The July EcoQuest citizen science challenge is ✨ Milkweeds and Monarchs ✨ Milkweeds (Asclepias sp.) are now blooming in the greater metro area! You can help us document these flowers by photographing as many as possible in July. It is important to track them this month because milkweeds are the sole food source for monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars. To learn more about this unique relationship and to get tips on identifying milkweed view the July EcoQuest here: https://bit.ly/3LaVprR Then post your findings to the Denver EcoFlora Project on iNaturalist https://bit.ly/2ydLDCW and watch your photos become scientific data! 📸: 1. Asclepias speciosa, davidemartin, some rights reserved, CC BY-NC
Denver Botanic Gardens
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Denver, CO 10,111 followers
We connect people to plants in enriching ways. Locations: Denver, Chatfield Farms in Littleton and Mt. Goliath.
About us
Green inside and out, Denver Botanic Gardens is considered one of the top botanical gardens in the United States and a pioneer in water conservation. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Gardens’ living collections encompass specimens from the tropics to the tundra, showcasing a plant palette chosen to thrive in Colorado’s semi-arid climate. The Gardens' dynamic, 24-acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offers unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family – as well as world-class education and plant conservation research programs. Additional sites at Chatfield Farms, a 700-acre wildlife and native plant refuge in Jefferson County; and Mount Goliath, a high-altitude trail and interpretive site on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, extend this experience throughout the Front Range.
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http://www.botanicgardens.org
External link for Denver Botanic Gardens
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Denver, CO
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1951
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1007 York St.
Denver, CO 80206, US
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8500 West Deer Creek Canyon Road
Littleton, CO 80128, US
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Chatfield Farms is looking grand right now thanks to our hard working Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) growers! 🤩 Buckets of broccoli were harvested and trucked out from the field, gorgeous snapdragons were collected from our Market Garden and a swallowtail was spotted! Learn more about our CSA program here: https://bit.ly/3i7pHy0
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KUSA-TV, 9NEWS spoke with one of our scientists, Jennifer Ackerfield, about iNaturalist, a handy tool to identify wildflowers when hiking AND the valuable data is provides scientists about our regional biodiversity. https://lnkd.in/gD7VgZKb
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Some of the Gardens' scientists, grad students and volunteered participated in this bioblitz that Rocky Mountain PBS did a story on! https://bit.ly/3xAV1Q2
Naturalists kick off statewide ‘bioblitz' of Colorado ecosystems | Rocky Mountain PBS
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Loraine Yeatts has volunteered with our Herbarium for more than 50 years! We have known for years the value her volunteer service has added to our natural history collections and information about Colorado wildflowers and we are thrilled she received recognition from Denver7 (KMGH-TV) Everyday Hero series! https://bit.ly/3xeFA05 We are always looking for new volunteers to help in myriad of ways across the Gardens. Interested in joining our volunteer family? Learn more: https://bit.ly/48RN5rg P.S. we also welcome corporate groups for team service days!
Woman honored for nearly 6 decades of volunteer service to the Denver Botanic Gardens
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Happy summer solstice, AKA the longest day of the year! Have you ever wondered how this impacts plants? 🤔🌱 Starting June 21, the days slowly get shorter and the nights longer. This shift in light and darkness affects plant growth. Research has shown that the amount of continuous dark, not light, is what promotes blooms. If you want to wow your friends with the technical term, it's 'photoperiodism.' This is the physical response of plants to the length of light and darkness they perceive. The most studied example of photoperiodism in plants is flowering, but it also impacts bud dormancy and bulb or tuber growth initiation. So, if you ever feel sad about the days growing shorter, remember that without the dark and light working together, we may not have as many beautiful flowers. 🌻🌼 📍 El Pomar Waterway 📍 Orangery and Greenhouse Complex 📍 Roads Water-Smart Garden 📍 Chatfield Farms Hildebrand Ranch
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EXHIBITION OPENING: "Elliot Ross: Geography of Hope" is on view June 22 - Sept. 29 and features more than 20 large-scale photographs that show exposed walls of Glen Canyon in Lake Powell, due to two decades of drought. Photographs are displayed along with artist journals offering insight into Ross’ practice. He explores Glen Canyon by boat, air and on foot, working with the support of Glen Canyon Institute, Center for Environmental Journalism and Returning Rapids to photograph the reemerging canyon system. The photographs were taken between 2021-2023, a period of record low water levels at Lake Powell, revealing a canyon landscape exposed for the first time in 50 years. More about the exhibition: https://bit.ly/3QUqgME Art: 1. Elliot Ross, "The Magnitude of Loss," digital pigment print, 2022. 2. Elliot Ross, "Labyrinth no. 1," digital pigment print, 2021. 3. Elliot Ross, "Geography of Hope, Smith Fork," digital pigment print, 2023.
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Diversity allows both plants and people to flourish. We are a garden for all and during #PrideMonth, we continue to celebrate diversity and inclusion among our visitors, staff, volunteers, members, donors and community partners! When you visit the Gardens this month, you will see colorful spring flowers and a wide variety of animals and insects that work together to create healthy ecosystems. Watch for us in the Denver Pride Parade on Sunday, June 23. Featured plants: 1. Claret Cup Cactus 2. Tulip 3. Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan) 4. Agave 5. Veronica latifolia 6. Lilac
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