Denver Botanic Gardens Free Days

Denver Botanic Gardens is free published dates. 8 SCFD Free Days at York Street in 2026. Tickets are released three months at a time on the 1st of the month and routinely sell out — no onsite tickets on sold-out days. Free Days cover regular Gardens hours only, not ticketed special events. Required in advance; sells out Verified on Denver Botanic Gardens's own page, last checked 2026-10-01.

At a glance

The math

Regular adult admission at Denver Botanic Gardens is $17, so timing the visit to the free window keeps $34 in a couple's pocket and up to $68 for a family of four — each published date. And since this free day is open to everyone, it's the cheapest possible way through the door. The catch is capacity, not money: free slots are reserved in advance and the popular dates go first, so the reservation is the real currency here.

Upcoming free days

• Friday, Nov 27, 2026 — published by the institution

Dates as published by the institution. Confirm on the official page before you go.

Know before you go

• Who qualifies: Open to everyone.
• Reservations: Required in advance; sells out.
• What's covered: Regular York Street Gardens hours/general admission.
• Schedule detail: 8 Free Days published for calendar year 2026.
• Worth knowing: Free Day tickets are released three months at a time on the 1st of the month and are known to sell out.
• Another way in free: Denver Botanic Gardens participates in Museums on Us — Bank of America cardholders get free general admission on the first full weekend of every month, independent of the schedule above. Bank of America's list adds: Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank cardholders are required to reserve free admission to Denver Botanic Gardens during Museums on Us program weekends in advance. No tickets will be available for purchase onsite. Present your ticket, active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card and photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholders can enjoy the Gardens at the York Street location at the times listed on the reservation page (times vary throughout the year). Additional guests are required to purchase tickets separately..

Other ways in, no calendar required

• Bank of America cardholders skip the calendar entirely at Denver Botanic Gardens: Museums on Us covers one free general admission on the first full weekend of every month, card + photo ID at the desk (Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank cardholders are required to reserve free admission to Denver Botanic Gardens during Museums on Us program weekends in advance. No tickets will be available for purchase onsite. Present your ticket, active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card and photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholders can enjoy the Gardens at the York Street location at the times listed on the reservation page (times vary throughout the year). Additional guests are required to purchase tickets separately.).
• Households with a SNAP EBT card can use Museums for All: free-to-$5 admission for up to four, valid during regular hours at 1,700+ institutions across the country — look up Denver Botanic Gardens on the official participant list.
• Zoo and aquarium memberships travel: the AZA reciprocal program gets members of other accredited zoos free or half-price admission at participating institutions — run your card through our reciprocity lookup before paying the gate rate.

Dates don't line up?

Regular tickets (Approximately $17 adult (third-party ticketing sources; official pricing page returned a 403 to automated fetch this session, so treat as an estimate)) are on botanicgardens.org — skip third-party sellers, the official price is the floor. And if you hold a museum, science-center or zoo membership from another city, run it through our reciprocity lookup — it may already get you in.

Also free in Denver

Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (published dates) · Denver Art Museum (published dates) · Denver Museum of Nature & Science (published dates) · Denver Zoo (published dates) — or see the full free museum days in Denver guide.

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