From the Vault: Wonders and Oddities from the Gardens’ Collections

Denver Botanic Gardens is home to much more than living plants; its collections also include paintings, pressed plants, rare books, dried fungi, historic photos and a whole host of other objects of artistic, scientific and historical value. As a result of state-of-the-art facilities in the newly constructed Freyer – Newman Center, these collections can be researched, displayed and cared for to a degree never before possible.

From the Vault presents some of the most interesting and unique objects in the Gardens’ collections, most exhibited for the first time. Take a behind-the-scenes look at some of the objects that have enchanted, delighted and puzzled the Gardens’ own curators— from a giant puffball fungus named Fred to a botanical illustration created during the time of Shakespeare.