Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Denver Botanic Gardens
Address: 1007 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
Region: Rocky Mountain
Phone: 720-865-3500
Web: www.botanicgardens.org
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Botanic Garden
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Lobby government
- Natural habitat management
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Conducts research
- Publish research
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: Native plants and drought-tolerant ecosystems, steppe regions across the world
Publications: Inside the Gardens member newsletter
Description: Green inside and out, Denver Botanic Gardens began in 1951 and is considered one of the top botanical gardens in the United States and a pioneer in water conservation. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Gardens’ living collections encompass specimens from the tropics to the tundra, showcasing a plant palette chosen to thrive in Colorado’s semi-arid climate. The Gardens is a dynamic, 24-acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offering unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family – as well as world-class education and plant conservation research programs. Additional sites extend this experience throughout the Front Range: Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is a 750-acre native plant refuge with an active farm in Jefferson County; Mount Goliath is a high-altitude trail and interpretive site on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway.
Last Update: 2015-03-13
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