Sept 16th from 10:00-4:00, WWPNA is having its second annual Neighborhood and Garden Tour!  

This is a FREE event. There are no tickets to buy, and the map of participating locations will be posted here on the WWPNA website. Our goal is just to get neighbors out enjoying our neighborhood and learning a little about our history and water-wise gardening in the process.

Locations around the West Wash Park neighborhood will have posters up giving some info about either their yard or the history of the home/business.   

The Master Gardeners will have a table where you can get sustainable gardening info and ask your plant questions. We are also going to again have a scavenger hunt of the fun and whimsical little highlights around the neighborhood (like murals or yard art) for the young and young at heart. Weather permitting, we’ll have some solar cookers going with information available about cooking with the sun. We’re coming up with other fun ideas too, so keep an eye out here on this page as the date gets closer.

We are having a Neighborhood & Garden Tour, and we would like you to participate! 

**This is a FREE event. No tickets necessary. Participants will have information about their homes on display the day of the event for neighbors to enjoy**

ALSO: On the day of the event, if you show your event map to Rosebud Cafe at the corner of Pennsylvania and 1st Ave, they’ll give you 5% off your order!

Email Carolyn for more information.

Each stop will have some information about the location available

1. 491 S Pennsylvania St
   History & Garden - Eclectic Revival home built in 1904. Started converting to low water and native plants this summer. A good location to start your tour. Maps of the tour and the scavenger hunt will be available.

   • The Master Gardeners will be here to answer your questions about native plants and water wise gardening.

   • The Daughters of the American Revolution Colorado Chapter will be here, so come talk about history, family research, and community service.

   • Pick up a handout for our to-scale solar system walk

   • Weather permitting, we'll be demonstrating cooking with solar cookers.

2. 487 S Pennsylvania St
   History - Victorian built in 1904

3. 469 S Pennsylvania St
   History - Victorian built in 1895

4. 403 S Pennsylvania St
   Garden - The yard for this 1904 bungalow was redone in 2021 with water-wise plantings to provide essential shelter and nutrition for insects, birds, and wildlife (urbanrootsdesign.com)

5. 185 S Logan St
   Garden - The grass at this Dutch revival, built in1899, was removed in 2022 and fully re-landscaped into a lovely oasis with a touch of whimsy

6. 90 N Pennsylvania St
   History - This building, constructed in 1935, is currently Rosebud Cafe. Show the Neighborhood & Garden Tour map today for 5% off your order.

7. 536 E 1st Ave
   History - Denver square built in 1901

8. 201 N Grant
   Garden - Dating back to 1979, West Washington Park Community Garden (WWPCG) is a community garden dedicated to sustainable organic gardening, education, and community. Currently, the garden has over 100 gardeners growing on 75 plots. (dug.org/garden/wwpcg)

9. 33 E Bayaud
   History - The Ross-Broadway branch of the Denver Public Library is a unique example of Usonian architecture. Finished in 1951, the one-story steel-framed brick building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by architect Victor Hornbein, a Denver native who also designed the Denver Botanic Gardens Conservatory. (www.denverlibrary.org/content/ross-broadway-branch-library)

10. 213 S Lincoln St
    History - A Farmhouse Queen Anne style home built circa 1886/1889

11. 227 S Lincoln St
    History - This Queen Anne style home received Denver Historic Landmark Designation in 2014 and received the honor of the “Mayor’s Design Award” in 2015. It is part of the “200 Block South Lincoln Street Historic District”

12. 230 S Broadway
    History - Built in 1919 this site has been home to a wide variety of businesses, and it is currently the site of our friendly local Quality Paws Natural Pet Store, on the Broadway corridor since 2008. (www.qualitypaws.com)

13. 408 S Lincoln
    History - Victorian built in 1906

14. 728 S Sherman
    Garden - One of 3 homes on the tour that have had their weed/grass front strips (between the sidewalk and the street) dug up this summer and replaced with native plants by local volunteer group Oasis West Wash Park. (plantanoasis.org)

15. 747 S Sherman
    Garden - The second of the 3 homes whose front strip has been converted to native plants by volunteers with Oasis West Wash Park. Native plants are beautiful and low-maintenance; they sip water, and butterflies, bees, and birds love them. (plantanoasis.org)

16. 989 S Pennsylvania
    Garden - The final of the 3 homes on the tour converted to natives by Oasis West Wash Park. This one was done just last weekend. (plantanoasis.org)

17. 589 S Emerson St
    Garden - This yard is a mature natural landscape using native plants to create habitat (frontrangewildones.org and plantanoasis.org)

18. 670 S Ogden St
    History & Garden - Bungalow built in 1908. The yard was converted to a low water garden in the fall of 2021

19. 1325 S Downing
    Garden - This yard is a short grass prairie meadow, planted with what grew here before the settlers came. Info will be posted about what is growing and the native insects that now call this yard home.

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