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2024 Earth Day Celebration

April 20 @ 10:30 am 3:30 pm

$25.00 Per-Person

10:30 AM-12:30 PM (or until full) Recycle your electronics with Bluepeak© in the lobby.

Pre-registration is required. Lectures are located in the Shane Smith’s Grand Conservatory Combined Gathering Rooms. The series cost $25.00 (Legos® included)

10:30 AM-11:30 AM- Basic Landscaping Design for Homeowners
Learn the basics of design to help transform your tired landscape into a modern masterpiece with Horticulturist Isaiah Smith. He will show you the steps to reduce maintenance, encourage functionality, and above all add beauty to your yard.
(Open to questions 11:30 – 11:45)

11:45 AM-12:45 AM – Greenhouse Tour

12:45 AM-2:15 PM – Lunch (Noam’s Table food truck is avaliable)

Legos® included in ticket price made possible by our sponsor Bluepeak©.

2:15 PM-3:30 PM – Tough Trees for Wyoming
Horticulturist Jessica Friis will discuss the Superstars of the High Plains Arboretum, trees that have thrived in Cheyenne’s tough climate with minimal care and irrigation over the past 4 decades. The High Plains Arboretum has a fascinating history and the research conducted there from 1930-1974 made a major contribution to horticulture on the High Plains. Emphasis will be placed on trees that are commercially available.