Disclosure: I was compensated for this post. All opinions are my own.
Hey Denver! Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Take time to stop in at the 57th (yes, 57 years) Annual Colorado Garden & Home Show. This event is perfect for families, those that are ready to do some home remodeling inside and out, those who love all things gardening and flowers or those who love shows and events like this.
The General Details:
When – Feb. 13 – 21, 2016
Where – Colorado Convention Center downtown Denver – 700 14th Street Denver, Colorado
Prices – General Admission $12 Senior Ticket (at the door) $10 Children 12 and under are free!
Bonus – In an effort to help area food banks, the Colorado Garden & Home Show will offer $2 off admission to attendees who present a nonperishable food item at the ticket window at the Colorado Convention Center. All of the food gathered will be distributed to local area food banks. This discount is not good with any other offer.
Parking– Parking is available at Coors Field (Park Avenue exit at I-25, follow to Wazee) for $5 per vehicle and there is a free shuttle to the Convention Center, or, you can take the RTD Light Rail to the station located at the Convention Center.
What To Expect:
The 57th Annual Colorado Garden & Home Show Features Seminars, Hot New Products and 11 Gardens which transforms 400,000 square feet of the Colorado Convention Center into a virtual marketplace of garden and home improvement ideas. The show features:
More than 600 companies from 25 states and Canada to introduce new technologies and trends in landscaping, gardening, energy-efficient heating and cooling products, window treatments, siding, flooring, lighting, indoor and outdoor fireplaces, patio furniture, gutters, sound systems, storage systems, greenhouses, decks, spas and more
11 inspiring landscaped gardens with rich colors, fragrances and textures
An entry garden presented by Bellco with an outdoor expedition theme developed in partnership with Outward Bound. The 5,500 sq. ft. garden will feature a climbing wall for kids, kayaks, tents, and information on Colorado’s beautiful outdoors.
The Hot Products Zone for must-have new gardening and home improvement products
Exhibit of eclectically designed wilderness-themed cakes on Feb. 13 and 14
50 free educational seminars and how-to demonstrations
Flower sale on Feb. 17 ($2 per pot)
About Colorado Garden Foundation:
Colorado Garden Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, 501(c)(3), provides funds for horticultural related grants and scholarships for the benefit of Colorado. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $6.8 million for horticultural projects and scholarships throughout the state. Colorado Garden Foundation presents the Colorado Fall Home Show focusing on home renovation, remodeling and sustainable living and the Colorado Garden & Home Show, the Rocky Mountain region’s largest, oldest and most prestigious consumer garden and home improvement show west of the Mississippi in February.
***One hundred percent of every ticket sold is awarded throughout Colorado in the form of grants and student scholarships, including one four-year, full-ride scholarship to attend a Colorado institution by the Colorado Garden Foundation.
That is amazing, as a person that works for a non-profit in Denver it is great to hear about the other fantastic non-profits in our great city. This Colorado Garden Foundation helps students really focus on their dream of attending school. I remember looking at all of the amazing garden’s that are set up with beautiful flowers and plants and seeing that each of the universities in Colorado partakes in those creations.
Sounds like a great event right? Jeremy and I have gone a number of times and we love it. Not only does it give you great inspiration for gardening and home remodeling but it has the fun aspects of shows that we all love. Yummy food, family activities and booths full of items that will have you preparing for spring and summer.
Take time with the family or maybe a date day to the Garden and Home Show. It will help you get into the Spring and Summer mood! Get those gardening and remodeling plans ready!! Or, just go and enjoy the time with family and friends!
I love home and garden shows! They offer so much hope for spring in the darkest of winter! The colors are cheerful and I get so many ideas!! I can't wait for our local one!
I would love to be there! We don't have many of these shows in the UK and so I'd be over the moon to attend! My boys have their birthdays this weekend so it's all about them!
I have a friend who is just crazy about gardening! This garden and home show sounds like a great event. I can’t believe how time flies so fast and now they are having their 57th show! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, the entire area of the convention center is massive! I bet there will be a lot of learning and information sharing in this event. If only I'm near, I will surely go. Landscape garden designing seems a subject of interest to more households.
This sounds like such a great way to spend a weekend. My Grandmother would absolutely love this because she took to gardening and says it helps her find peace and solice. She would love to explore something like this.
I've actually heard about this flower show, and I really want to attend this show! I can imagine how beautiful it will be to see all the flowers, plants, and more in person. Always fun to learn about new technologies used in gardening too.
Oooh, I've never been to a garden show, but I sure would like to! They have a couple of them down here in Orlando FL every year, but I've never gone. Must look into it.
I love home and garden shows! They offer so much hope for spring in the darkest of winter! The colors are cheerful and I get so many ideas!! I can't wait for our local one!
I would love to be there! We don't have many of these shows in the UK and so I'd be over the moon to attend! My boys have their birthdays this weekend so it's all about them!
I have a friend who is just crazy about gardening! This garden and home show sounds like a great event. I can’t believe how time flies so fast and now they are having their 57th show! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, the entire area of the convention center is massive! I bet there will be a lot of learning and information sharing in this event. If only I'm near, I will surely go. Landscape garden designing seems a subject of interest to more households.
This sounds like such a great way to spend a weekend. My Grandmother would absolutely love this because she took to gardening and says it helps her find peace and solice. She would love to explore something like this.
I've actually heard about this flower show, and I really want to attend this show! I can imagine how beautiful it will be to see all the flowers, plants, and more in person. Always fun to learn about new technologies used in gardening too.
Oooh, I've never been to a garden show, but I sure would like to! They have a couple of them down here in Orlando FL every year, but I've never gone. Must look into it.