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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

s an absolute treasure. Founded in 1985, they were named for Betty Ford in 1988. The gardens are laid out beautifully, and considered one of the largest alpine gardens in the world. They collect ...

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 ...

Even though Colorado locals have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Vail, it's still arguably one of the most gorgeous towns to visit in the Rockies. It's also one of the best cities in America ...

Like the movie version of Spider-Man who shoots spider webs from holes in his wrists, a little alpine plant has been found to eject cobweb-like threads from tiny holes in specialized cells on its ...