Author: Daliah Singer
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Colorado florist stresses importance of sustainable, responsible blooms
The cart is brimming with a rainbow of flowers: sunny marigolds, fragrant calendulas, spherical craspedias and dahlias of all different shades. Kim Zimmerman, herself a bright sight in an orange jumpsuit, stands behind the cart. She’s explaining to the small group gathered inside her Denver flower shop how to tie the plants together and make…
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A visitor’s guide to Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens is a 24-acre oasis in the middle of the Mile High City. Dedicated in 1954, it has grown into a preeminent horticultural venue, displaying more than 36,000 plants across 50 curated gardens, with a focus on native plants that thrive in Colorado. It’s also become a leader in environmentally responsible practices such…
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The Corner Beet in Denver is a vegetarian’s heaven
Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, Parisian women hosted salons — private get-togethers where conversations centered on literature, philosophy, music and other intellectual topics. Nikki Hazamy likely didn’t have those in mind when she opened The Corner Beet a decade ago on a quiet corner in Capitol Hill neighborhood. But the cozy, plant-filled café…
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Fat biking in Banff National Park: A winter adventure in the Canadian Rockies
It’s as though I’d never ridden a bike. The tires of my e-bike are slipping and sliding, the handlebar wobbling uncontrollably in my gloved hands. The inch-plus of freshly fallen powder is making it impossible for even the studded, fat bike ones beneath my feet to catch. It’s well below freezing — about 16 degrees…
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Not every outdoor adventure has to be epic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SUMMIT COUNTY • Cozy in the window seat of the newly built log cabin, I peered out at the snow that had settled on the needles of the plentiful fir trees beyond. The sun was…
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A slippery fat biking experience in Vail — and where to try the sport across Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I was biking in a snow globe. Fresh flakes were falling on the tree–lined trail that stretched in front of me. What was a groomed route earlier that morning had, by lunchtime, become a powder track. Suddenly, my tires wobbled and I was rocked from…