In The News

All the latest news from the gardens including events, new developments, science, and research projects.

2026

• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Celebrates 40 Years of Connecting Community with the Alpine World (American Public Gardens Association, September 1, 2026
• Launching the North American Alpine Plant Conservation Atlas (Denver Botanic Gardens, March 11, 2026)
• Strategy for Alpine Plant Conservation (Ecological Landscape Alliance, January 26, 2026)

2025

• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Hosts Programs for All Ages This Summer (Vail Daily, June 26, 2025)
• 3,000 Plants Thrive at This Absurdly High Garden in Colorado (Chron, April 19, 2025)
• Garden Stewardship Award (American Horticultural Society, March 6, 2025)
• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Receives Prestigious Accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International (Vail Daily, February 14, 2025)
• Alpine Plants Serve as an Early Indicator of Climate Change. What Do They Tell Us? (Vail Daily, February 8, 2025)
• America’s Highest Botanical Garden is a Stunning, Free-to-Visit Alpine Beauty in the Rockies (Islands, January 12, 2025)

2024

• The 7 Best Botanical Gardens in the US (Gardening Know How, December 30, 2024)
• How Colorado Chose the Columbine as its State Flower (CPR News, December 9, 2024)
• Preparing Your Garden for Colorado’s Winter: Expert Tips from a Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Horticulturist (CPR News, October 26, 2024)
• The Colorado Mountain Town Hiding the Highest Botanical Garden in the U.S. (The Thrillist | MSN, October 1, 2024)
• Learn About Eagle County’s Dinosaurs at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens This Summer (Vail Daily, June 28, 2024)
• The Key to Better Mindfulness May Be Your Public Garden (National Geographic, May 9, 2024)
• Betty Ford, the Former First Lady Who Loved Vail, is Now on a Postage Stamp (Vail Daily, March 9, 2024)

2023

• How to Create a Rock Garden (US News, September 7, 2023)
• The Beauty -and Science -of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Spoke + Blossom, August 2023)
• From 18th-century explorers to modern-day scientists, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens educates on global climate change with 10-Panel exhibit (Real Vail, July 18, 2023)
• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens working to protect Colorado’s pollinators (NBS 9News, June 20, 2023)
• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Hosts Annual Butterfly Launch and Breaking Records Exhibit (Vail Daily, May 18, 2023)
• Best Things To Do in Vail: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (US News & World Report, February 21, 2023)
• Best of Vail: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Vail Beaver Creek Magazine)
• The Visit to Betty Ford’s Alpine Gardens (Fine Gardening Magazine)

2022

• The Best Places to Eat, Stay, and Adventure in Vail, Colorado (AFAR, December 15, 2022)
• Preparing your garden for winter at North America’s highest botanical gardens in Vail (Colorado Public Radio, November 1, 2022)
• A venue in the clouds, Colorado’s Betty Ford Alpine Garden is unlike any other (The Colorado Springs Gazette, September 1, 2022)
• Seize the day! The wildflowers won’t wait (Vail Daily, July 22, 2022)
• North American Alpine Plant Conservation Strategy Published (Botanic Gardens Journal, July 2022)
• What happens when the birds and bees can’t pollinate? (Vail Daily, May 11, 2022)
• Updates on the North American Botanic Garden Strategy for Alpine Plant Conservation (Center for Plant Conservation, May 6, 2022)
• Progress on Alpine Conservation at the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (North American Rock Garden Society, May 3, 2022)
• Not Just Another Pretty Coffee Table Book (Mountain Living, April 25, 2022
• Water towers on the roof of the Rocky Mountains (Vail Daily, February 27, 2022)
• A world-renowned botanic garden in our backyard (Vail Daily, January 25, 2022)

Earlier

• Discover Colorado and explore the highest elevation botanical garden in North America (Denver Channel 7 (ABC), July 30, 2021)
• Five Reasons to Visit Vail’s Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Aspen Sojourner, July 5, 2021)
• Land Above the Trees (Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, June 24, 2021)
• Alpine Environments in Peril (Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, June 24, 2021)
• Perennial Favorites in the Alpine Habitat (Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, June 24, 2021)
• More than just a garden: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens continues commitment to research, education, nature during COVID-19 (Vail Daily, July 24, 2020)
• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens: The highest-elevation botanical garden on earth is amazing and worth a stop when you’re in Vail (Condé Nast Traveler Magazine, July 14, 2020)
• Alpine Plant Conservation At Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Botanic Gardens Journal, July 2018)
• Rising to a Gardening Challenge: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (The American Gardener Magazine, May/June 2016)
• Betty Ford gardens help catalog rare plant species in Colorado (Glenwood Springs Post Independent, February 25, 2015)
• Insider Guides: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Sunset Magazine, September 2015)
• Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Now the Official Alpine Plant Collection of Colorado (Post Independent, December 10, 2010)