When you think of alpine plants, it might seem like a niche horticultural club, requiring lots of expertise and specialist composts. Certainly, you’ll find a few ...

Alpine plants are the jewels of the plant world. Beautiful but small, these plants grow best in a habitat that most resembles their native one. Most are at home nestled between rocky crags. No rocky ...

Soak up some feelgood color with these tough but tiny blooms ...

Summer is here in the Alpine areas of Colorado! If you are out exploring these newly snow-free peaks, keep an eye out for some of the spectacular Alpine plants in bloom, including moss campion (Silene ...

If you’d like to try something new in your fruit and vegetable garden this year, how about growing alpine strawberries? These little jewels are so much sweeter and more flavorful than large-fruited ...

Pots and planters give gardeners the opportunity to explore growing plants where there is no access to garden soil. That may ...

VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens executive director Nicola Ripley recently participated in a Sentinel Plant Network training, a partnership between the American Public Gardens Association and the ...

As fall settles in, gardeners across Colorado are preparing their gardens for the cold months ahead. At the Betty Ford Alpine Garden in Vail—the highest botanic garden in North America—experts like ...

The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, located in Vail, is the world's highest botanical garden at an 8,200 feet altitude in the Rocky Mountains. (Video by Jon Mitchell) VAIL • The story of the Betty Ford ...

The Alpine Garden is a broad plateau, high above the treeline on the eastern shoulder of Mout Washington. You can visit it this spring without having to climb to more than 4,000 feet.For $65, you can ...

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays. Where: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center, Ford Park, 522 South Frontage Road, Vail. Cost: Free. More ...