EVENTS
Boulder Home & Garden Fair
Saturday: The Boulder County Home & Garden Magazine presents the sixth annual fair offering local professionals with home and garden products and projects, demonstrations, live music, food, a llama petting zoo and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Rain date is May 18. Twenty Ninth Street Retail District in central Boulder, homeandgardenmag.com/fair
Boulder Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
Saturday: Offers home-grown perennials, herbs, veggies, annuals, shrubs and more, 9 a.m.-noon. The Boulder Orchid Society will have a table. Refreshments and “gently used” tools will also be available. Unitarian-Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 720-231-5249, bouldergardenclub.org
Denver Botanic Gardens
Friday and Saturday: 2013 Spring Plant Sale offers more than 85,000 plants, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free; proceeds benefit education programs. Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own carts and wagons. 1007 York St., 720-865-3580,
Denver Botanic Gardens Library
Tuesday and Saturday: Colorado Master Gardeners answer gardening questions noon -4 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through September. 1007 York St., 720-865-3575, e-mail gardeninghelp@botanicgardens.org; botanicgardens.org
EarthLinks Mother’s Day Plant & Garden Sale
Saturday: Organically-grown flowers, herbs and vegetable seedlings along with handmade cards, planters, vases, skin care products and more by participants of the EarthLinks Workshop Program, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free hands-on transplanting classes. 2828 Larimer St., earthlinks-colorado.org
The Gardens on Spring Creek
Saturday and Sunday: Annual Spring Plant Sale offers more than 300 varieties of plants including annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetable starts, grasses and succulents, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. 2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, 970-416-2486, fcgov.com/gardens
Happy Transplants Garden Club
Saturday: The 13th annual Plant Sale offers, perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetables, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. or until sold out. Rain date is Sunday. Parking lot at Vectra Bank, 3300 W. 72nd Ave., Westminster, 303-423-2923
Own-Root and Old Garden Rose Sale
Saturday: The 15th annual sale features more than 300 hard-to-find winter tolerant own-root roses, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Own-root hybrid tea roses, low maintenance hardy Old Garden Roses are also included along with Organic Mile-Hi Rose Feed for sale. Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Denver, 4610 E. Alameda Ave., 303-237-3117
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Colorado Agriculture Leadership Foundation
Saturday: CALF has partnered with CSU Extension/Douglas County Master Gardeners for a series of gardening classes including “Take the Mystery Out of Gardening: All About Tomatoes,” 8 a.m. $5. CALF’s Ag Barn, 2330 S. I-25, Castle Rock, 303-748-6748, thecalf.org/gardening-classes.html, extension.colostate.edu/douglas
Denver Botanic Gardens
Thursday and May 23: “Rock Gardening in the Rockies,” 6-8 p.m. $55, $45 members. Reservations required. 1007 York St., 720-865-3580,
Denver Recycles/Denver Urban Gardens
Through October: Two-hour, hands-on “Learn to Compost” free classes. “Worm Workshops” and “Build-a-Pile” classes are also offered. Registration is required and opens one month prior to the class date. Gove Community Garden, 1325 Colorado Blvd., 303-292-9900, dug.org/compost
The Gardens on Spring Creek
May 18: “Maximize Your Sprinkler Efficiency,” 2-4 p.m. $8, $5 members. Reservations required. Cost of class reduced by Fort Collins Utilities to promote conservation. 2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, 970-416-2486, fcgov.com/gardens
Hudson Gardens
Tuesday: “Growing Delicious Tomatoes,” 6-8 p.m. $27, $24 members. Reservations required; May 18: “Meet the Beekeeper,” 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, 303-797-8565 ext. 306, shop.hudsongardens.org Jefferson County CSU Extension Saturday: “Lessons From the Demonstration Garden” series wraps up with “Planting Techniques and Season Protection,” 9-11 a.m. $20. Meet in the Horticulture Demonstration Garden. Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden, demogardseries2013.eventbrite.com
Sam Gary Library
Saturday:“Growing Herbs in Containers,” 11 a.m. 2961 Roslyn St., 720-865-0325
Tagawa Gardens
Friday: Container Garden Demos, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 31st annual Mother’s Day Open House with buy-one, get-one free hanging baskets (orange price tags only), refreshments and live music; May 17 and 19: Container Garden Demos, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; May 18: “Q&A Table on How to Design Your Own Landscape,” 10 a.m.-noon. 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, 303-690-4722,
Timberline Gardens
Saturday: “The Dry Shade Garden,” 9-11 a.m. $10; “Basics for Starting a Vegetable Garden,” noon-2 p.m. $10; May 18: “Modern Hanging Baskets,” 9-11 a.m. $10; “Container Gardens with a Twist,” noon-2 p.m. $10; May 19: “Vermiculture: Build Your Own Worm Compost Box,” 10 a.m.-noon, $50, includes materials. Reservations required. 11700 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, 303-420-4060,
scholarships
The Colorado Master Farm Homemaker Guild
Deadline Wednesday:Offering a $500 scholarship to a Colorado woman with an agriculture background. Call or visit the website for requirements. Applications available from the County CSU Extension offices and scholarship chairman, Elsa Mae Reynolds, at 23526 WCR 66, Greeley, CO 80631. 970-353-1665,
EXHIBITS
Denver Botanic Gardens
Through Sunday: “Coleoptera & Friends: Paintings by Robert Spellman” in the Gates Garden Court Gallery; through Jan. 14: “Catalyst: Colorado Sculpture,” 3D works by 12 local artists including Emmett Culligan, Kim Dickey, Linda Fleming and others. 1007 York St., 720-865-3580,
SAVE THE DATE
Fairmount Heritage Rose Sale
May 18: Large selection of Old Garden and Heirloom, Hybrid Teas, Floribunda, Miniatures, Climbers, Shrub, Rugosa, Species and Fairmount Cemetery roses, 8 a.m. until sold out. Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., 303-322-3895
Front Range Organic Gardeners
May 18: Has partnered with The Herb Society of America Rocky Mountain Unit for this annual sale of tomatoes, herbs, vegetables, perennials, annuals and ground covers, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cash only. Denver Presbytery Center, 1710 S. Grant St., 303-744-7871, GardenFROG.org
Horticulture Art Society
May 17-19: The Gigantic, Annual Plant Sale offers native plants, perennials, annuals, organic vegetables, shrubs, herbs and more, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 17-18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 19. All plants are grown by Colorado nurseries; proceeds support the care of the gardens. Demonstration Gardens, Mesa Road and Glen Avenue, Colorado Springs, hasgardens.org
Lakewood Garden Club
May 18: Plant and Garage Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Includes spring bedding plants. Saint Joseph Episcopal Church, 11202 W. Jewell Ave., Lakewood, 303-985-7170
Compiled by Vickie Heath, The Denver Post
Mail info 10-14 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.
