Deer Creek Natural Area
Chatfield Farms Location
The Cottage Garden serves as an ode to romantic, informal English gardening. Located at the Wayne Christian and Polly Steele buildings, this garden includes highly cultivated varieties of plants that put on a show during early summer. Visit in June and July for the biggest bloom showcases.
This colorful garden is composed entirely of plants native to Colorado. The state’s wide range of elevations and climates provide habitat for a diverse array of plants. More than 40 species of wildflowers, grasses and woody plants are featured here.
The wild edible plants contained in this garden provide nutritious food in both urban living and survival situations. Found throughout the Front Range, they are naturally well adapted to local habitats.
Showcasing rare oak varieties and hybrids from the Western U.S. courtesy of the late Alan Taylor, Oak Savannah is seeded wildflower meadows, providing a perfect backdrop for the Open Air Chapel.
Located at the edge of the property, this outdoor chapel includes the Judi Grant Garden and serves as the perfect location to hold ceremonies of all kinds, with the Dakota Hogback and the wildflower-filled Oak Savannah as a picturesque backdrop.
This garden demonstrates the goals for our long-term Deer Creek restoration project, creating a habitat for the incredible diversity that is possible in a natural riparian (creekside) system.
Woodland Crossroads is Chatfield Farms' premiere shade garden and is very showy in spring. Blooms aside, many of these shade plants are grown for their ornamental foliage and interesting textures.