Chatfield--one of the most popular mazes in the country!
• Fall Plant and Bulb Sale: Our hugely popular sale offers an incredible selection of bulbs and winter gardening items. Our experts will be on hand to offer advice.
• Pumpkin Festival: Thousands of pumpkins will be ripe for the picking just in time for Halloween at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.
• Holiday Sale will start this year’s holiday season with a wide variety of handcrafted gifts you won’t find at the mall. Also choose from a beautiful array of holiday plants ranging from poinsettias to wreaths.
• Blossoms of Light: For the city-spirited, Blossoms of Light will be back at the Gardens’ York Street location during the 2009 holiday season.
• Trail of Lights: With the Colorado foothills as a backdrop, more than one million twinkling lights illuminate the beauty of a charming forest path at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. 
• Free Days: Thanks to funding from the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD), free days for Colorado residents are held throughout the year at both Denver Botanic Gardens and Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.