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Monday, April 21, 2025 - Get Wet! Marginal Plants – What are They and How to Use Them to Enhance the Beauty of Your Pond?
Get Wet! is our official kick-off for the 2025 water gardening season
Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG), Gates Hall, Boettcher Memorial Center*

Slide Show, 2025 Events, and Introductions 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Presentation 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Questions 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Marginal plants play a very important role as they enhance the beauty around the edges of our ponds. As their name suggests, marginal plants live on the margins of ponds and water features. They serve as a visual layer to soften the edges of water features as well as help with water filtration and quality.

We will be discussing all types of marginal plants at our 2025 Get Wet event.
If you are looking at ways to enhance your pond or water feature this summer, this is the talk for you. Marginal plants are the perfect way to add an element of diversity, color, and zing to the edges of your pond.

The presentation will cover all types of iris, good plants, not so good plants, cannas, papyrus, and taros.

Get Wet! is our first event of the year and is a great way to kick off the season! Please join us for this sure to be engaging event about marginal plants.

We will also be offering Pondtabbs for sale. 100 tabbs for $10, 50 tabbs for $5, and 25 tabbs for $3.

Contact is Dorothy Martinez (303) 279-3137 or dam@johnfunk.com

Location: Gates Hall, Boettcher Memorial Center, Denver Botanic Gardens*
1007 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
(720) 865-3500

*Please park in the Parking Garage located between York Street & Josephine Street and enter the Gardens through the Visitor Center. DBG's Gates Hall is located within the Boettcher Memorial Center towards the south end of the building, on the left, past the restrooms.