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Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
710 South Lions Park Drive in Frontier Park, Cheyenne (307) 637-6458 www.botanic.org |
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| The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens is a 6,800 square-foot, three-sectioned greenhouse conservatory. The greenhouse is 100% passively solar-heated and partially solar-powered. It is one of the region’s largest and most unique solar energy demonstrations. Meander through the greenhouse and follow the paths through a fragrant herb garden, past the softly trickling waterfall, and under exotic vines and tropical trees including angel’s trumpet, citrus trees, a cactus garden and a variety of ornamental flowers. If you’re lucky, the towering fig tree and banana plant will display their unusual fruits. Discover the world of herbs used in cooking, dyes, fragrances and medicines.
Winter is one of the most colorful times inside the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens with fragrant stocks, snapdragons and freesias along with the interesting blooms of thunbergia, bougainvillea and assorted forced bulbs. By the small waterfall, you’ll see a tall bamboo plant and papyrus along with Koi goldfish, a turtle and a frog. In late winter, you will see bedding plants destined for the Cheyenne park system, grown and maintained by the Garden’s volunteers. The Gardens are open daily. Excerpted from Botanic Gardens brochure. |
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