EVENTS
Chatfield Free Day
|Take a tour of the nature trails, wildlife-observation area, display gardens and historical farm, and a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.|Free|8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, 303-973-3705 |LITTLETON
Buds in Blooms
SA|Denver Parks and Recreation garden tour offers guided tours, gardening tips and more through Oct. 21. This week: City Greenhouse tour, 10 a.m.-noon. Saturday.|720-913-0633
Echter’s Rose Celebration
SA-SU|Denver Rose Society members are on hand to help with rose selections.||Echter’s, 9170 W. 52nd Ave., 303-424-7979|ARVADA
Plants for Water Gardens
SU|Learn how to grow the best aquatic plants for Colorado ponds, 1-2:30 p.m.|Free|Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, 303-843-9619|AURORA
Sundays with Rob Proctor
SU|The 9 News garden expert offers design tips and inspiration, 11 a.m.-noon. |Free|Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, 303-690-4277, tagawagardens.com|AURORA
Water Garden Ecology
M|North American Water Garden Society will discuss pond ecology at its monthly meeting, 7 p.m.|first meeting free|Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. 303-660-5024|CASTLE ROCK
Greenhouse tour
10 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Saturdays; noon and 3 p.m. Sundays; 2 p.m. Monday-Friday.|Echter’s, 9170 W. 52nd Ave., 303-424-7979|ARVADA
CLASSES
Composting basics
SA|Denver Urban Gardens offers a free composting class, 9-11 a.m. |East 13th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, 720-865-6810
Containers for shade
SA|Discover combinations for various levels of shade, 1-3 p.m. Registration required.|$5|Timberline Gardens, 11700 W. 58th Ave., 303-420-4060, timberlinegardens.com|ARVADA
Mail info to Garden Calendar, The Denver Post, 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202; fax to 303-820-1679; e-mail living@denverpost.com.
