EVENTS
Heritage Rose Sale & Open House
Saturday: The sale starts at 8 a.m. and continues until roses are gone. Varieties include Fairmount Heritage, Climbers, Bourbon, Gallica, Floribunda, Polyantha, Perpetual, Species, Canadian and English Shrub, Alba and Miniatures. David Ingram, director of education for the Denver Rose Society, will provide ongoing rose-pruning demonstrations. Various rose lectures are offered at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. for a $5 suggested donation in the Chapel in the Pines. Proceeds benefit FHF educational and preservation programs. The rose sale is part of a two-day Fairmount Heritage Foundation Open House with history tours Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and tree tours at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Fairmount Cemetery Gate Lodge, 430 S. Quebec St., 303-322-3895 ext. 3,
Happy Transplants Garden Club plant sale
Saturday: The nonprofit organization offers perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and Xeriscape plants. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. or until sold out. Rain date: Sunday. West 72nd Avenue and Irving Street, Westminster, 303-423-2923
KGNU Garden Party
Saturday: KGNU Community Radio is celebrating its 33rd birthday with a plant sale, pancake breakfast, arts and crafts sale, live music and more, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Proceeds benefit KGNU Independent Community Radio. KGNU Studios, 4700 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-449-4885,
Own-Root and Old-Garden Rose Sale
Saturday: 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
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
Colorado State University Extension in Denver
Saturday: “Vegetable Gardening Keys to Success,” 9-11 a.m.; “Container and Small Space Gardening” 1-3 p.m. $22, $20 in advance, per class. Reservations required. 888 E. Iliff Ave., 720-913-5272,
Denver Urban Gardens
Through October: Ongoing “Learn to Compost Classes.” Free, visit website to register. Gove Community Garden, 1325 Colorado Blvd.,
Tagawa Gardens
Today: Tree and shrub container garden demonstration with Rob Proctor, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday: “Vertical Gardening,” 11 a.m.-noon; Carole Kastler of Camelot Designs presents landscape and garden mini-lectures, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Square Foot Gardening demonstrations with Joel Uhler, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; “Build Your Own Wormery for Composting,” 1-2 p.m.; Sunday: Sunny container garden demonstration with Rob Proctor, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 7711 S. Parker Road, Aurora, 303-690-4722,
Timberline Gardens
Saturday: “Natives: Concept, Design, and Selections to Transcend the Weedy Look,” 9-11 a.m. $10, includes a slideshow and nursery tour; “The Dry Shade Garden,” 1-3 p.m. $10. Reservations required. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
EXHIBITS
Denver Botanic Gardens
Through Aug. 7: “Between the Real and the Imagined: Installation by Truman Lowe,” sculpture, wall-mounted works and works on paper. Artist talk: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, reception: 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday. Also showing “Native Roots | Modern Form: Plants, Peoples and the Art of Allan Houser,” a collection of bronze works by Houser, through Nov. 13. 1007 York St.,
CONTESTS
“Show Us Your Roots Colorado”
Through June 1: SteadyGROWpro is sponsoring a campaign on the benefits of a new sterile soil-less media. The product helps gardeners maximize results when growing indoor food crops, including cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, flowering plants and more. Visit the website for information.
SAVE THE DATE
Iris Show
May 28: The Mountain and Plains Iris Society’s Iris Show, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Society members will be available to answer questions. Show is included with DBG admission. Mitchell Hall, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St.,
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.
