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The lavender collection at Chatfield Farms has been growing strong since 2015. Several of the cultivars from the original installation can still be found in the collection today! But while the

After the gift of a wetter‑than‑usual spring, the garden has settled into its familiar summertime rhythm of bright sun and low humidity. The shift is palpable the moment you step onto the path

Did you know that Chatfield Farms has two herb gardens? For years we had a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) herb garden and a Denver Botanic Gardens Guild production garden. After years of

Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes: bats, moths, bees, hummingbirds and even some rodents move pollen from one flower to another, sparking the cycle of life. Thanks to these incredible creatures

It’s Pollinator Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the unsung heroes of our ecosystems: pollinators! From the tiniest bee to the most magnificent butterfly, these incredible creatures are vital to

Summer is almost here! What better way to enjoy this season than to take a stroll through our gardens and see what has woken up with the incoming heat. The Yurt Garden has a heavy penstemon influence

Calling all Colorado artists! From sculpture and student murals to photography and chalk art, the Prairie Art Celebration showcases artistic renderings of the shortgrass prairie and its inhabitants

Have you ever thought of your garden as a work of art? Maybe you spend months planning and plotting, considering what plants will look best where, or maybe you take a more abstract approach and

The City Nature Challenge is a yearly community science event for folks in cities all over the world to observe and document biodiversity in their own backyards, and 2025 was the 10-year anniversary

Over the past two years, I have been doing research to better understand the relationship between water limitation and plant growth. Most recently, I have been analyzing data that I collected last

Picture this: It’s a Colorado summer in the mountains, the air is fresh, wildflowers abound, and you are drawing en plein air, surrounded by the small wonders of nature’s beauty. Make this dream a

When we think of spring, we think of flowering trees, cool breezes, slowly emerging perennials, birds singing and – of course – bulbs! The explosion of tulip bulbs at the Annuals Garden and Pavilion