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Colleen Smith

Colleen Smith writes and gardens in Denver.

Denver native Lynn Skinner, right, in a painting by Bruce Gomez, created a Tribute to Joni Mitchell, left. Skinner's quintet plays the tribute at Swallow Hill on Aug. 13.

Tribute gets to the heart of Joni Mitchell

May 6, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.

Tribute gets to the heart of Joni Mitchell

Far left: Nick Bantock's "Elephant Luggage #6" Left: Collage #4.

Creator of the popular Griffin and Sabine saga to exhibit body of work

May 5, 2016 at 6:31 p.m.

Creator of the popular Griffin and Sabine saga to exhibit body of work

Planted in 2000 and inspired by the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens in Scotland, Wildflower Treasures is maturing into an important plant-conservation program.

Denver Botanic Gardens specialist is high on rare alpine plants

May 6, 2016 at 3:17 p.m.

Denver Botanic Gardens specialist is high on rare alpine plants

A potted angelonia continues the theme of O'Neill's all-white garden.

Elegant, monochromatic landscaping

May 6, 2016 at 2:09 p.m.

Elegant, monochromatic landscaping

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Spin the color wheel, and pick

May 6, 2016 at 2:10 p.m.

Spin the color wheel, and pick

"Perle Von Nurnberg" echevaria are a frosty, translucent pink and purple, and are very good for windowsill plantings or as a color accent in rock gardens.

Echevaria: a succulent success story

May 5, 2016 at 6:55 p.m.

Echevaria: a succulent success story

The Eagles play the Pepsi Center tonight. The original group, photographed in the early years of its decades-long career was, from left, Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner and Don Felder.

So you think you know the Eagles? Then take this quiz

May 5, 2016 at 6:08 p.m.

So you think you know the Eagles? Then take this quiz

A gloved Lisa Eldred, director of Exhibitions, Art and Library Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens, examines a 16th-century book by German botanist Leonhard Fuchs. The book is part of the collection at the garden's Helen Fowler Library.

The Denver Botanic Gardens library holds a horticultural treasure

May 5, 2016 at 6:45 p.m.

The Denver Botanic Gardens library holds a horticultural treasure

Some garden art expands the view, like this gazing globe on a copper stand.

Maximizing outdoor art

May 6, 2016 at 5:17 p.m.

Maximizing outdoor art

For Marilyn Auer, editor and publisher of The Bloomsbury Review, books are much more than a commodity. "Books give us the opportunity to have our own creativity interact with somebody else's, but it's so private."

Bloomsbury Review toasts 30 years of surving rises, falls of book world

May 6, 2016 at 4:12 p.m.

Bloomsbury Review toasts 30 years of surving rises, falls of book world