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Enjoy "Digging Into the Gardens" blog, written by Denver Botanic Gardens' staff. Learn about gardening, horticulture, research, conservation, special events, art, tours and much more. 

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A Wrap on the Summer Teen Volunteer Program

August 1, 2023 Membership Department

As Mother Nature preps us for the fall season with immense downpours and crashing thunderstorms, volunteer services’ Teen Volunteer Program finishes strong. This year, our teen volunteers contributed

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Love herbs? Add this book to your kitchen

August 17, 2022 Tiffany Coleman

Denver Botanic Gardens Guild is an organization centered around herbs. The group staffs the Herbs Division at Spring Plant Sale, provides support in the York Street and Chatfield Farms herb gardens

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July Walking Tour – Mariposa Urban Farm

July 11, 2022 Jason De Pecol

As cities become an increasingly popular place to live for many, the importance of green spaces becomes even more relevant. Gardens and urban farms provide city-dwellers with a space to connect with

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Help the Gardens on Colorado Gives Day

December 2, 2021 Robert Price

We can grow together. Denver Botanic Gardens is excited to announce Colorado Gives Day coming up on Tuesday, December 7. For 24 hours, Colorado comes together to raise funds for local nonprofits and

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Food Insecurity and Regenerative Agriculture

October 15, 2021 Jason De Pecol

In 2020, 38.3 million Americans lacked the resources necessary to acquire enough food to meet their needs. At the same time, upwards of 40 percent of all food produced – equivalent to nearly 160

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The Queerness of Nature

June 18, 2021 Angela Naumov

Queer /kwir/ differing in some way from what is usual or normal of, relating to, or being a person whose sexual orientation is not heterosexual and/or whose gender identity is not cisgender Those who

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Food Donation, Now More Than Ever

May 19, 2021 Brien Darby
At Denver Botanic Gardens, we love all things food . Whether working in our community supporting agriculture ( CSA ) fields, urban farm projects, community garden plots or Le Potager kitchen garden
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Gardens for All 

March 29, 2021 Surbhi Kamboj

Each month through Instagram, the Gardens shares Gardens for All, a series that celebrates Denver-area BIPOC making a difference in plant science, conservation, food sovereignty and wellness. In March

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It’s Hooting Season!

February 15, 2021 Featured Instructor

Great horned owls have been spotted at the Plains Conservation Center ! As days begin to lengthen, Colorado’s earliest nesters start to court each other. Most birds wouldn't think of breeding just as

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Scientific Highlights – Now Online

May 11, 2020 Stephanie White
Before the Gardens temporarily closed its doors to the public in response to COVID-19, scientists finished up a publication highlighting the research, conservation and science outreach we have led

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