Field Trip to Denver Downtown Gardens

Check out the websites for the two Denver Urban Gardens that we visited.

Commons Park, Denver: http://www.denvergov.org/CommonsPark/tabid/393902/Default.aspx

And

http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=211

Our tour guide will be Ruth Murayama, who was the project leader for the building of the park.  Commons Park has been nominated for inclusion in Great Public Spaces.

Centennial Flower Gardens Denver: http://www.denvergov.org/CentennialFlowerGardens/tabid/393903/Default.aspx

Our tour guide will be Maria Bumgarner, and Denver Botanic Gardens horticulturist.  She designed the Centennial Flower Gardens using French design principles.

Many thanks to Jacquelyn Wonder, who saw this article about Centennial Gardens in Thursday’s Denver Post and shared it with us.