# @denverzoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbHtkvYjEWo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68169161-denverzoo-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T03:35:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (@denverzoo) — https://gondola.cc/denverzoo

## Caption

On Monday, July 13, Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance joined Denver Mountain Parks and the TallBull Memorial Council to celebrate the grand opening of the Medicine Wheel Garden at Daniels Park, a space years in the making and a milestone moment for all involved. 🌸 

Our Great Plains Conservation Team developed in partnership with Native American and Indigenous leaders and community members, the Medicine Wheel Garden honors the cultural traditions of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, and more than 48 other Tribal Nations with historical and ongoing ties to Colorado. 

Designed in the form of a traditional medicine wheel, the garden's carefully selected native plants have blooms that reflect the colors of each section in the wheel, which represent the cardinal directions, seasons, and stages of life. Many of these plants are adapted to Colorado's semi-arid climate, provide food for pollinators, and carry deep cultural significance for Native American communities. 🦋 

The garden represents the place "where the eagle and the condor meet," a symbol of Indigenous peoples across the Americas uniting to bring peace to the world. 

We are deeply honored to be part of this project and grateful to our partners at the TallBull Memorial Council, Metro Denver Nature Alliance, denvermountainparks, denverparksrec Greenhouse and Open Space Teams, sacredreturncolorado, historycolorado, Hummingbird Sacred Smoke, and all of the Native American and Indigenous leaders and community members who made this vision a reality. 

Photos: Volunteer Photographer Scott Dougherty and Community Engagement Manager Satya Akquia

#MedicineWheelGarden #DanielsPark #DenverZooConservationAlliance #DenverMountainParksFoundation #DenverMountainParks #TallBullMemorialCouncil #NativePlants #IndigenousLed #Conservation #SavingWildlifeTogether

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conservation, tallbullmemorialcouncil, indigenousled, denvermountainparks, medicinewheelgarden, denvermountainparksfoundation, danielspark, savingwildlifetogether, denverzooconservationalliance, nativeplants

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