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The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public botanical garden located in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The 23-acre (93,000 m 2 ) park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater , which hosts various concerts in the summer.
The tropical conservatory was designed in 1964 by Denver architects Victor Hornbein and Ed White Jr. and opened in 1966. Its structure consists of high, interlaced concrete arches inset with faceted Plexiglas panels, [1] which suitably honor benefactor Claude Boettcher of the Ideal Cement Company. [2] In 1973, it was awarded Denver Landmark status.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Colorado is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Colorado [1] [2] [3] Table [ edit ]
Cheesman Park is located in central Denver, southeast of downtown. The Park has inexact borders, as it is framed on three sides by private residences, but is located in the center of the Cheesman Park neighborhood, between Humboldt Street on the west, Race Street and Denver Botanic Gardens on the east, 13th Avenue on the north, and 8th Avenue on the south.
The oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States is Bartram's Garden in Pennsylvania. [1] [2] This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States. [3] [4] [5] The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 ...
The Hudson Gardens & Event Center is a botanical garden and event venue located in Littleton, Colorado, 12 miles southwest of Denver. The property is composed of thirty acres of garden exhibits, trails, natural terrain, and event venues. The gardens opened to the public in June 1996. [1]
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The City and County of Denver has a formal historic designation program that establishes Denver landmarks. These are designated by ordinances of Denver's city council. [ 1 ] The first three sites so designated, on January 10, 1968, are the Emmanuel/Sherith Chapel , Constitution Hall (site) (destroyed by fire in 1977), and the Governor's Mansion .