Arapahoe Gardens

This is a collaborative project between Arapahoe County Open Space, Denver Urban Gardens, and CO Master Gardener program. This is a demonstration garden that will focus on education, conduct informative growing demonstrations, and focused topic learning presentations open to gardeners and the public.

The CSU Master Gardener demonstration vegetable garden is located on the northeast corner of the Clayton Elementary School campus at the intersection of Tufts and Delaware. The Clayton Community Garden has 7 plots for elementary grades and 15 community plots. The Colorado Master Gardeners have 1 plot. Herbs, blackberries, fruit trees and pollinator plants are grown in the shared common area of the garden.

The Arapahoe County Master Gardeners partner with the Colorado Center for the Blind helping students discover gardening. Affectionately known as CCB, this private organization believes blind people can do anything. They encourage and challenge each student to understand their own potential as they build skills and confidence to live the life they want, which includes gardening.

Located at Hudson Gardens & Event Center, the Demonstration Vegetable Garden is a cooperative project between Hudson Gardens & Event Center and our CSU Arapahoe County Master Gardeners.

The garden was conceived, designed and installed in 2019 by a group of Master Gardener volunteers. The purpose of the garden is to educate visitors on using low-water, native and pollinator-friendly plants in a home landscape setting.

The Littleton Pea Patch has been a community garden for more than 40 years. It is located just east of downtown Littleton between the Rose Memorial Garden and Colorado Center for the Blind.

The Plains Conservation Center is an 1100-acre nature preserve on ancestral tribal lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe (1500-1860). It is free to the public and there are many educational programs.

Since 2012, Master Gardener volunteers have planned, planted, maintained and harvested the 2,200 square foot garden, in partnership with The City of Greenwood Village. A huge variety of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers is grown each year in the garden. In 2023, Greenwood Village redesigned and rebuilt the garden with 19 new raised beds.