The Bulb Botanic

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns," wrote George Eliot. Although Eliot's childhood remains veiled in mystery, I have seen the house where she was born, and there's a cheery garden plot on the south side of her home; perhaps it was tended by her. Autumn is delicious for a gardener: The weather increases productivity, and most efforts in this season will be beautifully restored to the laborer with the bright blooms of spring.

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• George Eliot
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• Gardening

The Denver Botanic Gardens opens its cache today to Colorado gardeners. It's a Fall Plant and Bulb Sale to beat any other, with tried-and-true bulb varieties that have been tended by master gardeners. And those experts will be on hand — or should we say thumb? — to give advice for the autumn months. The sale, which takes place in the Morrison Horticultural Demonstration Center, opens at 8 a.m. for a members-only shopping hour (10 percent discount included), then to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; admission is free. Regular admission fees apply for entry into the main gardens, 1005 York Street. For more information, call 720-865-3500.
Sat., Sept. 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 2008