It is sort of embarrassing to admit how little thought I’ve traditionally give to botanic gardens.

But a couple of things led us to this one. The first one was running into a friend at the airport who recommended a visit. And the second was seeing a series of gorgeous flower photos a friend of mine worked on this summer at several botanic gardens.

So: we went. It was already fall in Colorado and there was a light rain for a few hours.

My attempts at photographing flowers weren’t all that great, so here’s a leaf.

Denver Botanic Garden
Denver, Colorado
photographed 9.10.2023