Events

Monthly meeting of the Front Range Chapter's Board of Directors. All members are welcome to attend. Email us at [email protected] if you're interested in joining the call.

Member Brian Rasmussen lives at over 8000', and the blue mist penstemon blooms for him later than for those of us in the lower parts of Boulder County.  But when it blooms, it really blooms!  This is a Bring Your Own Beverage and carpool from Boulder event; we'll sit on Brian's deck, ooh and ahh over the penstemons, and catch up with each other.  Registration is required, and we'll carpool from Boulder.  (Brian's driveway requires high clearance and 4WD.)  

Join us on Saturday June 21 for our Denver Metro Region native plant swap! The event is FREE and open to members only. Arrive at 9AM to participate in a Solstice Plant ID Walk with Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners prior to the swap.

Plant donation not required to attend.

Colorado native & regionally-native plants welcome! (If you are unsure whether a plant is regionally native, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we can help ID the species.)

Please share only chemical-free native plants.

If you do plan to donate: label plants with scientific name, common name, elevation or town, who donated (first initial and last name)

Ex: Monarda fistulosa, Bee-Balm, Denver 5,280', J. Doe 

NOTE: A Colorado State Parks Pass or daily parking pass ($10) is required for vehicle entry into the park.  We recommend carpooling with other members. Please reach out to our regional coordinators at [email protected] if you have questions.

This garden crawl will feature 4 hosts in Jefferson County who have established mostly native plant gardens.  They will share the history of the creation of their gardens with lessons they learned in the process and advice to the visitors.

We will have a guided tour and then socialize with a bag lunch.

From the RMBG website:  "The Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens features native plants of Colorado from five ecological zones: Prairie Grasslands, Foothills, Montane, Southwest, and Riparian. Created and maintained by community volunteers, we show the beauty and resilience of native plants to inspire gardeners to plant local. We serve as an educational resource so visitors may identify the plants they meet in the Colorado wilds. Our garden is run as a nonprofit with the mission to foster an understanding and an appreciation of Rocky Mountain native plants and wildlife, and to create a place where people can learn and enjoy the peace and beauty of the natural world. RMBG is free and open to visitors every day from dawn until dusk, except in extreme snowy conditions."

Join us for the Greeley Garden Crawl! We'll visit the homes of two Wild Ones members to learn from their experience with incorporating native plants into their gardens and finish with a social at the last stop. If you have extra plants, please bring them to share with other members. If you're looking for a specific plant, put it in the registration comment and maybe someone will bring it!

Monthly meeting of the Front Range Chapter's Board of Directors. All members are welcome to attend. Email us at [email protected] if you're interested in joining the call.

We will have a garden tour and social at the home of member Brian Rasmussen (recognize that name from any of your seeds???).  Brian is in the Foothills up Boulder Canyon in the Sugarloaf Mountain vicinity.  Registration is  required; we will have to carpool from Boulder, because Brian's driveway is challenging and requires high clearance.  (If you have 4WD and good clearance and can drive, let us know!) Brian has some interesting spaces--a very bee balm-y meadow, a moist spring, a mixed Ponderosa pine and dry shade area, and more.  He also has an excellent rock garden.

Save the date! 
Members and their families are invited to a free chapter-wide gathering and potluck lunch. 

Registration and volunteer sign up links will be posted later this summer.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!