Laramie County Master Gardener Plant Sale
Shop from gardening related vendors and choose from a gigantic selection of vegetables, annual flowers, herbs, houseplants, and hardy perennials, trees and shrubs.
Proceeds benefit educational programs for the community. For more information, please visit www.LCMG.org.
Time to remove the ribbons!
Thanks to all who supported the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens last year in our successful bid to renovate and expand the Greenhouse.
Special thanks to those of you who showed your support by tying green ribbons on your trees. Now, for the sake of the tree’s health, if you still have any ribbons up, we ask you to please remove all ribbons. This will prevent the ribbons from constricting growth or providing habitat for harmful bugs that may hide underneath.
The Wyoming Prairie Rose Society
meets regularly to share hardy selections and growing tips for our challenging climate. This year, no dues. If you wish to participate just bring your own supplies. Meetings are held at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens meeting room at 4:30 unless otherwise noted . Click here for schedule.
More Info on Cheyenne Rose Club
With the exception of some winter months, the Prairie Garden Club meets usually meets on the 4th Thurs of the month at 6:30 PM at the Paul Smith Children’s Garden, unless otherwise noted.
Upcoming schedule– More Info on The Prairie Garden Club
The Seed and Weed Garden Club meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 1:00 PM in the Cheyenne Botanic Garden Gathering Room unless otherwise noted. More Info on Seed and Weed Garden Club
View and learn about the stars at the Botanic Gardens gathering room.
All meetings are open to the public and begin at 7:00 PM on Fridays, unless otherwise noted. Star viewing occurs after each meeting when the skies are clear. More Info on Cheyenne Astronomical Society
Heavenly Blue morning glory
Bedding plants can be expensive. Instead, try sowing the seed directly into your garden bed or flower pot. They take just a little longer to come into flower, but it is well worth the effort.
These annual flower seeds can sown between May 10th and June 1st: bachelor’s button, calendula, cosmos, marigolds, larkspur, morning glory, nasturtium, poppies, sweet alyssum and zinnias. Always sow seeds twice as deep as they are wide and keep the area moist until they germinate. Be sure and provide a trellis for most morning glories as they grow as a vine. Mark the location where you plant seeds with plant tags to help you discern weeds from the new flowering plants. Unlike perennial flowers these annual flowers, once they start blooming, they will continue to bloom until frost.
In 1962, an accomplished gardener from New Jersey, Carol Mackie, noticed a shrub with one unique mutated branch having dark green leaves with an unusual white border. She sent cuttings of it to a local nursery who propagated it and made it available to the garden center trade. It is now prized for its pale rose, fragrant blooms and striking leaf color. This Daphne was been named after Carol Mackie who discovered it and it is a perfect hardy, small shrub for the irrigated High Plains. Check out the “Carol Mackie Daphne.”
A great organic based fertilizer can be found at your local feed store. Both alfalfa pellets or meal make a great fertilizer. Alfalfa is high in nitrogen as well as other needed nutrients. More Information on Alfalfa as fertilizer
New Hours at the Paul Smith Children’s Village beginning June 1
Tues. and Sat., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wed., Thurs. and Fri., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun., 10 a.m to 5 p.m.
Mon., CLOSED
Note: the Greenhouse/Conservatory remains unchanged. Grounds, (other than the Children’s Village), are open dawn to dusk
Please click PSCV May 2013 to download our May 2013 Schedule of Events.
Every Friday, 11 a.m. For pre-school aged children, stories and crafts are based on a weekly theme. $1 per child.
Please click PSCV June 2013 to download our June 2013 Schedule of Events.
Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power is continuing their support to sponsor this summer’s “Summer of Power Series.” This continues a many year tradition of Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power supporting fun, educational and enlightening events at the Cheyenne Botanic Garden’s Paul Smith Children’s Village at the Gardens.
Click here for
2013 Summer of Power Event schedule
Summer of Power
coming to the Gardens
June 21 – Sept. 21, 2013
Friday, May 22, 4 p.m. Create seed-infused paper that you can shape – and plant! $1 per child.
Friday, May 24, 11 a.m. For pre-school aged children, stories and crafts are based on a weekly theme. $1 per child.
Tuesday, May 28, 4 p.m. Seven rocks, paint, and a garden decoration to last the season. $1 per child.
Friday, May 31, 11 a.m. For pre-school aged children, stories and crafts are based on a weekly theme. $1 per child.
Tuesday, June 4: 6:30 p.m. at the Paul Smith Children’s Village in conjunction with the Laramie County Library – Learn how to amend and prepare the soil in for better turf and garden production. Understand soil testing, compaction and fertilizing. Bring your garden clothing.
Friday, June 7, 11 a.m. For pre-school aged children, stories and crafts are based on a weekly theme. $1 per child.
Sat. Sun., June 8 & 9, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Free! View examples from the private collections of the Cheyenne Bonsai Society in the Lowe’s Discovery Lab at the Paul Smith Children’s Village.
Wed., June 12 – 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A series of classes for elementary age students featuring gardening topics, skills & freshly prepared snacks. Pre-registration and a $5 fee per class is required. Pre-register by calling 307−637−6349.
Thurs., June 13 – 6:30 p.m.
Free! At the Laramie County Library. Learn what makes our soil and create an everlasting sandcastle with instruction and guidance from the staff and volunteers of the Paul Smith Children’s Village. A slightly “dirty” project!
Wednesday, June 19, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A series of classes for elementary age students featuring gardening topics, skills & freshly prepared snacks. Pre-registration and a $5 fee per class is required.
Wed., June 19 3:00 – 5:00 PM
A series of classes for elementary age students featuring gardening topics, skills & freshly prepared snacks. Pre-registration and a $5 fee per class is required. Pre-register by calling 307−637−6349.
1240AM KFBC
Every Thursday 12:30PM Weekly Garden Show
KGAB-650 AM
Last Thursday of every month
The Botanic Garden is a division of the City of Cheyenne Parks and Recreation Department.
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