General Visit Information - Chatfield Farms

School Group Visits to Chatfield Farms

Prior to Your Visit

• All groups are required to bring one adult for every 10 students. Please coordinate this in advance, as Chatfield Farms reserves the right to refuse admittance to groups with too few adults.
• Review the behavior guidelines listed below with your students and adult chaperones.
• Although we are in close proximity, Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms is not associated with Chatfield State Park. Please make sure you know how to get to Chatfield Farms prior to your departure. Here are directions to Chatfield Farms.
• Encourage your students to come dressed for the outdoors and quickly changing weather conditions. Layers of clothing, sturdy shoes, a hat, sunscreen and a water bottle are highly recommended.

Pre-Payment for All School Group Visits

• Payment is accepted via check or credit card and is due in full one week prior to the date of program. No refund for scheduled children who do not attend the program.
• Cancellations up to one week before the program date are fully refunded and free of charge. Cancellations with less than one week's notice are non-refundable.
• When paying by check please make the check out to Denver Botanic Gardens and mail to 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206, Attn: school programs.
• When making payment by credit card please call our resource center at 720-865-3500.
• Self-guided school visits cost $3 per student for schools within SCFD, $5 per student for schools outside SCFD. Advance reservations are required for all self-guided visits.

Upon Arrival at Chatfield Farms

• Follow the entrance road until you reach the gravel parking lot.
• Groups participating in a guided program can meet their guide outside the ticket booth near the gravel parking lot.

During Your Visit

Potential hazards exist at Chatfield Farms: uneven surfaces, water, poisonous plants, bees and  rattlesnakes. Class discussion and behavioral enforcement can prevent many accidents from occurring.

• Stay on designated trails. Walking off of the trail can destroy the plants. Rattlesnakes and other animals might be hiding in the plants.
• Stay with the group. Chatfield Farms is large and students can get lost. All students (regardless of age) must be under constant adult supervision.
• Keep voices at a normal talking level. Loud voices can scare wildlife that visitors come to see.