The 2025 Festival will run. The Crested Butte Wildflower Festival is an annual 10-day Festival offering over 150 workshops in wildflower expertise each July, be it painting, pollination, photography, culinary arts, or leading hikes into the wild beyond in the heart of the Wildflower Capital of Colorado, Crested Butte.

Schedule of Events:

Pre - Festival Events

June 22, 2025

8:30am-12:30 pm - Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour

June 23, 2025

8:30-11:30am - Cell Phone Photography

June 30, 2025

9am-12pm - Follow the Bloom

July 7, 2025

9am-12pm - Follow the Bloom

July 8, 2025

9am-12pm - Member Event: Reading the Landscape

Festival Events

July 11, 2025

Video Link Active Virtual Wildflower Tour
5 am - 9 pm - One-Day Photo Workshop P04 45
7:30 - 10:30 am - Wildflowers & Yoga in the Morning Light
7:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflowers & Waterfalls of Lake Irwin
7:45 am - 12:45 pm - Three Lakes Hike
7:45 am - 2:45 pm - Wildflowers & Waterfalls of the Oh-Be-Joyful Valley
8 am - 12 pm - How to Bring the Scene Alive: Outdoor Creative Writing
8 am - 3 pm - Beckwith Pass Hike
8:15 am - 12:15 pm - Geology of Paradise
8:15 am - 1:15 pm - Medicinal Plants of the Mountains
9 -11:30 am - Capturing Wildflowers with Colored Pencils
9 am -12 pm - Watercolor Workshop in the Garden
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wonderful Wildflower Connections
10 am- 1 pm - ABCs of Wildflower Pollination
10:30 am - 12:30 pm - Member Event: Wildflower ID Walk
1 - 3:30 pm - Ken Collins Historic Garden Tour
5 - 7:30 pm - Member Event: Dinner with a Wildflower Scientist
5 - 9 pm - Top of the World Wildflowers

July 12, 2025

6 - 10 am - Landscapes & Wildflowers
7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Upper Loop Wildflowers
7:45 am - 3:45 pm - Poverty Gulch & Daisy Pass
7:45 am - 4 pm - Rustler's Gulch
8 am - 12 pm - Splendor on Snodgrass
8 am - 12:30 pm - Lily Lake Wildflowers
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour
8:30 am - 2:30 pm - Botany Bounty in the Slate River Valley
9 am- 12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Nerdy Naturalist Nature Walk
9:30 am -12:30 pm - A-Bee-Cs of Wildflower Pollination
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Create Your Own Tunnel Book A04 20
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Drawing En Plein Air
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Gothic Wildflowers
10 am - 12 pm - Tour of Crested Butte Gardens
10 am - 2 pm - Butterflies of Kebler Pass & Lake Irwin
12 - 3 pm - Cell Phone Photography
1 - 3 pm - Wildflower ID Walk
1:30 - 4 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Exploring Nature Journaling
1:30 - 4 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: DIY Kaleidoscope
4:30 - 6 pm - Member Event: Appreciation Party

July 13, 2025

6 - 10 am - Close-up & Abstract Wildflowers
7:30 - 10:30 am - Wildflowers & Yoga in the Morning Light
7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Upper Loop Wildflowers
7:30 am - 12 pm - Explore Emerald Lake Basin
7:45 am - 11:45 pm - Splendor on Snodgrass - Intermediate
7:45 am - 2:45 pm - Lost Lake & Beckwith Pass
8 am - 12 pm - Baxter Gulch
8 am - 1 pm - Trail 403 to Viewpoint
8:30 - 11:30 am - Identifying Wildflowers Using Mobile Apps
9 am- 12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Nerdy Naturalist Nature Walk
9 am - 1 pm - Member Event: Alpine Wildflowers of Mt. Crested Butte
9:30 am - 12 pm - Flowers from the Garden Watercolor Workshop A08 25
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Botanical Illustrations, Beginners
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflowers Fit for a Garden
10 am - 12 pm - Tour of Crested Butte Gardens
10 am - 2 pm - Butterflies of Lily Lake
12 - 3 pm - Cell Phone Photography
12:30 - 3 pm - Cheree Hamblen Historic Garden Tour
1 - 4 pm - Cell Phone Photography
1:30 - 4:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Exploring Cyanotype
1:30 - 4:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Watercolor Miniatures 
2- 9 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 1 - Day 1
4:30 - 7 pm - Member Event: Wildflower Watercolor & Wine
5 - 9 pm - Wildflower Master Class

July 14, 2025

6 - 10 am - Top of the World Wildflowers
6 am - 10 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 1 - Day 2 
7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Woods Walk Wildflowers
7:45 - 11:45 am - Splendor on Snodgrass - Intermediate
7:45 am - 4 pm - Rustler's Gulch
8 am - 10 pm - Member Event: Gothic Townsite Tour
8 am - 12 pm - Upper Loop to Tony's Trail
8 am - 1 pm - Discoveries Along the Dyke Trail
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour
8:30 am - 1:30 pm - Walrod's Wildflowers & Caves
8:45 - 10:15 am - Wildflower Bouquet Arranging
8:45 am - 12:45 pm - Westside Wildflowers of Mt. Crested Butte
9 am-12 pm - Watercolor Workshop in the Garden A11 28
9 am-12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Nerdy Naturalist Nature Walk
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Drawing En Plein Air
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Exploring Cyanotype
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Watercolor Prints
9:30 am-1:30 pm - What's in a Name
9:30 am-1:30 pm - Wildflowers & Folklore
10 am - 2 pm - Butterflies of Copper Creek
1:30 - 4:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Watercolor Prints
1:30 - 4:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Zoom-In! Drawing Macro Flowers
3 - 5:30 pm - Member Event: Gardens & Ghosts
4 - 8 pm - Evening of Wildflower Photography

July 15, 2025

5 - 9 am - Sunrise Photography at Peanut Lake
6 am - 10 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 1 - Day 3
6 am - 10 pm - Hike to Aspen
7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Upper Loop Wildflowers
7:30 am - 2 pm - Scarp Ridge
7:45 am - 12:45 pm - Three Lakes Hike
8 am -12 pm - Explore Judd Falls
8:15 am -12:15 pm - Aquatic & Carnivorous Plants of Crested Butte
8:15 am - 1:15 pm - Medicinal Plants of the Mountains
8:30 - 10:30 am - Member Event: Wildflower ID Walk
8:30 - 11:30 am - Reading the Landscape
9 am -1 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Meadows & Mountains
9 am - 1:30 pm - Lily Lake Wildflowers
9:30 am -12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: DIY Kaleidoscope
9:30 am -12:30 pm - Denver Botanic Gardens Presents: Watercolor Miniatures 
9:30 am -12:30 pm - Gothic Wildflowers
10 am - 12 pm - Tour of Crested Butte Gardens
10 am - 12 pm - Wildflower ID Walk
10 am - 1 pm - Butterflies of Brush Creek
10 am - 1 pm - Plant Defenses and Survival Strategies
4:30 - 7 pm - Wildflower Watercolor & Wine
5 - 9 pm - Wildflower Sunset Adventure

July 16, 2025

7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Brush Creek Wildflowers
8 - 10 am - Member Event: RMBL Herbarium Tour
8 am - 2 pm - Wildflowers & Wetlands of Swampy Pass
8:30 am - 12 :30 pm - Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour
9:30 am - 1 :30 pm - Still Life Drawing: Hiking Theme
10 am - 1 pm - Snow and Bloom
2 - 9 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 2 - Day 1
5 - 9 pm - Wildflower Sunset Adventure

July 17, 2025

5 am - 10 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 2 - Day 2
7:30 -11:30 am - Birding Among the Woods Walk Wildflowers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm - Trail 403 to Viewpoint
7:45 am - 2:45 pm - Wildflowers & Waterfalls in the Oh-Be-Joyful Valley
8 am - 12:30 pm - Lily Lake Wildflowers
8 :15 am - 1:15 pm - Medicinal Plants of the Mountains
8:30 am - 2:30 pm - Botany Bounty in the Slate River Valley
9 - 11 am - Mountain Wildflower Needle-Felting
9 am - 12 pm - Watercolor Workshop in the Garden
9 am - 1 pm - Lower Deer Creek Trail
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Wildflower and Bee ID at RMBL
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Wildflowers Fit for a Garden
9:30 am-12:30 pm - Wonderful Wildflower Connections
9:30 am-1:30 pm - Linoleum Stamp Making
10 am - 12 pm - Member Event: Tour of Crested Butte Gardens
10 am - 2 pm - Butterflies of Kebler Pass & Lake Irwin
11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Member Event: Lunch with A Wildflower Scientist

July 18, 2025

5 am - 9 pm - Adventure Photography Workshop: Session 2
6 - 10 am - Landscapes & Wildflowers
7:30 - 10:30 am - Wildflowers & Yoga in the Morning Light
7:30 - 11:30 am - Birding Among the Upper Loop Wildflowers
7:45 - 11:45 am - Splendor on Snodgrass - Intermediate
7:45 am - 1:45 pm - Scarp Ridge
8 - 10 am - Gothic Townsite Tour
8 am -12 pm - Explore Judd Falls
8:15 am - 12:15 pm - Geology of Paradise
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour
8:30 am - 1:30 pm - Walrod's Wildflowers & Caves
9 - 11 am - Mountain Wildflower Needle-Felting
10 am - 2 pm - Butterflies of Lily Lake
10:30 am - 2:30 pm - Wildflowers & Folklore
12:30 - 3:30 pm - Plein Air Sketchbook Painting
1:30 - 4:30 pm - Cell Phone Photography
3 - 5:30 pm - Gardens & Ghosts
4 - 8 pm - Member Event: Evening of Wildflower Photography
5 - 9 pm - Top of the World Wildflowers

July 19, 2025

5 am - 9 pm - One-Day Photo Workshop
6 -10 am - Close-Up and Abstract Wildflowers
7:30 -11:30 am - Birding Among the Woods Walk Wildflowers
7:30 am - 12:30 pm - Wildflowers & Waterfall of Lake Irwin
7:45 am -1:45 pm - The Ruby of the Rockies
8 am -12 pm - Explore Judd Falls
8:30 am -12:30 pm - A Carnivorous Aquatic Plant and More
9 am - 12:30 pm - Mixed Media Wildflowers
9 am - 1 pm - Member Event: Alpine Wildflowers of Mt. Crested Butte
9:30 am -12:30 pm - Gothic Wildflowers
10 am - 12 pm - Tour of Crested Butte Gardens
11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Wildflower ID Walk
12 - 3 pm - Cell Phone Photography
12:30- 3 pm - Hawley Historic Garden Tour
5 -9 pm - Top of the World Wildflowers

July 20, 2025

6 -10 am - Wildflower Master Class
7:30 - 10:30 am - Wildflowers & Yoga in the Morning Light
7:30 am - 12:30 pm - Trail 403 to Viewpoint
8 - 11 am - Paseo de Identificación de Flores Silvestres
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Wildflower Adventure Jeep Tour
8:45 am - 12:45 pm Westside Wildflowers of Mt. Crested Butte
9 am - 12 pm Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas
10 :30 am - 12:30 pm Wildflower ID Walk
10:30 am - 1 pm Craig and Carmen's Historic Garden Tour

Date: July 11 - 20, 2025

Location: Crested Butte Wildflower Festival, 716 Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, CO 81224

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