Pre-Kinder-Garden Fun!!

Pre-school age children will enjoy garden activities, plant crafts, nature art and simple food preparation. We will use what is growing in our children's garden to explore the many gifts nature has to offer.

For ages 3 through pre-K Thursdays, July 2 through August 6, 9:00am - 11:30am for 6 weeks. Fee is $60.

ARTiCulture: Uniting Art and the Garden

Opening on Saturday, June 20 An inspiring array of garden art, including kinetic and static sculpture in metal, clay, and stone. Outdoor pieces displayed through 12/31/09. View indoor art pieces on June 20th only from 9 am - 5 pm. Free to the public.

Summer Fun: Reading Retriever

Join us for Reading Retriever on Fridays beginning June 5th. Amy Fristoe and her furry companion, Claudeen Jean, will be at the Gardens on Spring Creek, under our Greenroof Shelter located in the Children's Garden from 11am - noon. Kids will read gardening-related books along with Claudeen Jean.

Please dress for outdoor weather and join us for this free event! Registration is not required for this dog-gone good fun.

Summer Camp

Children and gardening are a natural mix - kids love dirt, water, bugs, and plants!

At The Gardens' Summer Camp, kids will have a blast exploring the world of plants and gardening through hands-on gardening activities, garden tours, natural crafts, art, and garden themed books.

Tiny Mites camp is for children who have completed first and second grade and Camp Hort Collins is for children who have completed third, fourth, or fifth grade.

First Session: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6/1/09 - 7/1/09, 8:30am - 11:30am

Second Session: Mondays and Wednesdays, 7/6/09 - 8/6/09,8:30am - 11:30am $125 for a 5 week session

To register call 416-2486 or visit the Youth Programs page on our website.

Twilight Garden Series

Tuesday, June 23, 6:30 - 8:30 pm: Garden Visitors: Birds, Bees, And Butterflies Gardens on Spring Creek at 2145 Centre Avenue

Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 - 8:30 pm: Grasses for the Masses CSU Plant Environmental Research Center at 630 West Lake Street

One Event: $5 or All three events: $10 Refreshments and Door Prizes Held Outdoors - Rain or Shine

Sponsored by CSU Extension, the Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, and the Gardens on Spring Creek.

For more information: 970-491-7019 or http://www.hla.colostate.edu/

Gardens on Spring Creek Retail Store

Please shop our newly expanded retail area. We are offering a variety of garden inspired gift kits. Children will love our youth kits which come with a t-shirt, bandana, enamel bucket or watering can, insect clickers, bug catchers, seed kits, bubbles, and other garden items. Parents will love the prices. For our adults, we have shirts, tote bags, botanic magnets and cards, Eco Pots, cast iron garden accents, and garden books. Store hours: M-F 9am - 5pm, Sat 9am - 4pm and Sunday Noon - 5:00pm.

Food Digesters & Compost Bins For Sale

Looking for a way to keep your kitchen waste out of the landfill? Now's your chance! Pick up your Green Cone food digestor bin while supplies last. The Green Cone food digesting system is sold for $85.00. Come and buy a bin and check out our new compost demonstration site. Please note that you will not get compost from this system. Learn more about the Green Cone compost systems (PDF).

Soil Savers are back! These compost bins are perfect for backyard composting. They will be sold while supplies last for $60.00. This system is setup in our compost demonstration site. Learn more about the Soil Saver compost bin (PDF).

Free Mulch!

Pick up your free mulch for home use--great for general landscaping purposes including mulch for shrubs and trees. Not recommended for vegetable gardens. Bring your own container and pitch fork or shovel. Located in the northeast corner of the parking lot at the Gardens on Spring Creek and at the Rivendell Recycling Center.

Summer Hours

The Gardens on Spring Creek is now open seven days a week for the summer season. We are open Sundays: Noon until 5:00pm, Mondays - Fridays 9:00am - 5:00pm, and Saturdays 9:00am - 4:00pm.

Summer hours run from May through September.