On a warm afternoon in April, people file into the denverbotanic in droves. The scene outside the visitor center is reminiscent of a Trader Joe’s parking lot at noon on a Sunday, when there’s no parking to be found. The people are hungry — not for salad kits and frozen tamales, but for spring annuals.
The people are fiending for tulips. 🌷
The springtime display at the gardens at 1007 York Street is one of the most popular (and a winner in this year’s Best of Denver: Best Springtime Tulip Display), bringing between 65,000 and 78,000 visitors to the Botanic Gardens each April. “It’s the promise of spring and summertime and the renewal of the cycle of life,” explains Bridget Blomquist, the associate director of horticulture who oversees the planting of around 14,000 tulip bulbs at the DBG each year.
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