Experience the Glow

I love visiting this place! I feel so lucky to live so close to such a beautiful, serene spot to enjoy nature! It’s been improved so much in the last years. I was pleasantly surprised by this. I was so inspired that I decided to volunteer to help maintain it’s beauty. 👨‍🌾 I feel that it’s my duty to become a member and was pleased when my membership included entry to Denver Botanical Gardens too, as well as others across the country? 😀

Go on a sunny day and pay extra for the butterfly garden. When the sun is out, all the tropical butterflies come out and dance in the little greenhouse enclosure. Absolutely stunning experience, the butterflies are curious and love landing on you and exploring (especially if you’re wearing white!). Other highlights were the rose garden and the magnolia grove. Overall super cool experience!

This is a beautiful place to walk and explore the gardens. There are many different paths to take and lots of places to sit, relax, and enjoy the scenery. There are grass areas as well where you can lay out a blanket and enjoy a picnic. My ticket included entry into SOAR - a tropical butterfly pavilion which was a wonderful experience. I only wish I lived closer as I would go more often!

11 am Sun/23 July. I enjoyed it so much I opted to upgrade to the $45/yr membership (which gives reciprocal entry benefits to buncha other botanical gardens in the US). The butterfly exhibit portion is worth the extra fee ($8 non member, $6 member). Searching out the Washed Ashore sculptures was a lot of fun, and I could easily find shade whenever I needed it. This garden much bigger than I expected, I ended up getting my 10k steps (4 miles) exploring a good chunk of the gardens. Look forward to coming back and using my complimentary entry benefit.

beautiful garden! lots of large succulents/cacti, very impressed. Not very busy on a Monday morning for a nice walk. A lot of locals come to get their steps in. Sculptures made from recycled materials on display. Definitely worth the visit!