Lunch and A Look at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center
3/23/2009
GARDEN OF THE GODS VISITOR & NATURE CENTER
1805 North 30th Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
719-634-6666
gardenofgods.com
NEWS RELEASE –March 23, 2009, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeanne McElderry
Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center
1805 North 30th Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
719-219-0198 x. 404
Lunch and A Look at the Garden
Tuesdays at Noon in March, April & May
Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center’s free educational lecture series continues in April with a continuing focus on Charles Elliot Perkins’ gift of Garden of the Gods Park to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909. Actors portraying various individuals of that time provide unique perspectives not only of the actual gift of the Park but of various popular sentiments regarding its use.
Each Tuesday at noon during April, a free half-hour presentation is being offered:
April 7 - Photographs - 1909 to present - depicting changes in the landscape of the Garden
April 14 - “Garden People” - various nonconformists who had their own visions for the development of Garden of the Gods
April 21 - Recollections of a military colleague of General Palmer about our city founder’s relationship with the Park
April 28 - Observations of Charles Perkins’ daughter Alice about the children’s perspective on this generous ‘gift’
Reservations are required, 719-219-0108. Following each presentation, participants are invited to stay for lunch in our café (at their own expense) to continue the conversation about the day’s topic.
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