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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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Hummingbird magnets: "Red birds in a tree"

August 23, 2012 Panayoti Kelaidis
Anyone who has managed to grow "Red birds in a tree" knows that few plants are more attractive to hummingbirds. Scrophularia macrantha is a very local plant endemic largely to a few mountains in
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Always time to stroll through a garden...

August 16, 2012 Panayoti Kelaidis
As our long hot summer begins to cool off, time to roll up your sleeves and get that garden in shape again...but sometimes a bit of inspiration helps...and what can be more inspiring than seeing the
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July is Smart Irrigation Month

July 3, 2012 Jennifer Riley-Chetwynd
July – the month we celebrate America’s independence… and efficient irrigation? While the second occasion may not get as much attention as the first, there are plenty of ways to mark Smart Irrigation
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Haiku on the prairie...

May 22, 2012 Panayoti Kelaidis
Things Japanese are not limited to the Japanese Garden: here is a shot of Sakurasoh, the rare Japanese Primula sieboldii which is one of the hardiest and best primroses for Colorado Gardens, blooming
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Peru Discovery - Conclusion

May 16, 2012 Nick Snakenberg
We awoke at four o’clock to a very light rain and are hopeful that it will not be too much to keep the parrots from descending upon the clay lick this morning. After a short boat ride up river to a
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Peru Discovery - Chapter 7

May 4, 2012 Nick Snakenberg
For several folks in our group, today is the beginning of the second phase of our Peru Discovery adventure. After seeing the country’s desert coast and high Andean Mountains, we are off to the Amazon
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Peru Discovery - Chapter 6

April 12, 2012 Nick Snakenberg
For most of the group, today is our last full day in Peru. We’ve been incredibly lucky with weather and travel, but today our luck may be changing. A few years back, during a period of extended heavy
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Peru Discovery - Chapter 5

April 5, 2012 Nick Snakenberg
For several travelers in our group, today is the day we’ve been looking forward to since we first signed up for this trip. Today we will receive a guided tour of the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo
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Harbingers of spring

April 2, 2012 Panayoti Kelaidis
Denver owes a great debt to Saco DeBoer, a Dutchman who designed many of our parks and boulevards and planted the very heart of old Denver: he describes in his classic book "Around the Seasons in
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Share Spring with a Friend!

March 27, 2012 Membership Department
While April has its share of showers The Gardens has its share of flowers. To keep on with this sharing trend, Please share our beauty with a friend! After enjoying leaf, bud, and tree And your pal is

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