denver botanic gardens

life in the fast lane

September 18th, 2012 7

our first corn maze ever! do you have autumn traditions? we always say this year let’s do a corn maze and each year we don’t. now that i’ve been once i would love to go to one each year, although next time i want to try a haunted corn maze. (have you visited a haunted one and if so how was it?) the maze was sponsored by denver botanic gardens and as members we had tickets for up to 6 (thanks mom!), we went with our good friends kelli & travis.(who had been to one the previous year that was so long they bailed at the half-way point so we’re happy they risked another one with us). hard to tell which makes the cuter couple, travis & kelly or travis and the husband. (;

i’ve never been a tent camper but being in colorado has inspired me to want to take one (possibly could be the one & only) tent weekend, at a state or national park.. bathrooms people, bathrooms! and you’d think i was the one holding us back but nooooo, i’ve been trying to persuade mr man and turns out he’s not that into it. but, i could see one weekend per fall season with a big park, good hikes, and a roaring campfire at night becoming a tradition. like i said, we’ll see.

last year we went to a pumpkin harvest festival and we’ve already marked that on the calendar for this october. we have to pick a pumpkin and have a carving night, and one of these years i’d love to grow pumpkins. and at the tip top of his to-do list is oktoberfest. any recommendations for around colorado? otherwise, i never got to roast marshmallows this summer so that’s my must do on a cool night before it goes on the we never…. list. and we visited the tiny town of morrison and went to a celtic fest this weekend too so more to come soon!

… you can get married at chatfield and the bride & groom can even stay on site.

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denver botanic gardens, part one

May 30th, 2012 8

i am a new member of the denver botanic gardens *thanks* to mamma mia, such a great gift!!! we went and spent an entire long morning here and it is amazing. the current special exhibit is kizuna : west meets east and we could not get over the bamboo installations. the river, pictured below, is awe inspiring, and there are so many more bamboo pieces all throughout the gardens. i’m breaking our visit into multiple posts because there is so much to share, too many beautiful flowers to show you!

this was my first gardens to ever visit, do you belong to one or have one that you recommend? there is a great spot to eat lunch in the middle of the gardens (the best lemonade), children’s programs (in fact an entire separate interactive children’s gardens i’ll show later), concerts, so much to do and see. gonna love this membership all year, me & him are going back soon since he couldn’t go with us. as a side note, what’s your favorite flower? mine, peonies.