“Bloomapalooza: A Celebration of Plant Conservation Day” is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Butterfly Pavilion, 6252 W. 104th Ave. in Westminster. Plantiful activities include a community walk, habitat restoration, interactive vendor booths from Wild Birds Unlimited, Denver Botanic Gardens, National Wildlife Federation and others along with mini-workshops, ladybug and butterfly releases, a bouncy castle and obstacle course for children included with admission. No one admitted after 4:15 p.m. 303-469-5441, butterflies.org
Warm and fuzzy for hardware
You know you want to make your last run to the store for tools, paint, pots, garden implements and all the stuff that makes summer worth celebrating before it really gets steamy out. wants that for you, too. So the legendary mercantile is having a tent sale through Sunday. The merchandise under canvas is 70 percent off, but most full-price items inside are 10 percent off. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 2525 Arapahoe Ave.; 303-443-1822; mcguckin.com
Settling the West, sidesaddle
Seven members of The Legendary Ladies, a group that promotes women who had a role in settling the West, present a one-hour “Unconventional Women of the West” program at 2 p.m. today at The Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Historical characters performed include Lillian Russell, right, Calamity Jane, Susan Shelby Magoffin, Charlie Parkhurst, Silver Heels, Bertha Spears and Ellis Meredith. Each actress has researched the character, written a script and created a costume. Free. 303-795-3961, legendaryladies.org.
Lovely as a tree
Take a guided stroll through the University of Colorado’s campus forest in Boulder at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The campus was recognized in 2011 by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA in honor of more than a century of tree husbandry (students and faculty began planting it in 1888). Meet at the south entrance of the museum, which is at 15th Street and Broadway. Your guide is 25-year veteran and senior grounds specialist Alan Nelson (a.k.a. “Tree Man). More: CUmuseum.colorado.edu or 303-492-6892.
Family ties
You have two opportunities to learn how to “make your ancestors come alive on paper” with author and lecturer Linda Weaver Clarke who presents “A Family Legacy Writing Workshop.” Visit the Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday or the Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St. in Centennial, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Clarke presents this free program in libraries all over the United States. lindaweaverclarke.com
Going back in style
In honor of Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month, archaeologist Thomas Witt presents a free lecture at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Hotel de Paris Museum, 409 Sixth St. in Georgetown. “The Archaeology of Taste and Style at Georgetown’s Hotel de Paris and McClellan Opera House” will show artifacts from 2010 renovations and their impact on style and taste in the Colorado frontier. Reservations are recommended. The Hotel de Paris Museum, a National Historic Trust Site, opens its 57th tour season June 1. Visit hoteldeparismuseum.org for details.
