October 26, 2024
A cornfield maze tempted us, right after arriving in Colorado, to trek out to Chatfield Farms, a native plant refuge and working farm that’s part of Denver Botanic Gardens. It was the end of September, and fall was in the air. After the corn maze (fun for about 10 minutes), I took a stroll around the native garden, which I’d last seen at the Denver Fling in 2019.
An old brick silo makes a vertical focal point, surrounded by spiky yuccas and flowering perennials that were drawing in the bees.
Muhly grass pink, the color of fall in western gardens
Silo with a young pine tree
Sunny sunflowers
A tumble of late-season flowers are appealing against the backdrop of a big red barn.
Yucca and silo
On the other side of the barn, we found a picnic table near a small pond and devoured a bag of kettle corn. Mmm, fall flavor.
I admired a blue spruce and noticed a rabbit having an afternoon nibble of its own.
Hello there
I love these powder-blue needles.
Black-eyed Susan and purple aster bring vivid fall color.
It was my first garden visit of the trip and a happy preview of more goodness to come at Denver Botanic Gardens.
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