08/26/17 - Day 145 - Denver, CO - Denver Botanic Gardens

Built upon what used to be the Prospect Hill cemetery, the Botanic Gardens includes several themed gardens, a conservatory, and an amphitheater.  It features several themes I've seen in other gardens, e.g. Japanese tea gardens, bonsai gardens, water gardens, etc.  It also focused on native Colorado environments, so there were dry prairie features and rock gardens we well.
    



The conservatory was focused mainly on moisture loving plants and had small indoor waterfall feature.
    

The tea garden has a large water feature and collect of bonsai plants including a flowering tree which I'd not seen previously.




    

There were quite a few flowers on display even into later summer.






Some of the local wildlife was on display as well.  Rabbits are as common as squirrels around here - I've pretty much seen a rabbit every day since arriving in Colorado.




I didn't see any ghosts, but apparently it's a possibility.  Most of the previous tenants were removed in 1893, though the graves continued to be relocated all the way thought the 1950s.  Additional remains  were uncovered during a 2010 renovation of the irrigation system, so it sounds like a grim surprise may await the next unwary gardener.