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A Special Thanks to our Business Partners and Institutional Supporters!

No organization succeeds alone.  We benefit from a variety of relationships in both the for profit and non-profit sectors.  Nurseries and other garden supply companies offer our members substantial discounts or other items or services of value.  We also benefit from a number of important connections and memberships in other non-profit organizations.  Following are some of these partners with further information and links to their websites.

Product and Service Partners

AJ’s Greenhouse
Family-owned local shop with 20 years experience in the greenhouse business. Offering a large selection of annuals, perennials, veggies and herbs, in addition to beautiful baskets and planters. Offering 10% discount on plants to DBG Members.
https://www.ajsgreenhouse.com

Botanical Concepts
Full-service garden center with perennials, bedding plants, vegetable plants, herbs, shrubs, trees, vines, berries, soils, specialty tools, and garden art. Offers 10% discount on plant materials to DBG members.
https://www.botanicalconceptsdgo.com

Cliffrose Garden Center
Full-service garden center and gift shop in Cortez, Colorado, offers more than 700 types of plants suitable for the high-desert climate of our region. Offers 10% discount on plants to DBG members.
https://cliffrosegardens.com

Columbine Landscapes
Columbine offers innovative landscaping services, specializing in ecologically-minded garden services for fresh, lively landscapes. Offering design, installation, and maintenance services. Ask about their rainwater harvesting concepts. Ask about any discounts available for DBG members.
http://columbinelandscapes.com

Durango Nursery & Supply

Durango Nursery & Supply provides the community with quality landscape plants and materials need in all areas of residential and commercial land development. They supply native and xeric plants as well a wide range of bulk materials such as mulch, stone, gravel, etc. DNS offers a 10% discount on plant materials to DBG members.
http://www.durangonursery.com

High Plains Nursery
High Plains Nursery, Inc. was started in 2000 by Larry Sprague, a Midwest grower, who seized the opportunity to create a growing nursery in southern Colorado, when he found the perfect acreage in the fertile San Juan River Valley.
http://highplainsnursery.com/

Passion Flower Farm
Offering bouquets and bundles—all locally grown. Hand selected, long lasting, masses of colorful flowers and greens assembled in a stylistic vase for your home or business. If you want a particular color or flower, contact Lisa Bourey and talk more specifically about what is in season. Seasonal Farm Flowers available May-Oct, depending on weather. Offers a 10% discount to DBG members on most arrangements.
https://passionflowerdurango.com

San Juan Nurseries
San Juan Nurseries, in business since 1952, is a full-service garden center where honesty, integrity, and quality will never be compromised. San Juan Nurseries offers a 10% discount to Durango Botanic Garden members on plant materials.
https://sanjuannurseries.com

Association and Other Partners

American Public Gardens Association
The American Public Gardens Association is the leading professional organization for the field of public horticulture, advancing the field by encouraging best practices, offering educational and networking opportunities, and advocating on behalf of  members, programs and public gardens worldwide.
https://www.publicgardens.org/

American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society. Founded in 1922, the American Horticultural Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sharing with all Americans the critical role of plants, gardens, and green spaces in creating healthy, livable communities. As a member of the Durango Botanic Gardens, you can participate in the AHS Reciprocal Admissions Program which entitles you to visit any of the AHS member gardens at free or discounted admission fees.
https://ahsgardening.org

City of Durango
Thanks to the support of Durango City Council and the Citizens of Durango, the City has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 1980 and through working with the Public Works Department to minimize the damage to trees during construction projects, landscape review with the Planning & Community Development Department, and the Christmas Tree Recycling Programs, the City of Durango also has received the Growth Award since 1993.
https://www.durangogov.org/557/Trees-Urban-Forestry

Colorado Garden Foundation
Colorado Garden Foundation awards grants to organizations and scholarships to individuals throughout Colorado. In the past 62 years, organizations throughout Colorado have received grants totaling more than $10 million from Colorado Garden Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to furthering the horticultural industry. Durango Botanic Gardens have been the beneficiary of this grant program.
https://www.coloradogardenfoundation.org

Colorado State University, La Plata County Extension
The mission of the La Plata County Extension is to provide information and education and to encourage the application of research-based knowledge in response to local, state and national issues affecting individuals, youth, family, businesses, agricultural enterprises and communities of Colorado. They produce a large number of seminars, workshops, and lectures that can benefit your garden and enhance your gardening knowledge.
https://www.co.laplata.co.us/departments/csu_extension_offices/

North American Rock Garden Society
The North American Rock Garden Society is a society founded to promote rock gardening in North America. The society has 40 chapters across the United States and Canada. The society was founded on March 21, 1934 during a New York City gathering of more than 250 rock garden enthusiasts.
https://www.nargs.org

Plant Select®
Plant Select® is a nonprofit collaboration of Colorado State University, Denver Botanic Gardens and professional horticulturists whose mission is to seek out and distribute the very best plants for landscapes and gardens from the intermountain regions to the high plains and beyond. Durango Botanic Gardens (DBG) is proud to be a Plant Select® Demonstration Garden. In 2015, DBG won Plant Select’s Golden Shovel Award recognizing excellence in Demonstration Garden design.
https://plantselect.org

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NOTE: Our physical location is 1900 E. Third Avenue, at the Durango Public Library. The gardens are located to the north and east of the library, along the Animas River Trail.

Mailing Address:

Durango Botanic Gardens

10 Town Plaza, #460

Durango, CO  81301

Phone: 970-880-4841
Email: durangobotanic@gmail.com

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Durango Botanic Gardens

Our Location:

The Durango Botanic Gardens are physically located at the Durango Public Library, to the north and east of the library.  The library is located at 1900 E. 3rd Ave., Durango.

There is no admission charge.  Stroll the gardens yourself (there is ample signage in most gardens) or call us at 970-880-4841 to arrange a group tour. See our Information Tab for more.

Contact Us:

DURANGO BOTANIC GARDENS     
10 Town Plaza, #460
Durango, CO  81301    

Phone:  970-880-4841
durangobotanic@gmail.com

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