A free community celebration for one of Denver’s favorite spots!

In the late 1800s, as Denver was evolving from a frontier settlement, the citizens decided they wanted trees and gardens in their dusty town, they wanted parks. So in 1899 City Landscape Architect Reinhard Schuetze drew up the plans for Washington Park. 125 years later, this verdant urban forest is alive with bloom and birdsong and the collective effervescence of nearly a million visitors a year.

This park deserves a party and you’re invited!

Photography and Essay Contest May 15-June 30. Visit the respective website for details. www.FansPhotoContest.com and www.FansEssayContest.com.

Wednesday, August 7th party activities:

• Free day at the Rec Center

• 10:00: Loop Road Walk with dog parade and South High Drum Line

• 10:00- 1:00 Copsicle Cruisers see video

• 10:00 -2:00: Shift 1 Cycling without Age: 3 trishaws with pilots offer rides around the loop road, BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00-5:00: Displays of Washington Park History, BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00-5:00 Educational Booths, BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00-1:00 Food Trucks, BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00 -3:00: Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance with live animals (raptors), BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00-4:00: Public Voting on Photography Contest finalists, BOAT HOUSE

• 11:00-5:00: Activities in the park:

  • tour of the Eugene Field House

  • garden and park scavenger hunts

  • tennis clinics

  • lawn bowling instruction

• 2:00 -7:00: Shift 2 Cycling without Age: 3 trishaws, BOAT HOUSE

• 5:00-7:00: Food Trucks, BOAT HOUSE

• 5:00 Dignitaries Welcome, announce contest winners of Photography and Essay Contests, BOAT HOUSE

• 5:30- 7:30: Musical entertainment, BOAT HOUSE