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Attention, backyard farmers
Denver Urban Homesteading is your new best friend if you have wanted to keep chickens, bees, or dairy or fiber goats in your backyard. The “urban agricultural and sustainability center” also offers programs on gardening, canning, worm composting, restoring old wood furniture and more. Call or visit the website for class details. Head to 370 Kalamath St. from 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of each month for a buy-and-sell extravaganza of chicks, chickens, rabbits, ducks, geese, turkeys and goats from local farmers. April 21: Free seed and plant swap. 200 Santa Fe Drive, 303-572-3122,
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Delicate beauty
The Denver Orchid Society presents a two-day “Orchid Roundup” show and sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 10 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 11. Fantasy Orchids, New Earth Orchids and Enthropic Orchids are just some of the vendors selling plants and supplies, and the Orchid Doctor will answer your questions. Free. Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial,
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Two must-see exhibits
Learn about the history of the camera in the “Say Cheese! Cameras (Over) Exposed” exhibit through March 18 at the Aurora History Museum. More than 90 cameras, some dating to the 1800s, are included. 15051 E. Alameda Parkway; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Free. “Cocktails and Casseroles: Entertaining in the 20th Century” showcases 100 years of entertaining in the Radius Gallery at Lakewood’s Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., through Sept. 8. Visit a 1920s tea party; the 1950s when heels and aprons were staples in the kitchen and a Super Bowl party in the 1990s. Free; fee for guided tours. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 303-987-7879,
