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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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Making the Most of Rain and Snow

November 14, 2024 Erik Howshar

Directing the flow of water isn’t a new idea. Humans have been changing the flow of water for thousands of years for our benefit, and oftentimes to our failure. Water is never truly wasted though, it

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Celebrate Night at the Museums

October 29, 2024 Exhibits Department

November —the weather gets colder, the days shorter, leaves fall and plants go dormant. You may think this is a time when botanic gardens slow down for the season, but did you know there is so much

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Denver Botanic Gardens' Haunted History

October 22, 2024 Helen Fowler Library

Local legends abound surrounding the history of Cheesman Park as an unkept and crumbling cemetery that was later transformed into the recreational area it is today. Before its green fields were dotted

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Designing Fall Container Displays

October 17, 2024 Cassie Doolittle

Fall is finally here, and at Chatfield Farms we take that seriously. In Colorado, fall is a very precarious time. While we have been having unusual heat this year, we have had hail, frost and snow as

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History of Mushroom Toxicology

October 15, 2024 Andrew Wilson

Mushrooms can be poisonous. That is one of the first things we are taught as kids. Even though plants produce more detrimental toxins than mushrooms, society, rightly or wrongly, tends to teach the

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The Waterlily Weigh-Off

October 11, 2024 Tiffany Coleman

The Waterlily Weigh-Off, led by Denver Botanic Gardens, challenged an impressive list of public gardens and zoos around the U.S. and across the pond in the U.K. to see how much weight their Victoria

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