The 23-acre (93,000 m2) park contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens and a sunken amphitheater, which hosts various concerts in the summer.

Goliath, on the route to Mount Blue Sky, is an alpine wildflower garden (along hiking trails).

[9] The York Street location of the Botanic Gardens opened Denver's first publicly accessible green roof.

[10] The Denver Botanic Gardens also boasts the first conservatory in America that was made entirely of concrete and Plexiglas panes, each of which were designed to channel condensation to the sides of the walls so it would not drip on visitors.

The Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory was awarded landmark status in 1973 [11] In 2020 the Gardens published Firsthand: Creating Gardens for All People, commissioned by CEO Brian Vogt, researched by Karen Peters, Davis Benson and Dan Obarski, and published by Beckon Books.