public lectures & symposia

gardening and horticulture lecture at denver botanic gardens American Horticultural Society Garden School
Thurs., June 19 and Fri., June 20
"Gardening with Native Plants" will be hosted by Denver Botanic Gardens. The guest horticulturist for the Garden School will be Scott Calhoun, owner of Zona Gardens and author of Chasing Wildflowers and Yard Full of Sun. Other presenters include: John Greenlee of Greenlee Nursery and author of The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses; Janet Rademacher of Mountain States Wholesale Nursery; David Salman of High Country Gardens in Sante Fe, NM; Panayoti Kelaidis, Director of Outreach at Denver Botanic Gardens; Robert Nold, author of Penstemon and High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants. Discounted registration rates are available for AHS and Denver Botanic Gardens members.

For more information about the AHS Garden School and to register, e-mail education@ahs.org, or call 703-768-5700 x 137.

'Café Botanique'
These lectures create an atmosphere where botanical science, research and art provide communication topics for academia, artists and the general public at Denver Botanic Gardens’ Botanical Art and Illustration.

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Children's Secret Path at York Street

Especially for kids: Get your hands dirty in the soil station!

It's a fact: The alligator drum and giant amadinda are musical instruments made from plants.

Botanical interest: Children are encouraged to interact with plants, including smelling fragrant chives (Allium schoenoprasum), touching lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina) and soft artemisia (Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’).

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