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Plants were important to Shakespeare. From love potions in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Ophelia’s symbolic bouquet of rosemary, pansies, fennel, rue and daisies in Hamlet, plants appear in the storylines of many of the Bard’s greatest works.Ìý

At ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, the serve as a tranquil, historic lesson on plants prevalent in Shakespeare’s time. Founded by Marlene Cowdery in 1991 and now a donation-based program within the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Shakespeare Festival, the gardens are maintained by nearly 20 members — including master gardeners, teachers and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alumni. On Saturdays from spring to fall, members can be seen gardening in the courtyard between the Hellems Arts and Sciences Building and the Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Building.Ìý

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