The Gardens on Spring Creek is an 18-acre (72,843 m
2)
botanical garden
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located on the
Spring Creek
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corridor in
Fort Collins, Colorado. Located at 2145 Centre Avenue, the Gardens is owned and managed by the City of Fort Collins. A 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer board works in conjunction with the City of Fort Collins on behalf of the institution.
History
The idea for a community horticulture center in Fort Collins was vocalized as early as 1986, but the initial move to development can be traced to 1995 when the city of Fort Collins initiated a horticulture program. Groundbreaking for the visitor center took place in 2004, with the site opening later that year. 2017 saw the groundbreaking for a 5-acre, multi-million dollar expansion of garden spaces for the site. Lasting for two years, this expansion saw the addition of 5 new garden spaces: Theme (Plant Select, Fragrance, Rose, Moon, Hummingbird and Butterfly), Great Lawn/Everitt Pavilion, Undaunted, Foothills, and Prairie Gardens.
Completed in 2019, the project doubled the visitor center's square footage and added an all-glass butterfly house operated in partnership with the
Butterfly Pavilion of
Westminster
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, CO.
Features
Current garden spaces
* Entryway Garden
* Children's Garden (2006)
* Xeric Parkway Strip (2006)
* Garden of Eatin' (2009)
* Rock Garden (2010)
* Wetlands Garden (2011)
* Sustainable Backyard (2013)
* The Great Lawn and Everitt Pavilion (2018)
* The Undaunted Garden (2018)
* Prairie Garden (2018)
* Foothills Garden (2018)
* Theme Gardens (2018): Plant Select® Garden, Fragrance Garden,
Rose Garden
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,
Moon Garden, and Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden
* Butterfly House (2019)
* Welcome Garden (2020)
See also
*
List of botanical gardens in the United States
References
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External links
Official site
Botanical gardens in Colorado
Culture of Fort Collins, Colorado
Flora of Colorado