EVENTS
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Saturday-Monday: Memorial Day weekend plant sale offers more than 200 varieties of resource-wise grasses, perennials, herbs and more, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. Admission is free to the plant sale. 4250 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, Colorado Springs, cmzoo.org
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Denver Urban Gardens
Through October: Learn how to compost in your backyard or with a worm bin in ongoing learn-to-compost classes. Free; visit website to register. Gove Community Garden, 1325 Colorado Blvd., 720-865-6810, DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles
Hudson Gardens
Wednesday: “Meet the Vegetable Gardeners” sessions are offered twice a month for visitors to observe and ask questions about bed preparation, planting, weeding, maintenance and more, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Remaining dates are June 12 and 26, July 11 and 25, Aug. 9 and 23, Sept. 4 and 18. “Meet the Beekeeper” sessions are offered 9:30-11:30 a.m. June 16, July 21, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15. All sessions are included with admission. 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, 303-797-8565 ext. 306, shop.hudsongardens.org
Tagawa Gardens
Today & Sunday: “Container Garden Demos,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, 303-690-4722,
Timberline Gardens
Saturday: “The Waaay Alternative Garden,” 9-11 a.m. $10; “The Grass Class: How to Select, Plant, Design, Care-For or Kill Ornamental Gardens,” noon-2 p.m. $10. Reservations required. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
EXHIBITS
Denver Botanic Gardens
Through Aug.5: “Kenichi Nagakura: Fluid Duality” in the Gates Garden Court Gallery; through Nov. 4: “Kizuna: West Meets East,” large bamboo art installations by internationally known artists Tetsunori Kawana and Stephen Talasnik. 1007 York St., 720-865-3580,
CONTESTS
Gardens for Good Grant Program
Through Thursday: Nature’s Path presents the third annual contest with Organic Gardening magazine in which nonprofit organizations submit their organic community garden projects to win one of three $15,000 grants. facebook.com/naturespath/app_401418026549919
SAVE THE DATE
Community Forester workshops
Classes begin June 30: Registration is open through June 28 for a series of workshops presented by The Park People and Denver Parks and Recreation’s Forestry Division. Community foresters lead and participate in tree planting, neighborhood projects and activities. 303-722-6262, theparkpeople.org
Greeley Blues Jam Sod
June 10: Selling 40,000 square feet of sod from this year’s Greeley Blues Jam for 15 cents per square foot. You must purchase a minimum of 300 square feet and pick it up between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. June 10. There will be a forklift and operator available to load the sod onto your trailer. Call 970-350-9522 with questions or 970-356-5000 to place an order.
Xeriscape Garden Tours
June 2-3: Free self-guided tours of water-wise gardens in Pueblo and Pueblo West, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Six locations are featured in the Pueblo tour including the Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo. The Pueblo West Tour features five gardens. Maps are available at most Pueblo-area garden centers, nurseries and libraries, and at pueblo.colostate.edu.
Compiled by Vickie Heath, The Denver Post
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