Mhm. We are high elevatio
We specialize in mountain
plants native to the Rock
as from other alpine area
We also hold plants in th
in no other places in the
them very important. Plan
we find a plant that is g
wild. We have the opportu
those plants from seed an
programs. We're about fiv
garden here, so it's a re
just take a wander throug
enjoy the environment. We
garden with a little scho
is the original schoolhou
that was moved here. We s
the old chairs and desks
there. And then we have o
which has an exhibit call
and it's about the role o
down on carbon dioxide in
the gardens was envisione
The community was new the
people really wanted to k
that they could grow at t
a nurseryman and a local
together and they were gi
and they built a garden t
They liked what they saw.
to ask Betty Ford if she
to bear her name. Were in
adjacent to the Gerald Fo
it seemed like a good fit
and um she was absolutely
environment is defined as
limit of tree growth. Alp
a lot of challenges. The
alpine environments are h
and that's what makes the
they are not good competi
lower elevations. So as t
tree line goes higher, pl
are able to move up into
and out compete the alpin
so highly adapted. We act
who are going out and we
those alpine areas starti
colorado flora. Climate c
climate change is happeni
We have a significant amo
so it's a great place for
appreciate the alpine env
recreating more in the al
seen what's happening, yo
of the 14 Aziz, you know,
them to death if we're no
think this helps people t
but it also gives people
go up on a 14,000 ft peak
understanding and a view
up. So either they just e
when they go outside, the
they know the plants and
them even more. I love co
morning because I feel th
matters. You do not know
holds. You don't know whe
Alzheimer's is going to c
alpine plants. So we have
all of these different ec
that's the alpine environ
Northern England, my dad
and I remember as a kid w
going to spanish beaches
and we were hiking in the
at some point, I just sud
these were the most beaut
world and I knew that I n
anywhere else other than
and beautiful countryside