Public Rock Gardens across Colorado

23 Nov

Ann Frazier

Mike Kintgen

Rock gardening has a long history in Europe and North America and an even longer history in Eastern Asia. While the western world’s version of rock gardening differs in style from the Asian version they are both a celebration of nature’s rugged beauty.

(Photographs have been provided by staffs of the individual gardens.)

Denver Botanic Gardens

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

The Gardens at Spring Creek – The Rock Garden

Colorado Springs Utilities Demonstration Garden

Durango Library Demonstration Garden

Xeric Garden at the Mesa County Fairgrounds

Xeric Garden at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens

Rock Garden in the Montrose Botanic Gardens

The Gardens at Kendrick Lake

Yampa River Botanic Park

Apex Crevice Garden

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