Tucson Botanical Gardens – Día de los Muertos Celebración (Tucson, AZ)

Join us on Sunday, November 5th to celebrate Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in TBG’s beloved Nuestro Jardín, our Barrio Garden. Enjoy festive floral displays and an ofrenda, a community altar to honor the lives of family and friends who have passed. Enjoy mariachi music, crafting workshops, and educational programming for all ages.

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Denver Botanic Gardens – Building Your Home Apothecary Workshop (Denver, CO)

Make your own home medicine chest, stocked with effective homemade remedies for you and your family. In this class, discover how to use easy-to-find ingredients from the garden and grocery for everything from colds and flus to digestive upsets, headaches and skin rashes. From the many uses of apple cider vinegar and tonics to herbal teas and baths, empower yourself with natural therapies that help restore health and accelerate healing. Make virus-fighting elderflower/echinacea syrup and spicy fire cider, a tasty digestive tea and a soothing herbal salve and lip balm with samples to take home. Class includes an extensive handout with recipes. Get ready for the winter nasties and learn the fascinating craft of the home apothecary.

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The Hudson Gardens & Event Center – Bird Walk (Littleton, CO)

Each month, we team up with an Audubon Master Birder from the Front Range Birding Company to discover the rich bird habitats of Hudson Gardens. You’ll leave with insights into local wildlife, birding techniques, identification tips, and much more! Whether you are new to birding or an experienced birder, there is always something exciting to see through your binoculars! This walk will be held outdoors, so please dress for the weather. Participants will meet in front of the Welcome Center by 8 am. Bring snacks, water, and a pair of binoculars.

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The Hudson Gardens – Rose Care Class (Littleton, CO)

Preparing your roses for winter is the key to growing those fabulous flowers in the spring. Peggy Williams, Master Rosarian with the American Rose Society and member of the Denver Rose Society will teach you why fall and winter care keeps your roses healthy from year to year and how to prepare new rose beds for spring planting. A recommended list of roses that do well along the Front Range and higher altitudes will be included in the program.

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Durango Botanic Gardens – Garden Tour (Durango, CO)

The Demonstration Gardens will be comprised of three unique garden landscapes. There is a Pollinator Garden comprised of a multitude of diverse flowering native plants favorable to our local pollinators. A Forest-scape garden which will attempt to recreate the spirit and vegetation found in our surrounding forests yet planted with the intention to be inviting and open to the users of the Animas River Trail. There will also be a Xeric Rain Garden, comprised of xeric plants, natural gravel beds, local boulders and rain capturing features intended to help the gardens be self-sufficient when it comes to water needs.

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Denver Botanic Gardens – Intersections Lecture (Denver, CO)

Onsite and Online. Smithsonian Institution staff illustrator Alice Tangerini presents a story of plant collecting and recording. As the worlds of illustration and graphic design become increasingly digitized, don t miss this opportunity to learn from Tangerini s five decades of experience working side-by-side scientists, artists, curators and collection managers.

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Denver Botanic Gardens – Beginner Bonsai (Denver, CO)

Are you mystified by the many centuries old Japanese tradition of bonsai? Join us for an entertaining and informative class that debunks the myths, fictions and misconceptions surrounding this living art form. Each participant receives a tree, pot, wire, soil and gravel for this hands-on experience of creating a finished bonsai to take home. Expert bonsai master Hal Sasaki and horticulturist Larry Jackel have designed and curated the content of this course.

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Tohono Chul – Glowing Pumpkins (Tucson, AZ)

Glowing Pumpkins: A Jack-O-Lantern Adventure, is an outdoor Halloween event featuring over 5,000+ hand-carved pumpkins! This one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season. Explore magical pathways of lit pumpkin sculptures and displays, with music, sounds, and special effects. With classic Halloween characters, dinosaurs and superheroes, movie and pop culture icons. This family-friendly event has something for everyone. Make Glowing Pumpkins, A Jack-O-Lantern Adventure, your new annual family tradition!

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