Denver Botanic Gardens Greenhouse Demolition

Demolition of the old greenhouses at York Street started in Oct. 2008. See the old greenhouses coming down!

Gardens long-time volunteer Larry Knowles, videographer, shared this video with us that he took starting Feb. 4, 2009. The video portion shows the progress of the demolition, while the still shots show the day the project began.

The creation of publicly accessible greenhouses at York Street will promote interaction between research, horticulture and education by adding production capacity, support space and an engaging public zone. The new 15,000-square-foot Greenhouse Complex project will be complete by the end of 2010.

Watch the entire video to get the true feel of this construction process. Or visit some highlights:
2:10 - Inside of greenhouse before demolition
3:19 - June 24: Progress in construction
3:46 - Aug. 8: Looking thru the windows in the fence you can see that the old greenhouse glass is gone
4:40 - Aug. 19: All gone!
6:00 - More video of construction from the north side
7:00 - Blue skies of Colorado overlooking the grounds where the greenhouses used to be
8:18 - Marnie's Pavilion and trucks at work
9:00 - Spraying water to prepare for new foundation

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