Freyer – Newman Center for Science, Art and Education, 1085 York Street, Denver, CO 80206
Here is a map of our York Street Gardens.
Please note:
No food or drinks (covered water excepted) are allowed in Sturm Family Auditorium.
Freyer-Newman Center for Science, Art and Education at Denver Botanic Gardens
10:00am – 4:00pm: Registration Check In (Schlessman Family Atrium)
1:00pm: Membership Committee Meeting (Classroom 2)
4:00pm: Steering Committee Meeting (Classroom 2)
Library tours at 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 (Helen Fowler Library)
5:30pm – 7:00pm: Opening reception (Orangery)
Dinner on your own
Freyer-Newman Center for Science, Art and Education at Denver Botanic Gardens
Morning Sessions:
Coffee and tea will be available starting at 7:30am. Provided by Copper Door.
8:30am – 8:55am: Welcome and opening remarks (Sturm Family Auditorium)
9:00am – 10:00am: Docent led tours of Denver Botanic Gardens grounds (Meet at Helen Fowler LIbrary)
Break: 10:00am – 10:15am
10:15am – 11:15am: Opening Keynote Dr. Bonnie Clark (Sturm Family Auditorium)
Lunch: 11:30--12:45 (Boxed Lunches) (Classroom 1)
Afternoon Sessions
1:00-2:15 pm: Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Ackerfield (Sturm Family Auditorium)
Break: 2:15-2:30 pm
2:30-4:00 pm: Member Presentations (Sturm Family Auditorium)
2:45: Kristen Mastel
3:15: Suzi Teghmeyer
4:00-5:00 pm: Herbaria Tours (Schlessman Family Atrium/Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium)
5:30 pm: Ghost Tour (meet in Boettcher Memorial Center at 5:20pm)
Dinner on your own
Freyer-Newman Center for Science, Art and Education at Denver Botanic Gardens
Morning Sessions:
Coffee and tea will be available starting at 7:30am. Provided by Copper Door.
8:45 - 9:00 am: Welcome and Check In (Sturm Family Auditorium)
9:00 -10:00 am: Film Showing: Colorado Experience - Denver Botanic Gardens (Sturm Family Auditorium)
10:00 - 11:30 am: Member Presentations (Sturm Family Auditorium)
10am: Meg Eastwood
10:30am: Eva Stefanski
11am: Taylor Johnson
Lunch: 11:30-1:00 pm (Boxed Lunches) (Classroom 1)
Afternoon Sessions
1:00-3:00 pm: Business Meeting Part 1 (Boettcher Memorial Building, Gates Hall)
Break: 3:00pm – 3:15pm
3:15-4pm: Member News (Boettcher Memorial Building, Gates Hall)
4-5pm: Mordecai Children's Garden Tours (Meet at Mordecai Children's Garden)
Dinner on your own
Morning Location- University of Denver Libraries
Anderson Academic Commons
AAC Kvistad Special Events Room 290
2150 E. Evans Ave,
Denver, CO, 80208
Morning Sessions:
9am-10:15am: Closing Keynote by Dr. Julie Morris
Break: 10:15am – 10:30am
10:30am-11:30am: DU Special Collections Tour
11:30am - 12:15pm Return to Denver Botanic Gardens
Lunch and Afternoon Location -- Freyer-Newman Center for Science, Art and Education at Denver Botanic Gardens
Lunch 12:15pm-1:30pm (Boxed Lunches) (Classroom 1)
Afternoon Sessions
1:30-2:30pm Table Talks/Self Care (Classrooms 1-4)
2:30 – 3:00pm: Charles Robert Long Award of Extraordinary Merit (Sturm Family Auditorium)
3:00 – 3:30pm: Annual Literature Award Ceremony (Sturm Family Auditorium)
Break: 3:30pm – 3:45pm
3:45pm– 5:30pm: Book Raffle (Sturm Family Auditorium)
Evening Activities
5:30– 7:30pm: Dinner Banquet (Schlessman Family Atrium)
Tour of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail
Escape the city and enjoy some mountain air and scenery! Betty Ford Alpine Gardens will host you for a tour of the world’s toughest plants - those that live above where trees cannot survive.
If you are not driving yourself to Vail, Nanette Kuich, Education Director will meet you at Union Station in Denver at 9:30 am, and we will load the Bustang at 9:45 am, arrive in Vail for lunch at a restaurant of your choice. Enjoy a private tour of the Gardens, have some free time to wander the town and hop back on the bus at 3:45 pm and be back to Denver at 6:20 pm.
Round trip bus fare is $34 and the garden tour is a suggested donation of $10. Tickets for the Bustang can be purchased online or with exact change as you load the bus, $17 each way.
Contact Nanette (nanette@bettyfordalpinegardens.org) with any questions.
Fares & Tickets - Bustang (ridebustang.com)