The Gardens On Spring Creek
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, 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, Moon Garden, and Hummingbird & Butterfly Garden
- Butterfly House (2019)
- Welcome Garden (2020)
See also
References
- ^ "Friends of the Gardens launch Capital Campaign". City of Fort Collins. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
In 2014, 70,000 guests visited The Gardens.
- ^ "History of the Gardens". City of Fort Collins. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ Collins, The Gardens at Spring Creek, City of Fort. "The Garden's Expansion Project || The Gardens on Spring Creek". www.fcgov.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Collins, The Gardens at Spring Creek, City of Fort. "The Butterfly House || The Gardens on Spring Creek". www.fcgov.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Our Display Gardens". City of Fort Collins. Retrieved November 30, 2022.