News & Events

Cocktails and Lariat Trails on September 8

Aug 9, 2022 | 0 Comments

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation Board welcomes you to Cocktails and Lariat Trails an evening celebrating and supporting The Denver Mountain Parks September 8, 2022 6 pm Cocktails & Appetizers 7 pm Program and Live Auction At the home of Melissa and John Eliot...

Video Tour of the Denver Mountain Parks

Mar 8, 2022 | 0 Comments

Our most excellent friend Tommy Matthews created this amazing video tour of a few of the Denver Mountain Parks. You can read his full blog post on the Olmsted 200 website Here.

Save the Date!! Olmsted 200 Lecture April 27, 2022 by Laurence Cotton

Mar 1, 2022 | 0 Comments

April 26, 2022 marks the 200 anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, the master designer of public parks and a founder of the field landscape architecture. The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation and the Garden Club of Denver are proud to present historian and...

DMPF Joins Olmsted 200 Campaign as a Celebration Partner

Jan 8, 2022 | 0 Comments

The Denver Mountain Parks Founation is proud to be a Celebration Partner of Olmsted 200. April 26, 2022, marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, author, journalist, public official, city planner and father of American landscape architecture. Olmsted and his...

Axton Ranch Floristic Study

Aug 3, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is excited to announce that it has partnered with the Denver Botanic Gardens on a floristic study of the newest Denver Mountain park Axton Ranch. Thanks to the...

Denver Gifts Bison to Arapahoe and Cheyenne Tribes

Aug 3, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Denver Mountain Parks Foundation is excited to share an important update about Denver’s 2 bison herds. The donation of bison to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and the Tall Bull Memorial Council will...

A New Mountain Park?

Feb 8, 2021 | 0 Comments

Thanks to the amazing generosity of the Axton Family, Denver hopes to add on to the Mountain Park System. The Axton Family Ranch, to be known as the Axton Ranch Mountain Park, is a 450 acre parcel located in Gilpin County. The new park will likely start as a...