EVENTS
Old Garden Rose sale
Sat: Features more than 350 varieties of roses, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Denver, 4610 E. Alameda Ave., 303-237-3117
Garden sale and auction
Sat: Front Range Organic Gardeners Club and the Herb Society of America Rocky Mountain Unit host a sale featuring organic vegetables and herb plants, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Denver Presbyterian Center, 1710 S. Grant St., 303-744-7871
Plant-a-palooza
Sat: Plant sale to benefit Colorado State University Extension, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Harvard Gulch Park, 888 E. Iliff Ave., 720-913-5270
Plant sale
Sat: The Happy Transplants Garden Club’s annual sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. West 72nd Avenue and Irving Street, Westminster, 303-423-2923
Lakewood Garden Club
Tue: Monthly meeting features planning for fall color with arborist Darell Havener, 6:30 p.m. Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave. Golden, 303-458-1707
Gardening help
Sat, Tue and Thu: Denver Botanic Gardens answers gardening questions, noon-4 p.m, through September. 720-865-3575, e-mail: gardeninghelp @botanicgardens.org
CLASSES
Tagawa Gardens
Sat: Orchid basics, 10 a.m.-noon. 7711 S. Parker Road, Aurora, 303-690-4722,
Timberline Gardens
Sat: Plant a moss basket class, 9-11 a.m. $49. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
Vermicomposting class
Sun: Learn how to raise worms to recycle kitchen scraps and junk mail, 12:30 p.m. $32. WiR Farms, Bennett, 303-644-4936 or WiRfarm@yahoo.com
Compost classes
-October: Denver Urban Gardens and Denver Recycles offer free hands-on classes. 720-865-6810,
EXHIBITS
Eat here now!
-May 31: Grow-local exhibition features performance and installation art. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday or by appointment. Eventgallery 910Arts, 910 Santa Fe Drive, 303-815 1779,
The Germination of ideas
-June 5: Sculptures that integrate living systems and irrigation by Joshua Wiener and youths from La Academia at Denver Inner City Parish. Noon-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. PlatteForum, 1610 Little Raven St., 303-893-0791, platteforum
Jurassic Gardens exhibit
-Sept. 30: Explore plant and animal relationships of prehistoric proportions featuring life-sized, realistic dinosaurs from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods of the Mesozoic Era. Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield hosts giant prehistoric bugs, including a 10-foot sea scorpion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. $11.50 adults, $8.50 for seniors and military, $8 ages 4-15 and students, and free for children 3 and under. Denver Botanic Gardens, 720-865-3585,
Mail information to Garden Calendar, The Denver Post, 101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202; fax 303-954-1679; living@denverpost.com.
