EVENTS
Denver Rose Society
Sat: Hosts a meeting on “Roses for the Next Generation,” 10 a.m. Free. Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, 303-777-5685,
Echter’s Garden Center
Sat-Sunday and April 18-19: 50th-anniversary open house, celebrating the garden center’s evolution from cut-carnation greenhouse to Garden Center of the Year for 2008-2009. 5150 Garrison St., Arvada, 303-424-7979, echters
North American
Water Garden Society
Mon: Discussion on spring startup and cleaning, algae control and more, 7 p.m. First meeting is free. Annual dues are $25. Castle Rock Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, e-mail: nawgs@mho.com
Gardening help
Sat, Tue & Thu: Denver Botanic Gardens answers gardening questions, noon-4 p.m, through September. 720-865-3575, e-mail: gardeninghelp@
Spring into summer
-April 17: Frontier House Plant Sale. Order through April 17, plants available for pickup 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 2. 970-347-2128
CLASSES
Colorado State University Extension
Sat: Drip irrigation class, 9:30 a.m. $20 in advance, $22 at the door. Harvard Gulch Park, 888 E. Iliff Ave., 720-913-5270
Fantasy Orchids Greenhouse
Sat: Orchid growing class, 11 a.m. Registration required. 830 W. Cherry St., Louisville, 303-666-5432, fantasyorchids
Timberline Gardens
Sat: New frontiers in plants class, 9-11 a.m. $10. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
SAVE THE DATE
Jurassic Gardens exhibit
April 17-Sept. 30: Explore plant and animal relationships of prehistoric proportions featuring life-size, realistic dinosaurs from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods of the Mesozoic Era at Denver Botanic Gardens on York Street. DBG at Chatfield hosts giant prehistoric bugs, including a 10-foot sea scorpion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Denver Botanic Gardens, 720-865-3585,
Get Wet: Water Gardening Fun
April 20: A lecture on container water gardening with the Colorado Water Garden Society, 6:30-9 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens, Gates Hall, 1005 York St., 303-843-9619, colowatergardensociety
Mail information to Garden Calendar, The Denver Post, 101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202; fax 303-954-1679; living@denverpost.com.
