Tag: Denver Gardens
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TAOS distillery: Supporting Slow Food Denver

Housed in an historic adobe that contained a bootleg operation during prohibition, the TAOS distillery is a creative retreat space, now dedicated to deepening understanding of mountain habitats and exploring ways we may weave traditional water systems into restorative practices. Centered around the traditional water sharing practice known as Acequias, our community-based work is made…
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Congress Park News Autumn Garden Column: SOIL
Summer Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Cultivating the heavy CLAY soils of Denver
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Congress Park News Summer Garden Column: CLAY
Summer Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Cultivating the heavy CLAY soils of Denver
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Congress Park News Spring Garden Column: Steppe Communities; Plants & People
Spring Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Steppe communities: Plants & People
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STILES Book Club – SOIL | The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille T. Dungy
Book Signing & TeaPOSTPONED – Stay tuned for the upcoming date Stiles African American Heritage Center2607 Glenarm Place, Denver Free & open to the publicBooks will be available for purchase on site. We are hosting the one final spring tea at the Stiles African American Heritage Center on Saturday, June 3rd. Along with the Rocky…
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STILES – Saturday Afternoon Tea honoring Aunt Clara Brown
The Stiles African American Heritage Gardens honors plant relationships as expressed by prominent historical figures who helped define Denver and the west as we know it today. This tea features plant medicine as practiced by Aunt Clara Brown.
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Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden II: STONES
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food and medicine by those seeking freedom.
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Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden I: DOGS
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food an d medicine by those seeking freedom.
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STILES – Tearing Out Three Layers of Weed Cloth

After receiving a grant from Denver Arts & Venues PS You Are Here program, we started restoring the land by opening the soil to the sky and moisture after 30 years of being smothered under weed cloth
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Congress Park News Fall Garden Column: Leave the Leaves
Fall Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Leave the Leaves in fall to support pollinators winter habitat. In turn, pollinators offer protein rich meals for spring hatchlings.
