Garden Events

Garden Events, Boulder County, Colorado and Surrounding Area
Fall 2012

Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens is the hub of garden activity in the metro area, offering acres of plant displays, classes, lectures, plant shows, gardening certification, botanical illustration instruction, storytimes, and much more. The main gardens are located at 1007 York St.; call or look online for additional garden sites. 720-865-3500; www.botanicgardens.org.

• Sept. 14-Oct. 28: Corn Maze at the Chatfield location, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road in Littleton, plus Pumpkin Festival Oct. 12-14
• Sept. 22: Urban Homestead Tour
• Sept. 27: Bonfils-Stanton Lecture Series: “Bark, An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees,” 6-9pm
• Oct. 24: Food Day 2012 (see listing under Food & Drink Festivals & Events)

Harlequin’s Gardens
Harlequin’s Gardens, 4795 N. 26th St., offers low-cost classes for children and adults on a variety of garden topics. The on-site display gardens include a xeriscape herb garden and ornamental grasses. 303-939-9403; www.harlequinsgardens.com.

• Sept. 15: Birdfeeder 101, for ages 5+, 10am; Low-Tech Greenhouse Design and Operation, 1:30pm
• Sept. 20: Harlequin’s 20th Anniversary Sale
• Sept. 22: Leaves Falling Everywhere!, for ages 5+, 10am

Lyons Farmette
Lyons Farmette, a working organic farm and sustainability center, offers cooking classes, gardening classes and permaculture certification. 4121 Ute Highway. www.lyonsfarmette.com.

• Sept. 9: Jarring and Jamming, 10am-2pm
• Fall date TBA: Let’s Make Soup!

Sturtz & Copeland Classes
Sturtz & Copeland offers gardening classes on a variety of topics, and the nominal class fee also gets you a discount on purchases. Oct. 17 is “Creating Terrariums”; Nov. 28 is “Wreath Decorating.” 303-442-6663; www.sturtzandcopeland.com.