Grounds map
Two views of the real grounds: the garden as it exists today, and the 2024 preliminary master plan — both schematic interpretations of the Gardens' published documents, not surveys. Tap an area to see its beds, its proposed program, or start a bed there.
Preliminary Goals + Objectives · 2024 Master Plan
Create a cohesive framework, strong sense of place and renewed identity for the Garden
- Develop a clear and concise circulation pattern promoting ease of wayfinding to key destinations
- Establish clear edges and transitions between gardens
- Build on unified aesthetic and character with common design elements that connects the garden to the region
- Create an arrival experience that celebrates and acknowledges the garden
- Build upon current horticultural excellence
Create an inspirational place for learning, reflection and as an example to the community
- Promote and exemplify sustainability and sustainable garden practices
- Promote and exemplify water conservation garden principles
- Reflect Garden “brand” and interpretation for visitors
- Continue to reveal local and regional history and historic garden assets
- Facilitate garden visitation and Membership increase through programming/design and community needs
Anticipate and design for effective, integrated garden expansion and/or renovations
- Determine key needs for facility expansion/renovation
- Establish clearly defined edges and plan for future security and/or boundary needs
- Consider and define maintenance needs for expansion/renovation
- Identify and plan for future revenue generation through integration of programming and garden design
Verbatim goals and objectives from the “Preliminary Goals + Objectives” page of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens “Master Plan open-house drawings,” Feb. 20, 2024.
What the plan is working with
Areas of focus: Rotary Plazas, clear / maintainable edge, Sensory, Pond Edge, EAT Garden, Cottage Garden, Conifer Garden and Arrival.
The connective tissue
- Facilitate Connection to Old West Museum per Frontier Park Master Plan
- Potential Future Fencing, Typ.
- Possible Stormwater Harvest For Irrigation
- Children’s Village Arrival + Edge Planting
- East arrival sequence: CV Arrival, Food Truck, Picnic Flex Space / Family Picnic Area, History Edge, Border Planting, Typ., and Entry Medians
Master-plan timeline
(we are here)
Timeline and funding possibilities shown in the Feb. 20, 2024 open-house drawings. No total plan cost is stated there.
Visual bed builder
Draw the actual bed footprint, choose a planting treatment, assign annuals, and save a field-ready work order.
What might thrive here?
A planning heuristic starting from the supplied Cheyenne scores, then adjusted for sun, wind, water, hail recovery, sturdy habits, cool nights, and this bed’s own history.
Chat with your garden
An AI that can see your beds, planting plans, and budgets — and answers with Cheyenne’s wind, hail, and short season in mind.
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Claude Haiku · sees your beds, plans & budgets · ·
Plants, quantities & costs
Run one budget per project — or per season. Each budget holds its own plant lines, tied to the beds’ planting plans; work orders show the budget math for their bed. Lines appear when you add plants from Suggest, the Plants library, or a bed card below — or populate a bed straight from its planting plan. Quantities estimate from bed area and spacing; costs start at $0.00 until you enter them. Since the Gardens propagate bedding stock in the solar greenhouse, each line can be costed as grown in-house (materials only) or purchased finished.
34 annual contenders
Search by name or filter by light. Scores are the supplied Cheyenne suitability ratings; the weather still gets a vote.
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Garden areas
Load the Gardens’ 23 named areas into the planning list. No invented dimensions or planting records.
Try the workflow
Adds one clearly labeled demo bed, a planting result, and a budget line.
Back it up
Download all beds, history, budget lines, and preferences as a JSON file.
Bring it back
Import a Bed Book JSON backup. It replaces data in this browser after confirmation.
Clear the benches
Erase every saved bed, result, and budget line from this browser.
“One of the hardest bedding-plant climates in the lower 48.”
Wind, hail, alkaline soil, cool nights—and a very determined horticulture team.