EVENTS
Boulder Home & Garden Fair
Saturday: The fourth annual outdoor fair offers information from landscapers, architects and builders along with plant sales, garden workshops for kids, food, live music and prizes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Twenty-Ninth Street Retail District, Boulder, 303-443-0600, ext. 109,
Centennial Garden Club
Saturday: Garden Club plant sale includes vegetables, herbs, ground covers and shrubs, 9-11 a.m. 2045 Emerson St., 303-692-0262
CSU Extension Plant Sale
Saturday: Colorado State University Extension holds its sixth annual Plant-a- Palooza plant sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Chile peppers and tomatoes are offered along with annuals and perennials. Harvard Gulch Park, 888 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 720-913-5270
Denver Botanic Gardens
Wednesday: Author and outdoor living authority Debra Prinzing hosts “Creating Your Own Personal Outdoor Dwelling,” 6:30-8 p.m. $15, $10 members; Thursday: Prinzing and photographer David Perry present “A Year in Flowers: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Floral Ingredients,” 7 p.m. $20, $15 members; May 20: Perry hosts “Garden Photo Magic: Mastering Your Point-and-Shoot Camera,” 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $40, $30 members. Reservations required. 1007 York St., 720-865-3580,
Front Range Organic Gardeners (FROG)
Saturday: Front Range Organic Gardeners Club and The Herb Society of America Rocky Mountain Unit present a plant sale of organic vegetables and herbs along with annuals, perennials and ground covers, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Presentations on organic gardening and herbs offered at 9:30 and 10:15 a.m. Cash only; a portion of the proceeds benefit public education and supplying grants to nonprofits. Denver Presbytery Center, 1710 S. Grant St., 303-744-7871,
The Gardens on Spring Creek
Saturday: “A Spring Walk Along the Xeric Parkway Strip,” 9:30-10:30 a.m. A guided tour with landscape designer Lauren Springer Ogden. $15, $12 members. 2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, 970-416-2486
“Return of the Pelicans”
Saturday: A plant and yard sale of vegetables, herbs and geraniums, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Middle School, West 18th Avenue and Meade Street, 303-571-1744
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
Tagawa Gardens
Today: Tropical plant container garden demonstration with Rob Proctor, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.; Saturday: “How to Successfully Grow Container Gardens in the Hot Sun,” 10-11 a.m.; Carole Kastler of Camelot Designs presents landscape and garden mini-lectures, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday: Perennial garden layout demonstration with Rob Proctor, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Square Foot Gardening demonstration with Joel Uhler, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Carole Kastler of Camelot Designs presents “Design Your Own Landscape Projects,” 2-3 p.m. 7711 S. Parker Road, Aurora, 303-690-4722,
Timberline Gardens
Saturday: “Pat’s Picks,” Patrick Cullinane recommends his favorites, 10 a.m.- noon, $10; Sunday: “Container Vegetable Gardening,” 1-3 p.m. $10, includes a take-home tomato plant. Reservations required. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
EXHIBITS
Denver Botanic Gardens
Through Nov. 13: “Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples and the Art of Allan Houser,” a collection of bronze works by Houser. 1007 York St.,
Republic Plaza
Through Wednesday: “Spectaculum Botanica II: In Celebration of Earth Day,” botanical and floral imagery. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. 370 17th St., 303-514-8182
SAVE THE DATE
Own-Root/Old-Garden Rose Sale
May 21: The 13th annual sale features more than 250 varieties of own root roses along with English shrub roses, Miniature roses and select hybrid tea roses, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Denver, 4610 E. Alameda Ave., 303-237-3117
Happy Transplants Garden Club plant sale
May 21: The nonprofit organization offers perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and Xeriscape plants. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. or until sold out. Rain date: May 22. West 72nd Avenue and Irving Street, Westminster, 303-423-2923
Mail items at least 10 days in advance to Garden Calendar, The Denver Post, 101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202; fax 303-954-1679, e-mail living@denverpost.com.
