Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Water-Smart Garden, Wildflower Treasures & more

Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Water-Smart Garden, Wildflower Treasures & more

July 19, 2012 It seems kind of stay-at-home-ish to admit that my absolute favorite garden at Denver Botanic Gardens, which I visited earlier this month, is the one that looks almost like it could be in central Texas—with the addition of conifers and an intensity of color that we rarely ...
Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Plains Garden, Rock Alpine Garden & Dryland Mesa

Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Plains Garden, Rock Alpine Garden & Dryland Mesa

July 18, 2012 The more naturalistic, dryland gardens were my favorite parts of Denver Botanic Gardens, which I visited earlier this month. By naturalistic I don’t mean, of course, that these gardens are any less designed. They are beautifully designed, and the high-country plants growing in them sparkled in the ...
Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Romantic Garden & more

Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Romantic Garden & more

July 17, 2012 The Romantic Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens, which I visited earlier this month, is not festooned with the traditional roses, wisteria, and clematis. In dry, high country style, feathery grasses mingle with aromatic salvias, prairie wildflowers, and felt-leaved lamb’s ears. Accenting the garden beds stand a handful ...
Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Grasses & cholla for Foliage Follow-Up

Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Grasses & cholla for Foliage Follow-Up

July 16, 2012 Yesterday’s post about my recent visit to Denver Botanic Gardens was flower-powerful in honor of Bloom Day. Today, for Foliage Follow-Up, I’m focusing on a hillside swath of two grasses and a prickly southwestern native, both of which thrilled me—meaning I took lots of pictures. Fab foliage, ...
Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Sun-drenched perennial borders

Visit to Denver Botanic Gardens: Sun-drenched perennial borders

July 15, 2012 Before vacationing in Rocky Mountain National Park earlier this month, we stopped in Denver to visit the Denver Botanic Gardens, which I’d long wanted to see. Though the day grew hot, reaching 100 degrees F, the gardens did not disappoint, glowing with high-country color against a bright-blue ...
Rocky Mountain National Park: Bear Lake, wildlife, and tundra

Rocky Mountain National Park: Bear Lake, wildlife, and tundra

July 12, 2012 My family and I recently enjoyed a nearly two-week vacation in Colorado, and I’d love to share some photos from Rocky Mountain National Park, a favorite destination for this Texan looking to escape the heat for a little while. Bear Lake Trail is an easy hike around ...
High in Rocky Mountain National Park

High in Rocky Mountain National Park

October 13, 2009 Bierstadt Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado After Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which figured prominently in my childhood travels, Rocky Mountain National Park is the one I’ve visited most often. New Yorkers head for Florida in the summer, right? Well, Texans head for Colorado. If you ...
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