Water Day
Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
York Street Location
1007 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
Map
- Educational booths from community partners such as Denver Water, Aurora Water, Colorado Golf Association and more
- Information about the One World One Water Center partnership with Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Education about Chatfield Farms’ research and conservation of Deer Creek
- Science Chat about Colorado water issues in the Science Pyramid
- Learning cart about Colorado native plants and insects
- Live music in the Freyer – Newman Center galleries highlighting Tali Weinberg: The Space Between Threads
- Water-smart gardening Q&A
- Riparian plant education in the Kathryn Kalmbach Herbaria of Vascular Plants
- Hands-on, drop-in paper marbling art activity with the School of Botanical Art & Illustration
- Short film screenings in Sturm Family Auditorium: “I am Red” and “Farm to Faucet” at 11 a.m. followed by Q&A with the directors (advance registration recommended and will be linked here in early March)
- Panel discussion addressing poetry, water issues and indigeneity, in partnership with The Word and National Endowment for the Arts Big Read at 3 p.m. in Sturm Family Auditorium (advance registration recommended and will be linked here in early March)
- Family-focused, drop-in terrarium building activity 9:30 a.m. – noon
- Nature Tales Family Story Time at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in the Helen Fowler Library. Free admission to the library for members and the general public, no reservation required. Admission to the Gardens is separate.