Sure, you can go out to a fancy dinner or some romantic spot to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Or, you could head to the 67th annual Colorado Garden & Home Show. After all, dinner only lasts a couple of hours, but home and garden projects? Those (feel like) they go on forever.
“As the biggest and longest-running show like this in the Rocky Mountain region, we have everything you need for homeowners and renters alike,” said Lupe Merino, group manager at Marketplace Events, which hosts the show. “We make sure all our features are very Colorado and Denver-themed, so visitors are going to interact with local designers and experts.”
The Colorado Garden & Home Show is set up at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street in Denver, from Saturday, Feb. 14 through Sunday, Feb. 22. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays, and noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Presented by Lifetime Home Remodeling and Mattress Firm, the show features 19,000 square feet of gardens and more than 500 exhibitors. The main focus of everything on display is to provide inspiration and information for those gardening or working on an interior design or home project.
But you needn’t worry that it will be some dry wander through a maze of booths — Merino said organizers work hard to make it a family-friendly, interactive event that provides fun for everyone.
“We encourage visitors to come with the family and make a day of it, because there’s plenty to do and see,” she said. “We have concessions and all kinds of interactive activities. It’s not the kind of thing you just go and see — you can come and get lost in this world.”
Some of the highlights from this year’s event include presentations from Jenn Nawada, the landscape contractor for “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House,” and Jo Thompson, one of the UK’s most celebrated garden designers.
Guests can also explore gardens from Wheat Ridge High School, SYNLawn and Autumn Gold Landscapes, as well as many others, each with a unique take on the elements that make a welcoming garden. No matter what your aesthetic is, there’s a garden for you.
When you add in features like Backyard Buzz: The Nature of Colorado, an interactive zone celebrating local wildlife and ecosystems, Inside the Interior Designers Studio and Rock the Court, an indoor pickleball court, it really is easy to spend the whole day at the Center.
Whatever your reason for attending the show is, the hope is that you come away excited about all you’ve learned and ready to put it to use.
“We hope visitors come away with everything they wanted, whether that was speaking to experts or gathering practical solutions for every project they have,” Merino said. “It’s a fun opportunity that is valuable for first-time home buyers and expert gardeners and DIYers alike.”
For tickets and everything else you need to know, visit www.ColoradoGardenandHomeShow.com.
A celebration of Colorado with John Fielder
John Fielder is one of the best-known creatives to immortalize Colorado. So, it makes perfect sense that in commemoration of Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood this year, History Colorado would use Fielder’s work to mark the occasion.
Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder is on display at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway in Denver, for the rest of 2026. The exhibit is a display of Fielder favorites selected by History Colorado members. It’s an opportunity to honor the Centennial State’s most celebrated nature photographer and all the beauty he captured.
For more details, visit www.historycolorado.org/exhibit/mountains-majesty.
Share the Sharon Prize’s vision at SeeSaw
The latest exhibition at the SeeSaw Art Gallery, 5. W. Radcliff Avenue in Englewood, is Shared Vision: The Sharon Prize Artists. Held in collaboration with The Sharon Prize of Colorado, the show runs through Sunday, March 1.
Shared Vision is a group exhibition that features the winners and finalists of the Sharon Prize from 2021-2024. The prize is an annual grant established by Denise Horton and Kathleen Economos in honor of Sharon Riordan McAvoy, a local visual artist and teacher. According to provided information, the works from women and non-binary creatives on display reflect McAvoy’s belief in the power of art to “transform lives, bridge divides, and create the compassionate communities we need now more than ever.”
For more information, visit www.seesawgallery.com.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Rich Brian at the Bluebird Theater
Indonesian rapper and pop star Rich Brian has had quite the musical evolution over the years. He started making music in a more ironic and satirical style, but as he’s kept recording, he’s become more earnest and exploratory. Now he makes an often lovely blend of R&B and chillhop that is perfect for relaxing times.
In support of last year’s very enjoyable album, “WHERE IS MY HEAD?,” Rich Brian is coming to the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E Colfax Avenue in Denver, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17.
Tickets are available at www.axs.com.
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