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Denver Botanic Gardens pairs orchid biology and home-growing guidance with repotting and mounting demonstrations. Adults are encouraged to bring a plant for diagnosis, and each participant receives a potted orchid to take home.
All times are local to the venue · America/Denver
Orchid care is the practical thread through a class that also introduces the breadth of the plant family. At Orchids 101, participants can ask about a struggling orchid, watch demonstrations of repotting and mounting, and take home a potted plant of their own.
The class covers home cultivation alongside orchid reproduction, basic biology and taxonomy—the naming of plants. Practical topics include watering needs, lighting and pests, as well as repotting and mounting.
That breadth has a botanical reason: Denver Botanic Gardens notes that the orchid family includes more than 20,000 species and grows in habitats ranging from tundra and rainforest to semi-arid scrub. An introduction to orchids therefore starts with more than a single care formula; the class sets everyday growing concerns in the context of a diverse family.
Further reading: Orchids 101 | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
Repotting and mounting are both subjects in the overview and techniques shown in demonstrations. Participants are encouraged to take part and ask questions, making this more interactive than a care talk alone.
The Gardens also invites attendees to bring an orchid with a problem they would like diagnosed. That is an option for bringing a specific growing concern into the discussion, not a stated requirement for attending.
Further reading: Orchids 101 | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
Instructor Andrew Hatch has more than 20 years of plant-growing experience and has grown more than 100 Tillandsia species commercially. He holds a bachelor’s degree in soil and crop sciences from Colorado State University.
Hatch gives guest lectures at colleges and universities on orchid micropropagation and owns Artifact Gardens, a rare-plant nursery and tissue-culture lab specializing in orchids, bromeliads, aroids and other tropical plants. That background connects the class’s home-growing subjects with propagation work, while the announced class itself focuses on orchid biology and care.
Further reading: Orchids 101 | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
The Gardens lists Dec. 12, 2026, and Jan. 23, 2027, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; and Jan. 27 and April 21, 2027, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The class is listed for adults. Its page does not say whether general Gardens admission is included in the class price or charged separately.
Current seat availability is not established here. If a class is full, the Gardens invites people to join its waitlist and says it will notify them if a place opens; joining the list does not guarantee a spot.
The class listing gives the location as Denver Botanic Gardens, York Street: 1007 York Street, Denver, CO 80206. It does not name a classroom or event entrance. The Gardens lists the Bonfils-Stanton Visitor Center at 1007 York Street as an entrance to the main gardens, and also lists the Freyer–Newman Center entrance at 1085 York Street; check your registration information for class check-in details.
Orchids 101 | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗ · Parking, Transportation & Accessibility - York Street | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
The Gardens lists RTD route 24 at York and Josephine streets and route 10 on 12th Avenue. Bike racks are available at the York Street main entrance. Map links can calculate directions from your own starting point.
Parking, Transportation & Accessibility - York Street | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
Limited free parking is available in the Gardens’ complex between York and Josephine streets during regular operating hours. The complex is for Gardens visitors, and overnight parking is not allowed. Because two class offerings begin in the evening, confirm parking arrangements for your chosen session rather than assuming regular-hours parking applies.
The Gardens also lists street parking in Cheesman Park or Congress Park where posted. Free EV charging is available to Gardens visitors in the public garage in two-hour increments; the stations are on the main parking level, north of the elevator bank. Vans should use the complex’s top deck because of height restrictions; RVs are not permitted in the complex.
Parking, Transportation & Accessibility - York Street | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
The York Street location says most indoor and outdoor gardens and facilities are wheelchair accessible. The class listing does not identify the classroom, so contact the Gardens about room-specific access needs.
York Street | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗ · Parking, Transportation & Accessibility - York Street | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗
Yes. The Gardens encourages attendees to bring a plant with a problem they would like diagnosed, though bringing one is not stated as a requirement.
You can join the waitlist. The Gardens says it will notify waitlisted people if a place becomes available, but a spot is not guaranteed.
The class listing gives the class prices but does not say whether general admission is included or costs extra.
1007 York Street, Denver, CO 80206
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