Denver Botanic Gardens

We are passionate about connecting people to plants through botanical beauty, education, art, events, conservation and sustainable living.

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#LeavesTheLeaves & don't cut back plants until spring to support pollinators! But, you can do a little fall cleanup the garden looking good and discourage self-seeding. Grace Johnson, horticulturist at Chatfield Farms share a few tips: https://t.co/RuIWi78EP1

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Thanks @johnwenzel for including both Blossoms of Light and Trail of Lights in your list of the best! https://t.co/ySzqOeYlD9

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This is 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘮, commonly referred to as a Tree Tomato, or Tamarillo. 🌳🍅

It is native to the Andean region of South America and is considered a lost fruit of the Incas.

📍 Greenhouse at York Street

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Blossoms of Light®️ and Trail of Lights are included in U.S. News & World Report's top holiday lights in the country! https://t.co/3yH238H7d8

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What kind of #Caturday are you having?

1. still asleep
2. as wide awake as Katy Perry singing "I'm wide awake!" 🎶
3. a grumpy grump
4. cute, but barely functioning

This is James, our working cat at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms! He is the Director of Pest Management.

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Can you count them all?

Blossoms of Light is now open @denverbotanic! How many lights do you think are glowing out at the Gardens? 🎄 👇

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✨ #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday Membership Deal ✨

Receive 20% off membership (new, renewal or gift) at Individual to Four Seasons level NOW through Nov. 27. Available online, over the phone & in person. No promo code, will be auto-applied. https://t.co/oFafQNCEC5

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🍂🌲🌰 All of the Gardens locations are closed today. #OptOutside tomorrow, Nov. 24, for #SCFDFreeDay. York Street Free Day is sold out. Tickets are available for Chatfield Farms! *Free admission is only during the day & not valid for holiday lights. https://t.co/hp9zKiYjp3

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Blossoms of Light®️ was featured on the @TODAYshow! https://t.co/gHsSi8VcAA

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Planning to pop the question this holiday season? 💍✨❄️

There’s no better setting than Blossoms of Light®️! Our Merry & Bright engagement package can set a magical scene. (Available on select dates.)

Learn more and reserve a time slot here: https://t.co/U03hrBzYeJ

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Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms opens this Friday, Nov. 24! ✨❄️

Stroll along a winding path that glistens with lights and illuminates the Colorado countryside! Learn more and get tickets here: https://t.co/RDsLEsWbRu

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Now on view! 👀 Come check out our newest exhibition "Tanya Marcuse: Laws of Nature" inside the Freyer-Newman Center through March 31.

Learn more: https://t.co/jdRsx4lPS2

🖼️ Tanya Marcuse, "Woven No. 16," pigment print on aluminum composite, 2016. 📸 Ann Burke Daly.

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This is a deciduous conifer called a Larch. Unlike most conifers, a Larch's needles change from green to gold and drop just like deciduous leaf trees!

Have you seen one before?

🌱 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 'Conica,' Siberian Larch.
📍 Birds and Bees Walk, York Street

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2024 Exhibition Announcement!
We are sharing seven exhibitions now, including the return of an outdoor show, & one more will be announced soon. https://t.co/uv9FMxUSWg

Pictured: Alexandra Kehayoglou, Workshop of Jacobo & María Ángeles, Patrick Marold and Ashley Eliza Williams.

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✨ #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday Membership Deal ✨

Receive 20% off the purchase of a membership (new, renewal or gift) at Individual to Four Seasons level on Nov. 24-27. Available online, over the phone & in person. No promo code, will be auto-applied. https://t.co/oFafQNCEC5

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#COGivesDay is Dec. 5, but you can make your gift now! https://t.co/id6re3RDNA

Your gift helps more than 35,000 children access plant education programs!

A matching fund in honor of Janet Mordecai doubles gifts until we reach $60,000.

Thank you for supporting the Gardens!💚

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📅 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 📅 Registration for winter and spring certificate programs opens Friday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m.

We offer certificates in Beginning Farmers, Botanical Illustration, Herbalism and Rocky Mountain Gardening. 📜🌱🎨

Learn more: https://t.co/aIBPpamR2k

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Only on @DenverChannel 7: We are getting a first look at the Blossoms of Light ahead of the opening this Friday at the @denverbotanic.

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We were named one of the "Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For" by the International Garden Tourism Conference that recently took place in Victoria, British Columbia! #CanadianGardenCouncil, @PublicGardens, #MexicanAssociationofBotanicalGardens.

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This is 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢, commonly called the Polka Dot Begonia.⚪⚫

This tropical plant is native to Brazil and is featured in our fall Orangery display on view through Nov. 19. It is a popular houseplant. Is it in your collection?