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Mondays at the Denver Botanic Gardens are worth savoring. It’s quiet and still, and you just might have the whole place to yourself (unless you’re overrun by a school group, which should be considered an act of God). This time of year, of course, you could be confined to the indoors, but that’s not a problem. Among other attractions, the DBG’s Boettcher Memorial Center gallery spaces provide plenty of eye candy and viewing opportunities.
In the Gates Garden Court Gallery is Estuarine: Works by Trine Bumiller, which opened a few weeks ago and features the artist’s serene, stylized modern representations of images from nature — the kind of clear, colorful pictures you’d imagine were meant for off-day strolls through the garden. Also peaceful and engaging are the remarkable photographs of late photographer William Corey, whose photos of Japanese gardens were shot using a seventy-pound banquet camera, a relic from an earlier era; Corey’s natural reveries ring Mitchell Hall.
And if you have a small child in tow who’s not quite ready for art-appreciation lessons, the Mordecai Children’s Garden reopened earlier this month, with its magical activity stops, garden crannies and other features designed to pleasantly wear a kid out ready and waiting for little visitors.
The DBG, located at 1007 York Street, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (or 8 p.m., beginning May 13); admission is $9 to $12 (members and children ages two and under are admitted free). Get details at www.botanicgardens.org.
Mon., March 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2012
