Jurassic Gardens Installation

Check out some cool footage of the installation of the "Jurassic Gardens" exhibit at Denver Botanic Gardens in April 2009. Stomp, stomp, GROWL!!! Explore plant and animal relationships of prehistoric proportions through September 30, 2009!

Denver Botanic Gardens and Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield

The Gardens' York Street location features life-sized, realistic dinosaurs from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods of the Mesozoic Era. Plant displays showcase prehistoric plants and their modern relatives. Plant fossils and a dinosaur dig site for kids round out the installation.

Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield will host giant prehistoric bugs, including a 10-foot sea scorpion. Learn about the interdependent relationship between these amazing creatures and the plants in their environment.

These life-size sculptures are the work of artist, fossil collector and preparation expert Guy Darrough of Lost World Studios.

Dates:
April 17 - Sept. 30, 2009
York Street

May 15 - Sept. 30, 2009
Chatfield grounds

Admission:
Free for members. Included in the price of admission for non-members.

Hours:
Open during Gardens' regular hours

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• dinosaur
• Jurassic
• botanic garden
• plant
• animal
• Denver attraction
• museum

[DenverBotanicGardens]

They were life-size sculptures and are the work of artist, fossil collector and preparation expert Guy Darrough of Lost World Studios.

[bluehorse1214]

Did they build robots or statues of the dinosaurs and prehistoric bugs?